Movies for the Holiday: Love Actually

Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. The film follows eight couples during the holiday season with stories that make your heart ache, stories that make you believe in the magic of the season, and stories that make you laugh, your belly hurts. Among the characters explored are David, the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer, Sarah, a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life, and Harry, a married man tempted by his attractive new secretary. Starring Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Martin Freeman, Joanna Page, Keira Knightley, and Hugh Grant. R, 2003, 2h 15m