Yes, and you can see Dylan's reaction being an illustration in the different types of humour and preferences we have. His reactions were like what my grandmother would have, offended at everything, despite this clearly being a Christmas movie for adults. It's like watching a film for young kids and then complaining about how simple the plot is. And the movie's about the different types of love, and the realities of life, like falling in love with a friend's girlfriend. Andrew Lincoln's not meant to be a hero. He's meant to be a flawed human battling with his conflicted emotions. But American movies generally have misunderstood, ignored characters being developed through the film to become flawless hero types. They find it hard to cope with flawed main characters.
The first time I noticed it was when I tried to watch the UK version of the Office. Really shows how much shows and movies like that rely on humor and culture for it to be good
I (not from either country) love both types of humor and I’ve seen other Americans react to this movie and they all got it, most of them found it entertaining even though it didn’t all age well. I’ve never seen someone this confused or wrong in their interpretation of what’s happening 😂
@@melodi2036yeah probably because she actually knows who Alan rickman is. This level of virtue signalling is genuinely just sad. Get a personality, you won’t have to rely on this pathetic shit anymore.
@@melodi2036with the way she was coming onto a married man? Yes, they’re both tarts, she’s just known as the office tart because she’s the one initiating everything with a married man in the office🤣
41:28 not to be deep, but from what I remember of watching that scene in it’s entirety, Allan Rickman‘s character isn’t forgiven, but his wife is doing what a lot of women do in these situations and is just trying to make the best of their marriage while being hurt. She’s accepted that it’s her reality now.
I think it's sorta ambiguos. We don't know exactly on what terms they are. It might be what you wrote, it might be that they separated, but are on civil terms because of the kids. Or something inbetween.
@@terentule a lot of this movie is up to interpretation for sure. I always saw that scene as them being separated but maintaining a healthy co-parenting relationship.
@SN-bk5xj I don't think writers' original intent is the only correct interpretation of a work of fiction. What they put into the film is, at the end of the day, what matters. The ending, as shown on screen, reads as ambiguous and that takes precedence over the crew's preferred interpretation.
The validation that just RUSHED through my veins when Dylan asked if Colin Firth could kiss. I have been asking this for YEARS THAT MAN CAN NOT KISS IN ANY MOVIE
The woman with the mentally ill brother - it is her brother, not her husband. This movie is supposed to be about all types of love, including familial love.
@carlotta4th yes, I think it was meant as a misdirect from the filmmakers, but at the same time I have heard people use similar terms of endearment for their family members so who knows
@@ActuallyAnanyaBabe and darling isn't too crazy to call a sibling. And it's obvious when we see them interact she has an almost maternal relationship with him. Her story is sad but ultimately she chooses to prioritize familial love over romantic love. Karl was kind of a jerk for not being patient or understanding. Hopefully, the character would eventually meet someone who could understand her situation.
@@propogandalf this!!! Like it's not weird at all for Americans to call friends and family babe or darling. Also just funny that British people call everyone love but somehow that's okay??? Like the hypocrisy is wild 😂
The thing about Liam Neeson bumping into the the mom is that he told his sond he wasn't thinking about romance unless Claudia Schiffer showed up. That was Claudia Schiffer playing the role.
And he calls her by Emma Thompson's character's name by mistake. (The names are close, but it seems like a dumb thing to put in there when the writer could have chosen any other name.)
It's the quiet moments of trusting the audience to feel the gravity. Is Emma Thompson's world being shattered, having a single moment to cry a single tear, wiping it off, and moving forward. It's a woman having the man of her dreams, finally a chance at happiness , and not allowing herself to choose happiness knowing her brother will never have his. It's heartbreak and mess and joy and sometimes they're real and sometimes they're fleeting and it doesn't matter, it's still love and it can be magical for a moment or a lifetime.
@@radhiadeedou8286lmao fr like WTH was that even, the message would’ve been ten times better if it was actually executed well to accurately show each type of love in depth instead of having random characters and storylines with little to no payoff
Dylan, please look up the alternate take of the ending airport scene. The little boy was originally written as this excellent gymnast, and they have him flipping all around the airport to get to the girl. The only problem is, they got a GROWN MAN who was visibly larger than the child doing the flips. It is HILARIOUS.
@@radhiadeedou8286 also something being “male gazey” has nothing to do with who consumes it. It’s about the nature of the script, the cinematography, the director, etc. It’s the backend of production.
For me the Martin Freeman plot is actually the most important part of the film. When we see so many relationships without chemistry or, actually "love." This one relationship met at one of the least romantic situations possible is the only place where it's believable there is love.
This! It's throughly wholesome and throughly unsexy. I love the way they made sex so... mundane and unarousing in this storyline. People working in porn are just people, their lives aren't inappropriate simply because of their profession. Also, I can't believe that with the creepy threesome guy and two (almost three!) cheating plotlines, the cute love story between two awkward coworkers is what bothers him as out of place in a Christmas movie. The cute love story that's itself poking fun at the contrast! Brother, what?
I just watched an interview with Hugh Grant where he said love actually isn't just about love, it's about the pain that comes with it. It puts the movie in a different perspective.
I just found this out too its so weird lol why would you hire a 17 year old to play a recently married woman? It makes no sense and usually actors are older than their roles...
Concise summary: This movie is the antithesis of every Hallmark movie (which have their own purpose). Not everyone gets a “happy” ending. It’s about more than one character - and how all of them are somehow connected. It’s perfectly imperfect, like life - or, love, actually. 🥁
@@maren8999 No, it’s not really an American vs non-American thing. I think it’s pretty obvious what the movie is about, it just has flaws that detract from the overall experience.
I appreciate dark comedy in any movie and also social commentary or social realism. This film mashed (unrealistic) romcom tropes, a bad-faith and serious intention to explore love in many forms with (mostly) shallow storylines. There may be a possible exception with the Thompson/Rickman story.
I like this movie because it's about different kinds of love, not just romantic. Emma Thompson's primary love is her kids, she's been betrayed and is heartbroken, but she holds it together for them despite her heartbreak. Bill Nighy's primary love is friendship (arguably there's some gay there too) with his manager. Laura Linney's primary love is familiar and very selfless, she's losing everything for her brother. Andrew Lincoln's love is unrequited. Liam Neeson is found family and his love for a child that isnt his. Thomas Brodie Sangster is first love/puppy love. I think half the characters are very bad people, but I do like the exploration of the different kinds of love.
