Watched: 17th December 2025
How watched: At the cinema!!!! (also have on DVD and available currently on Netflix and Amazon Prime)
Rating 7.5 out of 10- from 570,000 reviews
Correct at 21st December 2025
Who's in it (should really be a list who is not in it!!):
· Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter
· Colin Firth as Jamie
· Gregor Fisher as Joe
· Hugh Grant as David, the Prime Minister
· Sienna Guillory as Jamie's girlfriend
· Keira Knightley as Juliet
· Andrew Lincoln as Mark
· Laura Linney as Sarah
· Martine McCutcheon as Natalie
· Lúcia Moniz as Aurélia
· Liam Neeson as Daniel
· Bill Nighy as Billy Mack
· Alan Rickman as Harry
· Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Sam
· Rodrigo Santoro as Karl
· Emma Thompson as Karen
· Kris Marshall as Colin
· Abdul Salis as Tony
· Heike Makatsch as Mia
· Martin Freeman as John
· Joanna Page as Judy
· Olivia Olson as Joanna
· Billy Bob Thornton as the American President
· Rowan Atkinson as Rufus – jewellery salesman
· Claudia Schiffer as Carol
· Nina Sosanya as Annie
· January Jones as Jeannie – American angel
· Elisha Cuthbert as Carol-Anne – American goddess
· Lulu Popplewell as Daisy
· Marcus Brigstocke as Mikey
· Julia Davis as Nancy
· Ruby Turner as Jean
· Adam Godley as Mr Trench
· Élisabeth Margoni as Eleonore
· Nancy Sorrell as Greta
· Shannon Elizabeth as Harriet – the sexy one
· Denise Richards as Carla – the real friendly one
Directed By: Richard Curtis
Year: 2003
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Plot:
A love story in many parts. Following the love lives of multiple characters, interweaving with each other. Will everyone find love?
Interesting Fact About the Film:
The airport greeting footage at the beginning and end of this movie is real. Writer and director Richard Curtis had a team of cameramen film at Heathrow airport for a week, and whenever they saw something that would fit in they asked the people involved for permission to use the footage.
Source IMDb.com
Review
Well, what can I say. A staple of the Christmas season for sure.
This year I had the opportunity to watch it at the cinema, and it did not disappoint. On the ‘big’ screen it was great (not sure why I didn’t see it in the cinema 22 years ago). Yes, you did read that right, this movie is now 22 years old. So, this year the DVD can stay on the shelf, but do not fear it will be back out next year.
The intermingling stories are lovely and charming in their ways (apart from Alan Rickman’s work associate). Any storyline that ends up with the beautiful and talented Emma Thompson crying for a bad reason is not a good story line for me. Each story is linked somehow some of the others.
The odd stand in actors storyline is probably the one that doesn’t feel like it fits and was quite embarrassing for my 15-year-old niece. If you know you know.
There are funny moments, cringe moments, sad moments, cute moments and funny moments, Like life really.
Genuinely a lovely film. I will admit there are some comments that now wouldn’t be so well accepted, like the thought that Martine McCutcheon has ‘thighs the size of big tree trunks’, I’d give one of my thick thighs to be anywhere near as skinny as Martine.
For more information about the film visit the imdb.com page:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314331/
Hopeless Romantic score- 9 out of 10.
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