Every Rom Com 26: Love Actually

This week on Every Rom Com we’re kicking off our Christmas Rom Com series with one of our funniest episodes yet, as we rank the storylines in “Love Actually” from worst to best. We’ll also talk about writer-director Richard Curtis, the making of the film, and our favorite holiday movies! 0:00-9:12 Introduction, What are your Christmas go-to movies? What Christmas movies do you dislike? Mainlining Christmas site, mentioned by Cybil: https://www.mainliningchristmas.com/ 9:12-24:42 TRAILER, Basic Info, Interesting Facts, General Opinion https://screenrant.com/love-actually-behind-the-scenes-details-trivia/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/16/how-we-made-love-actually https://www.thedailybeast.com/love-actuallys-10th-anniversary-the-cast-and-crew-reminisce-about-the-christmas-classic The lesbian subplot cut from the movie (includes video clip): https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/watch-heartbreaking-lesbian-storyline-cut-6898243 The Mini-Sequel, follow the links to watch it: https://rednoseday.org/news/how-to-watch-red-nose-day-actually-love-actually 24:42-36:19 Writer/Director Richard Curtis, Opening Scene at the Airport, How We Did Our Rankings https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a14967/love-actually-10-year-anniversary/ 36:19-47:26 #9 The Keira Knightley Love Triangle 47:26-57:59 #8 Sarah and Karl 57:59-1:06:09 #7 Colin Firth Goes to Portugal (Or Maybe France) 1:06:09-1:12:53 #6 The Stand-Ins 1:12:53-1:18:55 #5 The Singer and His Manager 1:18:55-1:29:24 #4 Liam Neeson and His Stepson 1:29:24-1:40:04 #3 Colin Goes to Wisconsin 1:40:04-1:53:14 #2 Emma Thompson and Joni Mitchell 1:53:14-2:04:03 #1 The Prime Minister and Natalie 2:04:03-2:07:21 Other Critiques of the Movie, Would You Watch a Reboot? The Lindy West Critique: