Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Writing
Curtis weaves eight plots with surprising emotional coherence.
Acting
Thompson's silent devastation. Rickman's guilt. Grant's eyebrow.
Score
Kelly Clarkson 'The Trouble With Love' hits different now.
Director
Richard Curtis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rowan Atkinson's gift-wrapping scene was filmed in a real airport during actual operating hours; they got one take.
The airport arrivals montage—filmed with real passengers at Heathrow—became a template for 'found footage' emotional manipulation in holiday ads for two decades.
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