Andy and Darcy’s Blog

I can hardly believe that it is Christmastime again. It was just summer it seems like. That means it’s also the time for Christmas movies. I know for me this means National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. There really is nothing better than the Griswold Family Christmas. However if National Lampoon’s isn’t your thing I have another suggestion. While it may be less of a Christmas movie and more of a romantic comedy-type film, I’ve got to say it’s good all around. That movie is love actually.

The premise of the movie is that it is about 5 different stories of people told starting at around 5 weeks to Christmas. It is based in London, but reaches out to other locations as well. They each are going through some life changing events. The cast is quite good, Hugh Grant (About a Boy), Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride & Prejudice), Alan Rickman (Harry Potter, Die Hard), Bill Nighy (Underworld, Pirates of the Caribbean), Liam Neeson (Star Wars), Emma Thompson (Harry Potter, Stranger Than Fiction) and many other lesser actors that you’ll probably recognize. I won’t give it away, but in the end the stories intertwine in a unique and interesting way.

The stories in the movie really center around one theme, that love actually is all around. Different kinds of love, old love, new love, friendly love. It is really very, very good. I watch it every year and it still affects me the same way. I highly, highly recommend it if you want a good heartwarming movie that is set around Christmastime.

Even if you’re thing isn’t romantic comedies, I would recommend this movie on the performance of Bill Nighy alone, one of his best I would have to say.

P.S. What are some of your favorite Christmas movies? I’d like to hear them.