To be fair it feels it's more about terrible men being forgiven or rewarded. And women having to accept they are at the whims of the men of their life and that their role is caretaking. Like the prime minister makes the secretary loose her hard end job because he was jealous he wasn't the one harrassing her, and she is the one apologizing and explaining. The creep who ruins the footage from the wedding gets kissed. The cheater is allowed to remain married and part of the family.... And so on. Ironically I only enjoyed the sexual body doubles story, and a bit of the writers, because it was somewhat charming
DYLAN he flirts because he said the only women he could ever like after his wife passed is Claudia Schiffer and the women in the movie IS Claudia Schiffer! :D
the most heartbreaking part of the film is the fact that emma thompson went through a similar situation as her character it's acc the saddest thing of all time
Had multiple people say this to me while I was in London, unprompted. "Why are you here? Do you like British comedy?? Ahh well that and alcohol is our only outlet, otherwise we're all dead inside." CHEERS, MATE.
This is genuinely one of my favorites to watch this time of year because it shows the real things people go through around the holidays, it’s not all music and happiness and candy canes, there’s sadness and anger and resentment and loss and heartbreak as well as the happiness and joy it feels like real people going through real problems, that the reason I believe not all of the story lines were “completed” was because that’s how it is in real life, not everything gets resolved as soon as the problem appears
i think what’s really sad about the gifts alan rickman gave emma thompson and his secretary respectively was that the CD was actually a meaningful gift. she mentioned offhandedly that she loves joni mitchell and he remembered, meaning that he does care for her. the necklace, on the other hand, is an impulse buy-something you’d give somebody you don’t know very well. it’s proof that he really does care for his wife, but chose to cheat anyway.
@mills9488 as Emma Thompson says in the film: “Would you wait around to find out if it’s just a necklace, or if it’s sex and a necklace, or if, worst of all, it’s a necklace and love?” The point is that we don't truly know how far her husband went with the affair or how far he would be willing to go. He cheated not because he slept with someone else, but because he broke her trust by being romantically involved with someone else.
@mills9488 I've read somewhere that it was confirmed and actually implied in the scene where she tries on the necklace, she's in her underwear and we can see a messy bed behind whereas their marital bed is all neat.
I kind of agree that there is meaning behind the cd gift but surely if she’s a big Joni Mitchell fan she’d probably already own that album? It’s not a new album or anything.
NO, alan rickmans character is most definitely NOT forgiven, the entire beauty of it is that emma thompsons character despite being obviously crushed and hurt still puts on a smile (not to forgivve him) but to show up for her kids and make sure they have a happy christmas
I love how re-watching these "classic romantic" movies with Dylan gives me a fresh perspective of how NOT romantic and actually creepy these movies how! Like, how Dylan criticized "The Proposal" for not showing any moment in which the main characters actually fall in love, and it's so true!!
@@monicaenglish2566 When I watched it for the first time I felt like I was going crazy, because my opinion of the film and the way most people talk about it does not match at all.
The language barrier one really isn’t that out there. When I moved to Germany I barely knew any German, I had one friend who spoke English and she introduced me to her friends that don’t. The second time I met one of them we ended up kissing. We definitely didn’t understand most of what the other was saying, but we were always on the same page. I learned more German as we dated, and now we’re engaged. Sometimes two people just click like that, and you learn to communicate together. It’s more common than you think.
@@yesimarangel we still don’t communicate perfectly, I still have to google translate some stuff as I learn more but I’ve never been happier 🩵 at least we're long past the miming stage lol.
I think the point is to show how love actually is complicated and has many different sides. Love is not actually a classic Christams movies' love story, it can be unrequited or misdirected and the point is to give a more vast overview of how it can develop and unfold (good and bad).
Love Actually is like running a race and being like “this was a horrible decision I’m never doing this again” then a year later you’ve forgotten how much it sucks and sign up again
I'm so glad you made a reaction to this movie. When my family members who love this movie finally got me to watch it, I responded the exact same way. I also feel like it can barely be considered a Christmas movie.
As a clinically depressed Brit, this was brilliant. Having watched Dylan for all these years, his anglophobia brings me too much joy (and that is a rare commodity in England, as well you know)
One of the funniest things to me throughout this video was that I’m British but currently watching from South Korea 😭😂 the jokes just kept aligning too perfectly
@@Lucifronz because NI people are citizens so you’ll find a lot of them in Britain. Actually you’ll find lots of Irish citizens too, Britain and Ireland have a reciprocal agreement that citizens have freedom of movement between the two countries and the right to live/settle/vote so Irish people have full rights to live and work in Britain and vice versa. There’s a rough history but Americans tend to misjudge what the relationship actually is these days. As ordinary people we’re very similar (very similar cultures) and very connected. Every Brit knows multiple Irish people.
idk I feel like Dylan catches a lot that I miss even when I pay attention. Like, I've seen Star Wars multiple times, but watching Dylan's marathon made it make more sense than it ever had before.
This video makes me feel soooo validated. I’ve always hated this movie and I’ve tried to like it so many times. I thought something was wrong with me. Thank you, Dylan!! 🙏
Dylan getting upset at the American being stereotyped is so funny when every bit of American media stereotypes literally every other country. Like if someone British shows up in an American TV show or movie I just know they’re going to have the poshest accent, wear the Union Jack or Tartan and will somehow be the heir to the title of Lord or Lady of a British estate looool
As a Brit, we enjoy dark, dry humour (sweeping generalisation) which is the kind of comedy this goes for. It goes into different types of love, like Bill Nighy and his manager, or the woman and her brother. Everything you say is wrong with the movie is completely valid though, but we don't really care in the end because its a good time. Not ridicuoously hopeful like other Christmas films. Anyway loved the video! It's funny seeing an American react to our weird British movies like when you did About Time.
I agree completely, the idea is how Love is all around, even though life is messy and without a clear direction, there will be love through it all. I also find the movie and Dylan's commentary hilarious so win win!
I couldn't believe he was skipping Bill's parts! I was like, "NO!!!!" haha His storyline is actually one of my favorites. It's funny, awful, and beautiful all at once. A lot of the other stories are cliche and/or weird and gross to me. (Also, just to get it off my chest, Natalie is NOT fat, Andrew Lincoln's character is creepy AF, Keira Knightley's character's response was NOT a good one because cheating isn't cute, and you shouldn't propose to someone else before you are officially divorced. Though, he gets a bit of a pass, because he IS Colin Firth.) In fact, Bill's story with his manager is one of the few I love, actually. Still a good review though, because Dylan is so funny.
I haven't seen his video on About Time yet but I don't find that one weird at all (I'm from Portugal, for context)! It's actually really romantic, which is something I can't say about a majority of Love Actually, which is what leaves me so perplexed about this movie. It's not tackling some sad topics, it's the fact that the plotlines that are supposed to be swoony don't really feel that way as much.
bill’s storyline is honestly my favourite because it’s so wholesome i can’t believe he didn’t even talk about that and he was actually like the only funny thing about this film so it was sad seeing he didn’t like him😭 but this film is about different types of love which dylan just didn’t get i guess
I'm bummed Dylan skipped the Bill Nighy and his platonic/maybe-not-platonic friend-scenes. Especially the last one, that was so sweet. I really like this movie, excluding Keira and the Creep obviously.
