Saccharine Actually
The revised title I'm proposing for Love Actually, a sickening series of weak vignettes tarted up as a movie, which I had the cruel misfortune to see last night, because I looked for a Luke Thompson or Gregory Weinkauf review in the New Times papers, and came up short.
To be fair, the movie isn't totally devoid of value. Should you happen to ingest a small amount of Janitor In a Drum, and be fresh out of Syrup of Ipecac, Love Actually would make a fantastic emetic.
Posted by aalkon at November 23, 2003 7:06 AM
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okay, so I'm a sucker for sugar, a hopeful romantic, but i liked this movie more than i disliked it. hey, it was no cat in the hat, but still ...
i was rooting for consumation left and right, even as i chided relationship stupidity under my breath so the popcorn munchers didn't get annoyed. a little over the top, yes, but you know those english: they don't get out much.
Posted by: david at November 23, 2003 11:03 AM
Hey, just thank God you didn't go see Matrix Revolutions!
Posted by: Howard Owens at November 23, 2003 11:49 AM
What, Robert Wilonsky's word ain't good enough for ya?
You want my recommendation, go see Master and Commander.
Posted by: LYT at November 23, 2003 4:43 PM
Were the relationships among the principles in this film realistic or hopeful or informative to you at all?
Posted by: henry rosebuds at November 30, 2003 1:45 PM
Hopeful in that I'm hopeful nobody will string together a series of commercials with a holiday theme like this again. There were few clichÈs left unturned. Nothing unexpected except how ill I felt at the end.
Posted by: Amy Alkon at November 30, 2003 2:25 PM