Love Actually

A heartwarming exploration of love in all its forms during the festive season.

Critics broadly admired the film's warmth, humor, and charismatic ensemble while finding its many storylines overstuffed and uneven.

• The film follows numerous connected romantic and familial plots across London and France during the weeks before Christmas.
• Christmas parties, music, school performances, airport reunions, and holiday preparations organize the film's intersecting stories.
• Grief, infidelity, and unrequited love coexist with Billy Mack's crude comeback campaign and Colin's outrageous romantic expedition.
• The Prime Minister pursues a household servant, while Harry's workplace attraction threatens his marriage and Sarah's office romance is shaped by family obligations.

• Valentine's DayInterwoven romantic storylines follow multiple London characters through relationship complications.
• New Year's EveA sprawling ensemble romance connects several couples and emotional story threads.
• Notting HillRichard Curtis-style romantic comedy combines wit, sentiment, and intersecting relationships.
• The HolidayChristmas setting, multiple couples, and bittersweet romantic entanglements create a similar holiday ensemble.

Director

Richard Curtis

Release Date

2003-09-07

Runtime

135 min

Rating

7.1 / 10 (7651)

What is Love Actually about?

A warm, unruly Christmas mosaic where Londoners confront the exhilaration, absurdity, grief, and compromises of love.

What is Love Actually like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Love Actually as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.

Is Love Actually violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Love Actually.

What did critics think of Love Actually?

Critics broadly admired the film's warmth, humor, and charismatic ensemble while finding its many storylines overstuffed and uneven.

Which films are like Love Actually?

Films with a similar feel include Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, Notting Hill, and The Holiday.

How long is Love Actually?

Love Actually runs 135 minutes.

Where can I watch Love Actually?

In United States, Love Actually streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel, Peacock Premium Plus, Starz Roku Premium Channel.