I don't feel like explaining my enjoyment of _all_ the different plots (although I agree on the kiera knightly one, the story itself is not bad but the conclusion is insane in a way I don't like) but the martin freeman one is one of my favourites because it's so sweet and understated. They are in these fairly extreme positions where they are stand-ins for erotic movies but then they so innocently talk about their days and if _maybe_ the other would like to maybe go on a date sometime and their date concludes so sweetly. I do know a bunch is cut out of international (non-European) version because it's a bit explicit, so you might've seen a version with most of it cut. Also, it's insane but the little boy (the step son) and Kiera Knightly differ only 5 years here. Crazy.
UK watcher here -loved this reaction it had me rolling with laughter. Your constant surprise at how crude humour was so delightful. Going into this thinking it's a fun sweet movie is the funniest thing possible. This is like a classic over here
I love this film. It shows loads of different realities around Christmas. Not everyone has a perfect happy ending, its real but also silly and its perfect.
It's so hilarious that you've uploaded this. My bf finally coerced me into watching it, and I'm sorry to say that I roasted it all the way through lol He basically said, "Yes, we love this movie, we never said it was GOOD."
Love Actually is a mess and everyone makes stupid decisions. That's what makes it completely relatable. It's also funny and ridiculous. We like "Just in cases" 🥺
Love this movie. It chronicles so many types of love stories and not just the good parts of love but the pain, betrayal, loss, and grief. Sure it's corny. Sure it doesn't always make sense or come to happy endings but idk makes me happy every Christmas.
Dylan heard the line, he probably just thought she was lying to not reveal she has a 'husband'. Because at that point in the watchthrough he was convinced it HAD to be a husband bc of the terms she's been using for him (babe, darling). It's an honest mistake if you're not familiar with such terms of endearment being used on family
@@jlisa19not in the UK. parents call their kids babe, girls call their friends babe. I call my sister babe. it’s sort of just a normal pet name lol kinda like ‘love’ which is another one we say a lot
@@T.FlorenzThat definitely helps. I didn't like Colonel Brandon the first few times I watched it but he's really grown on me. He's actually quite selfless in his love/admiration.
Not a fan of this movie but the whole communicating in 2 languages is a thing. My mom can understand spanish but can't or is to shy to speak it. Her spanish friend can understand my mom's lowgerman dialect. They would talk entire evenings like that, each in their own language. It's so interesting to watch/listen😅
True ... In southern India there are 4 languages ... we speak ours but can't speak the other 3 (but we understand them)! Confuses the hell out of north indians!!
I've done this with people when we both speak/understand the languages we're using but initially neither character is meant to speak any of the other's language, the fact they're saying related things is coincidental so it isn't really the same thing at all.
In the movie they don’t understand eachother at all, they simply are so alike and made for eachother that they always talk about the same things at the same time without knowing it, that’s the point of the relationship.
Yeah, this is how I communicate with my grandmother. She understands English but prefers to speak her own language. I understand her language but can’t speak a word it it lol. So we just have bilingual conversations.
When you took your little break at the beginning of the year, i forgot to check back and haven't watched you since. Now i finally have time and im so glad to be back. So many videos to binge watch. Once a troublemaker always a troublemaker. ❤
I just saw a post pointing out the intentionally messy bed as the tart puts on the necklace- meaning he'd just been fooling around with her before opening presents with the kids 30:49
Sometimes I wish you would stop guessing things and just enjoy the experience of watching the movie…but then I remember that Im watching someone else watch a movie and if they didn’t say anything I’d be pretty bored.
the fact that Dylan didn't get that it was Sarah's brother who needed her, even when the movie made it super clear, cracks me tf up. never change, Dylan! 😂
I feel like Dylan totally missed the point of the plot line with the girl who was in love with Karl. The movie is about showing different kinds of love and her plot line was showing how much she loved her brother. She was willing to not hook up with the guy she is crazy about, so she could go be with her mentally ill brother. That's love right there.
@@aliciabergman1252 he obviously wasn't interested in her, besides the sex that he didn't get. He didn't even want to stay and talk with her when they were left alone in the office in the next scene they were in. They danced, went home together, sex didn't happen, it turned awkward. Why would she end up with him?
@@aliciabergman1252 THIS!!!!! Let's remind people both the storylines with a women POV is about accepting they just have to comfort and take care of everyone arround them, and the cheater is allowed to come home. While the men all find love and even multiple partners, are rewarded with a kiss for ruining the weddings footage and being creeps, and so on. This movie is disgustingly missoginistic and I was happy Dylan called it out. Something I hate people don't point out is the prime minister making his secretary lose her very important job in the main government building, because he was jealous he wasn't the one harrassing her. She also is the one to apologize and say she is sorry she was harassed because he had to see it (the real victim here! /s).
@@samatar6852yeah. Also a big plot of the movie. Love isn’t just good or happy and healthy. We enjoy, thrive, crumble and suffer. Love is multifaceted, beautiful and cruel. To love is to live.
I had the same kind of reaction when I watched the movie for the first time last year! I'm sorry but how is this movie funny? what are those humorous parts exactly? (not asking in a rude way but a curious way)
“HE married s woman with a child, and then she _died_ selfishly….”
Never change, Dylan.
😂
I bet you she planned it. She already knows she's going to die, found a dude, got married, then let the guy take care of her child. ✌😁
PREACH
Hahahahahah
love actually: "that necklace there, how much is it? its 270 pounds"
dylan: "ooh its heavy damn"
made me laugh uncontrollably
OH MY I missed that one 😂😂😂 thank you!!
I was looking for this comment LOL 😂
Yes, but then he proceeds to skip the FUNNIEST SCENE IN THE MOVIE!
Lmaoooooooo
28:48 🤣🤣🤣
We’ve seen american Christmas movies and british Christmas movies, now we need Dylan’s reaction to the one that has both: The Holiday
Agreed - I'd like Dylan to watch The Holiday
I LOVE that movie!!!
YESSSSSS Dylan- ruin the Holiday for me
Oh absolutely need to see this
He’d love it I think
I've never seen the British vs American humour being different so clear than in this video hahahaha
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Yes, and you can see Dylan's reaction being an illustration in the different types of humour and preferences we have.
