| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Most of Love Actually is as bright and cheery as a string of Christmas lights." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...Love Actually will delight moviegoers who think that more really is more." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Love Actually is too long. But don't let that stop you." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro |
"(Director) Curtis tries tying everything together neatly at the end, but he's working with too many strands." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...in the end, it'll leave you feeling mushy in all the right ways." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null |
"A touching finale makes up for some of the earlier dragging..." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A blizzard of Christmas stories, each insubstantial as a snowflake, but cumulatively they smother you in good cheer." more... |
B |
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman |
"Slick but uneven..." more... |
B- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...more like a record label's greatest-hits compilation or a 'very special' sitcom clip-reel show than an actual movie." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...appealing and genial with plenty of solid laughs..." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"One movie, ten love stories -- only half of them funny..." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer |
"...abandons any pretext of sophistication for gloppy sentimentality, sugary pop songs and bawdy humor..." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"The film is an audience-pleaser, but very calculated and far from (Richard) Curtis' best work." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Love Actually is irresistible." more... |
B |
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