Love Actually 真爱至上
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the known messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people.
Each story is linked in some way except for Billy Mack and his manager, who are not friends with any of the characters; however, he appears frequently on characters' radios and TVs; his music video provides an important plot device for Sam's pursuit of Joanna; the pair also cross paths with the other characters in the closing Heathrow scene. John and Judy work with Tony who is best friends with Colin who works for a catering company that works at the office where Sarah, Karl, Mia, and Harry work and also catered Peter and Juliet's wedding...
这是一出10个爱情故事窜成的喜剧杂烩:失去母亲的小男孩终日郁郁寡欢,继父不知该如何安慰。当他得知继子喜欢上学校里最美的女孩,便热烈地鼓励儿子去追。小男孩为了赢得小女孩的关注,废寝忘食地练习架子鼓,只为了在圣诞节的晚会上能与她同台演出。勇敢的他,甚至为了最后的一记道别潇洒地突破机场的安检区。两个孩子的母亲面对了婚姻危机。丈夫感情出轨,把项链送给了别的女人,给她的,则仅是一张她热爱的女歌手的CD。她找了借口仓皇躲入卧室,在歌声中隐忍啜泣。转个身,又夸张地大笑着,迎向娇女爱子欢喜的面容。 丈夫最终幡然醒悟。
推荐理由:最感人的是每对情侣之间的“白板告白”,每次看到都泪崩!当音乐响起,心中总是暖暖的。