His reactions were like what my grandmother would have, offended at everything, despite this clearly being a Christmas movie for adults. It's like watching a film for young kids and then complaining about how simple the plot is. And the movie's about the different types of love, and the realities of life, like falling in love with a friend's girlfriend. Andrew Lincoln's not meant to be a hero. He's meant to be a flawed human battling with his conflicted emotions. But American movies generally have misunderstood, ignored characters being developed through the film to become flawless hero types. They find it hard to cope with flawed main characters.
The first time I noticed it was when I tried to watch the UK version of the Office. Really shows how much shows and movies like that rely on humor and culture for it to be good
@@OneTrueScotsmannah, some people just don’t support flawed characters regardless. Also, the movie is just bad.
I (not from either country) love both types of humor and I’ve seen other Americans react to this movie and they all got it, most of them found it entertaining even though it didn’t all age well. I’ve never seen someone this confused or wrong in their interpretation of what’s happening 😂
emma thomson holding herself together for her kids while alan rickman entertains the office tart breaks my heart every year
She deserved so much betterrrrrrrr!!!! 😭😭😭
Tart?? He's the one cheating but you use his name (actors name but still), and SHE gets tart?
@@melodi2036yeah probably because she actually knows who Alan rickman is. This level of virtue signalling is genuinely just sad. Get a personality, you won’t have to rely on this pathetic shit anymore.
@@melodi2036with the way she was coming onto a married man? Yes, they’re both tarts, she’s just known as the office tart because she’s the one initiating everything with a married man in the office🤣
@@maliedelgado2658 that married man took vows, but she never did. It's a crappy thing on both ends, but he's more wrong bc he made a promise
Professor Snape buying his coworker a $200 necklace and his wife professor Trelawny a CD made my jaw drop to the floor the disrespect.
Nanny McPhee deserved much better I think
@@tanyasimulated7448Mrs. Potts would be appalled
Who is gonna tell Dylan that the actor of a kid thats “8 years old” is only 5 years younger than Keira Knightley in this movie lol
What?
That actor is now in his 30' and still looks like a teenager
No no that can’t be right
@@nikaguemoes9006 yuuuuuuup
@@nikaguemoes9006 infact is actually true, thomas is 34 and keira is 39, she was 17 he was 12/13 in love actually.
Dylan being in denial about Alan Rickman giving that necklace to the receptionist is all of us
41:28 not to be deep, but from what I remember of watching that scene in it’s entirety, Allan Rickman‘s character isn’t forgiven, but his wife is doing what a lot of women do in these situations and is just trying to make the best of their marriage while being hurt. She’s accepted that it’s her reality now.
I think it's sorta ambiguos. We don't know exactly on what terms they are. It might be what you wrote, it might be that they separated, but are on civil terms because of the kids. Or something inbetween.
@@terentule a lot of this movie is up to interpretation for sure. I always saw that scene as them being separated but maintaining a healthy co-parenting relationship.
@@terentule They stay together. The script editor of the movie says that they do.
He got lost in the basic facts of most storylines, so I was not expecting him to get the subtleties of that one 🤣
@SN-bk5xj I don't think writers' original intent is the only correct interpretation of a work of fiction. What they put into the film is, at the end of the day, what matters. The ending, as shown on screen, reads as ambiguous and that takes precedence over the crew's preferred interpretation.
“We don’t need conflict, we just need Christmas.” And the world healed.
Damn is the cheif strugglr actually a trouble maker?
@@MichaelGallagher97 have you not seen the Cramer Games? He's gotta support his fellow contestants 💪
This is so bromantic ☺️
"He doesn't love her; I can see it in the way he parts his hair." The best line ever by Dylan had me dying of laughter. Thank you!
reminded me of ‘shes a good dancer you can tell by the way she drinks her soda pop’
Same and somehow it makes sense to me
reminds me of his Atlantis watchthrough, he said the blonde lady was too attractive to be a good person lmao
@caoisekamay1175 oh my goodness yes another classic line uttered by Dylan
The validation that just RUSHED through my veins when Dylan asked if Colin Firth could kiss.
I have been asking this for YEARS
THAT MAN CAN NOT KISS IN ANY MOVIE
Which is why he’s perfect for a period drama where people don’t kiss.
I have seen him kiss once... at the very end of BBC 1995 Pride and Prejudice. He plays Mr. Darcy
The woman with the mentally ill brother - it is her brother, not her husband. This movie is supposed to be about all types of love, including familial love.
She uses really spousal affectionate terms for a brother though. I don't blame people for assuming she lied about her relationship with him.
@carlotta4th yes, I think it was meant as a misdirect from the filmmakers, but at the same time I have heard people use similar terms of endearment for their family members so who knows
@@ActuallyAnanyaBabe and darling isn't too crazy to call a sibling. And it's obvious when we see them interact she has an almost maternal relationship with him. Her story is sad but ultimately she chooses to prioritize familial love over romantic love. Karl was kind of a jerk for not being patient or understanding. Hopefully, the character would eventually meet someone who could understand her situation.
@@propogandalf this!!! Like it's not weird at all for Americans to call friends and family babe or darling. Also just funny that British people call everyone love but somehow that's okay??? Like the hypocrisy is wild 😂
@@Orion_TheyThemyeah, my auntie calls me babe, it’s not always a romantic term, it’s just a term of endearment
The thing about Liam Neeson bumping into the the mom is that he told his sond he wasn't thinking about romance unless Claudia Schiffer showed up. That was Claudia Schiffer playing the role.
Omgg I didn’t know this!!
I was going to say he's too inattentive to notice, but apparently, he's not the only one..
so many people miss this 😭
And he calls her by Emma Thompson's character's name by mistake. (The names are close, but it seems like a dumb thing to put in there when the writer could have chosen any other name.)
i swear nobody EVER realises this
It's the quiet moments of trusting the audience to feel the gravity. Is Emma Thompson's world being shattered, having a single moment to cry a single tear, wiping it off, and moving forward. It's a woman having the man of her dreams, finally a chance at happiness , and not allowing herself to choose happiness knowing her brother will never have his. It's heartbreak and mess and joy and sometimes they're real and sometimes they're fleeting and it doesn't matter, it's still love and it can be magical for a moment or a lifetime.
So well put!
This!
It's a horrible movie
Exactly this!!! So well put 💯
@@radhiadeedou8286lmao fr like WTH was that even, the message would’ve been ten times better if it was actually executed well to accurately show each type of love in depth instead of having random characters and storylines with little to no payoff
"look at this little maze runner"😭
@@margare1t 38:46
best joke in the video imo xDD
@@sofialeontiou589 knowing Newt's full backstory, I was amused but wanted to cry 😭
I'm offended, he wasn't a runner
@radhiadeedou8286 ... yes, he was.
The way you can make so many accurate predictions about the things you watch, while also misinterpreting so many plot lines is really a talent 😂
As someone who watched this movie for the first recently and was borderline horrified at different points, this made me feel very validated.
Dylan, please look up the alternate take of the ending airport scene. The little boy was originally written as this excellent gymnast, and they have him flipping all around the airport to get to the girl. The only problem is, they got a GROWN MAN who was visibly larger than the child doing the flips. It is HILARIOUS.
Oh my god need to find this
I just looked it up. Haven't laughed that hard in a long time!😂
thank you for this! i was cracking up
Omg I love this clip so much
funny you should say that, my dad was a stunt performer and he's the guy that gets flipped over!
Emma Thompson crying as the cheated on wife breaks my heart every time, trying to hold it together for the kids on Christmas Day 😭
It’s worse knowing that Kenneth Branagh cheated on her in real life.
😢
Dylan, you’re the ONLY person I know who agrees that this movie is creepy, uncomfortable, and male-gazey!! I feel so validated.
It is creepy but how can it be male gazey if the movie's fan base is almost exclusively female
@@radhiadeedou8286even if the movie’s main audience was women it was still written and directed by a man
@ What data do you have to determine that? I don’t know a single woman who enjoys this movie bc it glorifies cheating.
@@radhiadeedou8286 also something being “male gazey” has nothing to do with who consumes it. It’s about the nature of the script, the cinematography, the director, etc. It’s the backend of production.
There are many commentators who have called it creepy for years actually
"this isn't endearing, this is creepy!" literally summarizes this whole movie
THANK YOU
This isn’t a social project, it’s a movie. Get a grip.
@@oakleyducati1 It's a creep movie. This movie has always sucked, I don't know why anyone praises it.
@@Lucifronzbecause the world is full of a variety of people with different tastes, and you aren't the main character
@@stephengrigg5988absolutely this
12:08 Dylan thinking the actor is 8 while he was actually 13 on the movie lol, Thomas Brodie Sangster literally never ages
And Keira was 18 years old only a 5 year difference between the two
For real! He's now 34 and looks about 19. 😂
And now he’s married to Elon Musk’s ex-wife ?¿?¿? CRAZY !!
@@maryseptihet omg no way
@@maryseptihetI think the funniest bit is that they’ve both been on dr who 😅
For me the Martin Freeman plot is actually the most important part of the film. When we see so many relationships without chemistry or, actually "love." This one relationship met at one of the least romantic situations possible is the only place where it's believable there is love.
this is actually such a good take! I never thought of it that way!
This! It's throughly wholesome and throughly unsexy. I love the way they made sex so... mundane and unarousing in this storyline. People working in porn are just people, their lives aren't inappropriate simply because of their profession.
Also, I can't believe that with the creepy threesome guy and two (almost three!) cheating plotlines, the cute love story between two awkward coworkers is what bothers him as out of place in a Christmas movie. The cute love story that's itself poking fun at the contrast!
Brother, what?
I just watched an interview with Hugh Grant where he said love actually isn't just about love, it's about the pain that comes with it. It puts the movie in a different perspective.
Isn’t that every love story though? It’s life, in all its complexity.
So you're saying it's about Pain Actually
@@caoisekamay1175😉 funny, but no, it's that love IS all around, makes inevitable pain (of living, loss, whatever) bearable, is a good thing.
Pain of a bunch of cheaters 🤣
@icelored1 And cheatees.
Just remember, Keira Knightley is SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD at the time of filming
And she was like 5 or 7 years older than Thomas Brody-Sangster aka the kid 😅
Oh hell nah
She was (and still is) only 5 years older than "the 8 years old" 😂
@@IWillAlwaysJustBeMe13 5 years older I believe. He was 12 at the time of filming, and she was 17.
I just found this out too its so weird lol why would you hire a 17 year old to play a recently married woman? It makes no sense and usually actors are older than their roles...
Concise summary: This movie is the antithesis of every Hallmark movie (which have their own purpose). Not everyone gets a “happy” ending. It’s about more than one character - and how all of them are somehow connected. It’s perfectly imperfect, like life - or, love, actually. 🥁
Seems like some people (most americans) cannot comprehend this
@@maren8999 No, it’s not really an American vs non-American thing. I think it’s pretty obvious what the movie is about, it just has flaws that detract from the overall experience.
I appreciate dark comedy in any movie and also social commentary or social realism. This film mashed (unrealistic) romcom tropes, a bad-faith and serious intention to explore love in many forms with (mostly) shallow storylines. There may be a possible exception with the Thompson/Rickman story.
@@lyny7071exactly very shallow storylines
I like this movie because it's about different kinds of love, not just romantic. Emma Thompson's primary love is her kids, she's been betrayed and is heartbroken, but she holds it together for them despite her heartbreak. Bill Nighy's primary love is friendship (arguably there's some gay there too) with his manager. Laura Linney's primary love is familiar and very selfless, she's losing everything for her brother. Andrew Lincoln's love is unrequited. Liam Neeson is found family and his love for a child that isnt his. Thomas Brodie Sangster is first love/puppy love. I think half the characters are very bad people, but I do like the exploration of the different kinds of love.
so well put !!
I totally agreee
It also includes hate, because I hated it. Just because there's an idea doesn't mean the execution is good
Dylan watches movies for a living, (and is given the point of the movie in the opening dialogue), and still can't reach this conclusion 🤦♀
To be fair it feels it's more about terrible men being forgiven or rewarded. And women having to accept they are at the whims of the men of their life and that their role is caretaking.
Like the prime minister makes the secretary loose her hard end job because he was jealous he wasn't the one harrassing her, and she is the one apologizing and explaining. The creep who ruins the footage from the wedding gets kissed. The cheater is allowed to remain married and part of the family.... And so on.
Ironically I only enjoyed the sexual body doubles story, and a bit of the writers, because it was somewhat charming
DYLAN he flirts because he said the only women he could ever like after his wife passed is Claudia Schiffer and the women in the movie IS Claudia Schiffer! :D
That's just stupid
😂 this film is definitely British humor @@scifigrl23
@@scifigrl23 many jokes are stupid in life.
@@scifigrl23 it’s a Christmas movie, of course it’s gonna be stupid. That’s basically what makes a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie.
@mariaa.eedits You haven't seen a good Christmas movie then.
This is actually one of my favorite movies of all time. I acknowledge that parts of it haven’t aged well, but it’s a comfort food movie for me.
the most heartbreaking part of the film is the fact that emma thompson went through a similar situation as her character it's acc the saddest thing of all time
Damn that Gilderoy Lockhart.
That affair happened nearly 10 years prior.
