An average movie

I already saw this movie (In fact, I’m pretty sure I saw it in the movie theater when it was released) but my wife was quite eager to check it out again. First of all, I have to confess that I have always had a weak spot for romantic-comedies. Unfortunately, there are in fact not so many great romantic-comedies out there and most of them are actually terribly underwhelming. Anyway, in this genre, this movie is pretty much a classic so you might assume that I really loved the damned thing. On top of that, it was written and directed by Richard Curtis, the guy who wrote ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ which is easily one of the very best movies in this genre, at least, in my opinion. Well, eventually, even though I thought it was not bad, I can’t say I really loved the damned thing though. I mean, sure, there was an impressive cast involved, maybe the biggest one I have ever seen in a romantic-comedy (Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Martin Freeman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Alan Rickman, Rodrigo Santoro, Billy Bob Thornton, Rowan Atkinson, January Jones, Elisha Cuthbert, Claudia Schiffer, Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards). However, even though the various stories involved were usually quite cute, I don't think that any of them was really amazing. That’s also the problem with having so many characters and so many sub-plots, as a result, you never spend enough time with one single story to really care about it. At least, not all these little stories did end up with a sappy happy-ending which was refreshing but they were still alll rather half-baked. Anyway, to conclude, even though I think it is actually rather overrated, I have to admit that it is still a decent watch though and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.