@@fauxnotfoxx still sad tho init
@@khxdija3998Sad, but your comment is misleading.
@@propogandalfyou're so right i just edited the comment!
As a British person, I can confirm that we are sad all the way through and there is only darkness in our souls 12:25
I blame the weather
Too bloody right.
With that profile pic?
i can also verify
Had multiple people say this to me while I was in London, unprompted. "Why are you here? Do you like British comedy?? Ahh well that and alcohol is our only outlet, otherwise we're all dead inside." CHEERS, MATE.
This is genuinely one of my favorites to watch this time of year because it shows the real things people go through around the holidays, it’s not all music and happiness and candy canes, there’s sadness and anger and resentment and loss and heartbreak as well as the happiness and joy it feels like real people going through real problems, that the reason I believe not all of the story lines were “completed” was because that’s how it is in real life, not everything gets resolved as soon as the problem appears
20:28 despite their inability to understand each other, they are in sync. I think that’s how we’re supposed to know they’re meant to be.
thank you, i just paused to write this haha
That’s what I was about to comment. I’m at 20:41 and his inability to literally read between the lines of their dynamic is irritating me 😂
i think what’s really sad about the gifts alan rickman gave emma thompson and his secretary respectively was that the CD was actually a meaningful gift. she mentioned offhandedly that she loves joni mitchell and he remembered, meaning that he does care for her. the necklace, on the other hand, is an impulse buy-something you’d give somebody you don’t know very well. it’s proof that he really does care for his wife, but chose to cheat anyway.
did he cheat though? i watch this movie every year and for some reason im always in denial about that part...
@mills9488 at the very least it's an emotional affair, which some argue is even worse than a physical one.
@mills9488 as Emma Thompson says in the film: “Would you wait around to find out if it’s just a necklace, or if it’s sex and a necklace, or if, worst of all, it’s a necklace and love?” The point is that we don't truly know how far her husband went with the affair or how far he would be willing to go. He cheated not because he slept with someone else, but because he broke her trust by being romantically involved with someone else.
@mills9488 I've read somewhere that it was confirmed and actually implied in the scene where she tries on the necklace, she's in her underwear and we can see a messy bed behind whereas their marital bed is all neat.
I kind of agree that there is meaning behind the cd gift but surely if she’s a big Joni Mitchell fan she’d probably already own that album? It’s not a new album or anything.
NO, alan rickmans character is most definitely NOT forgiven, the entire beauty of it is that emma thompsons character despite being obviously crushed and hurt still puts on a smile (not to forgivve him) but to show up for her kids and make sure they have a happy christmas
Dylan clutching his pearls at every scene in the beginning might be the funniest bit of the year.
missing out hugh grant dancing is criminal
"Yeah... Mary. Can you move the Japanese Prime Minister to 4 o'clock?"
And singing carols with the driver.
I love how re-watching these "classic romantic" movies with Dylan gives me a fresh perspective of how NOT romantic and actually creepy these movies how! Like, how Dylan criticized "The Proposal" for not showing any moment in which the main characters actually fall in love, and it's so true!!
As a Brit, I need more of Dylan looking up insults just to see if he can use them correctly 😂😂
'he's a rank' 😂
@@mckirsty7783 Dylan completely misusing that cracked me up 😂
the fact she wore red lipstick, red earrings and a red cardigan to match the ruby in the necklace 😭
I've never realized this and now I wanna cry all over again
@ i think someone pointed it out on twitter and it makes me so upset😭
Why would you actually break my heart like that?! 😭😭
omg that’s brutal, i never noticed
"look at this little maze runner"
*stares into the camera like he's in the office*
Get this man some pearls to clutch
Lmaooooo😂😂😂😂 exactly him the entire time
They'd go great next to his marbles
He was worse than my nan, lol.
Love actually makes me physically angry. I will never forgive Alan for that necklace
People do it and worse everyday. I hate the character for doing that, but love that such a realistic storyline is in the film
37:43 Dylan really embodied Scream-o-saurus with that scream 😂
Ooh yes he really did 😂
Dylan discovering how bad and chaotic this movie is is bringing me a lot of joy and validation
Pls say this means you also do not like this movie at all 😭
@@findme7585 - I never understood the appeal of this movie. My brother really likes it.
This film is so overrated and I don't understand the hype it gets
@@monicaenglish2566 When I watched it for the first time I felt like I was going crazy, because my opinion of the film and the way most people talk about it does not match at all.
Same!
The language barrier one really isn’t that out there. When I moved to Germany I barely knew any German, I had one friend who spoke English and she introduced me to her friends that don’t. The second time I met one of them we ended up kissing. We definitely didn’t understand most of what the other was saying, but we were always on the same page. I learned more German as we dated, and now we’re engaged. Sometimes two people just click like that, and you learn to communicate together. It’s more common than you think.
Beautiful story ❤
@@yesimarangel we still don’t communicate perfectly, I still have to google translate some stuff as I learn more but I’ve never been happier 🩵 at least we're long past the miming stage lol.
Now this should be the plot of a Christmas story
Oh I believe it, that's like 75% of the couples on 90 day fiancé
I think the point is to show how love actually is complicated and has many different sides. Love is not actually a classic Christams movies' love story, it can be unrequited or misdirected and the point is to give a more vast overview of how it can develop and unfold (good and bad).
Love Actually is like running a race and being like “this was a horrible decision I’m never doing this again” then a year later you’ve forgotten how much it sucks and sign up again
Agreed, except the "starting up again" part, because I'm never watching this movie again.
Speak for yourself
Nah watching it once was enough.
never even watched this and the previews had me thinking that, hollywood and love is like bleach and ammonia.
@@breathoffreshair7795 Hollywood? Isn't this a British movie?
"Its my brother he calls a lot"
"Ok so thats her husband"
Dylan 😅
I wonder if he actually watches the movies half the time
@@kayfabebreaker2981 lol y'all it's because she sounded like she was lying.
@@jijittersit’s Christmas and at Christmas you tell the truth is what we’ve learned
Who calls their brother “babe” or “darling”
@miacasual1263 I think it's because of him being mentally unwell she's trying to care for him etc
I'm so glad you made a reaction to this movie. When my family members who love this movie finally got me to watch it, I responded the exact same way. I also feel like it can barely be considered a Christmas movie.
As a clinically depressed Brit, this was brilliant. Having watched Dylan for all these years, his anglophobia brings me too much joy (and that is a rare commodity in England, as well you know)
As a British person, I can indeed confirm we have darkness in our soul and it is our default state.
I absolutely love your content lol. "He doesn't love her. I can see it in the way he parts his hair." Classic lol.
as a portuguese woman listening to Dylan saying "Portuguesian woman " honestly made my day
OMG, Dylan talking about if his friend answered the door and asked what the cards are and he just had to awkwardly go through it, omg I need that
I always think this too. Or came to the door to find out what was taking so long.
He's forced to deliver the confession to the friend and now chiwetel ejiofor thinks his bro is in love with him, that would be soo funny
One of the funniest things to me throughout this video was that I’m British but currently watching from South Korea 😭😂 the jokes just kept aligning too perfectly
"Bugger off" "Oh you Brits sometimes are too much..." Dylan about to get that last Taken movie for calling a northern irish man a brit lmaoooo🤣
He's playing a brit, though... not well, mind you, Liam Neeson only has one accent.
Well, NI is in the union. Depends on the person as to whether they’d consider themselves a Brit though, as I understand it from NI friends.
@@Lucifronz because NI people are citizens so you’ll find a lot of them in Britain. Actually you’ll find lots of Irish citizens too, Britain and Ireland have a reciprocal agreement that citizens have freedom of movement between the two countries and the right to live/settle/vote so Irish people have full rights to live and work in Britain and vice versa. There’s a rough history but Americans tend to misjudge what the relationship actually is these days. As ordinary people we’re very similar (very similar cultures) and very connected. Every Brit knows multiple Irish people.
I feel like Dylan is so busy cracking jokes he keeps missing things that would answer his questions and make him enjoy the movie more 😭😭😭😭
I bet he pauses/rewinds when he talks over the movie and just edits it down later. This movie just isn't good.
Maybe, but this movie is also bad and that's okay
idk I feel like Dylan catches a lot that I miss even when I pay attention. Like, I've seen Star Wars multiple times, but watching Dylan's marathon made it make more sense than it ever had before.
first time?
@@vickilljoy6099SAME! Obi Wan was my favorite character until Dylan pointed out all the fights he lost and I was like “you’re so right”😂
This video makes me feel soooo validated. I’ve always hated this movie and I’ve tried to like it so many times. I thought something was wrong with me. Thank you, Dylan!! 🙏
Can’t believe it’s Monday already!
Your commitment to weaving in the sponsorship, always has me on guard and yet I always end up surprised
Dylan getting upset at the American being stereotyped is so funny when every bit of American media stereotypes literally every other country. Like if someone British shows up in an American TV show or movie I just know they’re going to have the poshest accent, wear the Union Jack or Tartan and will somehow be the heir to the title of Lord or Lady of a British estate looool
As a Brit, we enjoy dark, dry humour (sweeping generalisation) which is the kind of comedy this goes for. It goes into different types of love, like Bill Nighy and his manager, or the woman and her brother. Everything you say is wrong with the movie is completely valid though, but we don't really care in the end because its a good time. Not ridicuoously hopeful like other Christmas films. Anyway loved the video! It's funny seeing an American react to our weird British movies like when you did About Time.
I agree completely, the idea is how Love is all around, even though life is messy and without a clear direction, there will be love through it all. I also find the movie and Dylan's commentary hilarious so win win!
I couldn't believe he was skipping Bill's parts! I was like, "NO!!!!" haha His storyline is actually one of my favorites. It's funny, awful, and beautiful all at once. A lot of the other stories are cliche and/or weird and gross to me. (Also, just to get it off my chest, Natalie is NOT fat, Andrew Lincoln's character is creepy AF, Keira Knightley's character's response was NOT a good one because cheating isn't cute, and you shouldn't propose to someone else before you are officially divorced. Though, he gets a bit of a pass, because he IS Colin Firth.) In fact, Bill's story with his manager is one of the few I love, actually. Still a good review though, because Dylan is so funny.
I haven't seen his video on About Time yet but I don't find that one weird at all (I'm from Portugal, for context)! It's actually really romantic, which is something I can't say about a majority of Love Actually, which is what leaves me so perplexed about this movie. It's not tackling some sad topics, it's the fact that the plotlines that are supposed to be swoony don't really feel that way as much.
bill’s storyline is honestly my favourite because it’s so wholesome i can’t believe he didn’t even talk about that and he was actually like the only funny thing about this film so it was sad seeing he didn’t like him😭 but this film is about different types of love which dylan just didn’t get i guess
As a British person I can confirm we are naturally sad, tea is laced with antidepressants and that’s why we drink so much of it
dylan is missing the crucial viewing factor of nostalgia that protects the rest of us from 2003 misogyny
I'm bummed Dylan skipped the Bill Nighy and his platonic/maybe-not-platonic friend-scenes. Especially the last one, that was so sweet. I really like this movie, excluding Keira and the Creep obviously.
Yess, they're my favorite part of this movie!
same!! i love this film.
He makes the movie so fun and him realising his love is so sweet and awkward and stupid, it's just amazing
SAME! He hated Bill Nighy's character the SECOND he came onscreen and it made me so sad :(
It makes me sad cause I literally just Acted as Bill in a school play.
I don't feel like explaining my enjoyment of _all_ the different plots (although I agree on the kiera knightly one, the story itself is not bad but the conclusion is insane in a way I don't like) but the martin freeman one is one of my favourites because it's so sweet and understated. They are in these fairly extreme positions where they are stand-ins for erotic movies but then they so innocently talk about their days and if _maybe_ the other would like to maybe go on a date sometime and their date concludes so sweetly. I do know a bunch is cut out of international (non-European) version because it's a bit explicit, so you might've seen a version with most of it cut.
Also, it's insane but the little boy (the step son) and Kiera Knightly differ only 5 years here. Crazy.
If you listen to the director's commentary they're supposed to be stand ins for a big Hollywood movie that "just has a lot of sex scenes in it"
Him not realizing that the girl at 41:59 is calling her brother is so annoying
It’s not common to refer to your brother as babe in the US. Not an unusual misconception for this movie, especially since it glorifies cheating.
@@gtgrandom where does it glorify cheating ?
UK watcher here -loved this reaction it had me rolling with laughter. Your constant surprise at how crude humour was so delightful. Going into this thinking it's a fun sweet movie is the funniest thing possible. This is like a classic over here
I’ve been loving the longer videos! Such a treat
Every reaction and comment Dylan has is exactly correct. I feel 100% validated. No notes.
I will not stand for the bill nighy slander. JUSTICE FOR BILL
I feel it in my toeeeeeeeees
FR
You know, as an American, I've never seen this movie in my life. I'm experiencing the same level of emotions as Dylan is.
I love this film. It shows loads of different realities around Christmas. Not everyone has a perfect happy ending, its real but also silly and its perfect.
Agree wholeheartedly! 💓
"Dylan, Dylan, DYLAN!" we chant as we give thanks to our beloved RUclipsr for another blessed video
It's so hilarious that you've uploaded this. My bf finally coerced me into watching it, and I'm sorry to say that I roasted it all the way through lol He basically said, "Yes, we love this movie, we never said it was GOOD."
Meee
This movie commentary is one for the books 10/10 dylan - your suffering was very entertaining
Love Actually is a mess and everyone makes stupid decisions. That's what makes it completely relatable. It's also funny and ridiculous. We like "Just in cases" 🥺
Love this movie. It chronicles so many types of love stories and not just the good parts of love but the pain, betrayal, loss, and grief. Sure it's corny. Sure it doesn't always make sense or come to happy endings but idk makes me happy every Christmas.
And it's with a lot of real cussing. 😎
37:27 “what are you gonna go around and collecting them? You’re gonna get another one!” Is funnny 😂
Dylan, it’s not her husband it’s her BROTHER who has schizophrenia. She literally says it please PAY ATTENTION 😭😭😭
Literally!! I was screaming at my screen!!
Dylan heard the line, he probably just thought she was lying to not reveal she has a 'husband'. Because at that point in the watchthrough he was convinced it HAD to be a husband bc of the terms she's been using for him (babe, darling). It's an honest mistake if you're not familiar with such terms of endearment being used on family
then why does she call him babe. that's a weird thing to call your brother
@@jlisa19not in the UK. parents call their kids babe, girls call their friends babe. I call my sister babe. it’s sort of just a normal pet name lol kinda like ‘love’ which is another one we say a lot
@@jlisa19 Craxy how something weird in one culture might not be in another
Ah yes, the one time of year we all come together to hate on Alan Rickman for what he did to Emma Thomson
Watching Sense and Sensibility (1995) is the antidote 🥲
Eh he gets his in Harry Potter AND Die Hard
@@T.FlorenzThat definitely helps. I didn't like Colonel Brandon the first few times I watched it but he's really grown on me. He's actually quite selfless in his love/admiration.
He did nothing.
@@TeddyRumble writers confirmed in an interview that he slept with the office girl off screen.
Finally a normal take on this movie… I will never understand why this is so many people’s favorite movie.
It’s a HORRIBLE movie 😫
Also 37:42 is the craziest noise I’ve ever heard Dylan make and that’s saying something 😂
Not a fan of this movie but the whole communicating in 2 languages is a thing. My mom can understand spanish but can't or is to shy to speak it. Her spanish friend can understand my mom's lowgerman dialect. They would talk entire evenings like that, each in their own language. It's so interesting to watch/listen😅
True ... In southern India there are 4 languages ... we speak ours but can't speak the other 3 (but we understand them)! Confuses the hell out of north indians!!
True, that's not what is happening in the film though
I've done this with people when we both speak/understand the languages we're using but initially neither character is meant to speak any of the other's language, the fact they're saying related things is coincidental so it isn't really the same thing at all.
In the movie they don’t understand eachother at all, they simply are so alike and made for eachother that they always talk about the same things at the same time without knowing it, that’s the point of the relationship.
Yeah, this is how I communicate with my grandmother. She understands English but prefers to speak her own language. I understand her language but can’t speak a word it it lol. So we just have bilingual conversations.
When you took your little break at the beginning of the year, i forgot to check back and haven't watched you since. Now i finally have time and im so glad to be back. So many videos to binge watch. Once a troublemaker always a troublemaker. ❤
Under 14 seconds is a record
9:57 "he doesn't love her, I can see it in the way he parts his hair"
I just saw a post pointing out the intentionally messy bed as the tart puts on the necklace- meaning he'd just been fooling around with her before opening presents with the kids 30:49
Sometimes I wish you would stop guessing things and just enjoy the experience of watching the movie…but then I remember that Im watching someone else watch a movie and if they didn’t say anything I’d be pretty bored.
Love this
the fact that Dylan didn't get that it was Sarah's brother who needed her, even when the movie made it super clear, cracks me tf up. never change, Dylan! 😂
THANK YOU because this is literally exactly how I feel for every scene in this movie
not dylan saying juliet is cheating even if she mentioned that her brother was the one calling HELP
you mean sarah (laura linney)
juliet is the one played by keira knightley
Between Dan and Phil and Dylan, I'm thriving this Monday morning
I love the moment right when you catch on to Dylan’s segue into a sponsor segment
I feel like Dylan totally missed the point of the plot line with the girl who was in love with Karl. The movie is about showing different kinds of love and her plot line was showing how much she loved her brother. She was willing to not hook up with the guy she is crazy about, so she could go be with her mentally ill brother. That's love right there.
But why couldn’t she do both? Isn’t it pretty telling that pretty much the only one not getting in a relationship is the self sacrificing woman?
@@aliciabergman1252 he obviously wasn't interested in her, besides the sex that he didn't get. He didn't even want to stay and talk with her when they were left alone in the office in the next scene they were in. They danced, went home together, sex didn't happen, it turned awkward. Why would she end up with him?
@@aliciabergman1252 THIS!!!!!
Let's remind people both the storylines with a women POV is about accepting they just have to comfort and take care of everyone arround them, and the cheater is allowed to come home. While the men all find love and even multiple partners, are rewarded with a kiss for ruining the weddings footage and being creeps, and so on.
This movie is disgustingly missoginistic and I was happy Dylan called it out.
Something I hate people don't point out is the prime minister making his secretary lose her very important job in the main government building, because he was jealous he wasn't the one harrassing her. She also is the one to apologize and say she is sorry she was harassed because he had to see it (the real victim here! /s).
Feels like a very unhealthy co-dependent kind of love to be honest.
@@samatar6852yeah. Also a big plot of the movie. Love isn’t just good or happy and healthy. We enjoy, thrive, crumble and suffer. Love is multifaceted, beautiful and cruel. To love is to live.
Love, Actually raised me and it's one of the movies I'd watch every festive season along with This Christmas, Last Christmas and The Holiday 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Love last christmas
same here!! i will love this film forever
The Holiday is one of the worst. Movie. Ever.
@@TeddyRumble blasphemy
Damn I’ve never seen someone misunderstand and miss all of the humour of love actually so fully.
I had the same kind of reaction when I watched the movie for the first time last year! I'm sorry but how is this movie funny? what are those humorous parts exactly? (not asking in a rude way but a curious way)
@@niloofarsafary are you american?
Maybe its just that his humor is very different, and its not like Los Actually has actual good jokes in it, mostly it weird or English sarcasm
This movie just isn't funny or even decent. The dialogue is terrible and aged like milk. Don't let your nostalgia blind you!
believe me I understand the humour. that’s how I understand that it’s not funny
I love this movie! Its one of my favs because it shows love in all its messy forms. From innocent to complicated and everything in between.