Red Nose Day Actually

Hilarious, silly even, short sequel to Love Actually. Quick mini updates on most of the main characters. I do believe though, that if I did not have such a great sense of humor, and were I not still a huge fan of the original movie, my rating would not be nearly so high for Love Actually 2.

I remember the first time watching "Love Actually" was 2011, hiding in the blanket so that my mom could not know that I hadn't sleep in midnight. And this film has changed my life, my point of view about love. It really stays around us, if we know how to feel it.

6 years later and I know about "Red nose day, actually". Only with a few starting song, all of my memories flow back (despite the fact that I have saved and watch LA movie over and over and over). I feel like seeing an old friend again. Once and for all. Although being released on a hot summer day, I think it will touch the heart of many people, including me.

It's worth watching just to watch Andrew Lincoln. What a babe.

Red Nose Day Actually could easily been Smug Actually in this ten minute sequel to Love Actually. It is from the original writer Richard Curtis, one of the founders of Comic Relief.

This special is set 14 years after the original movie and most of the original cast are reunited. Glaring absences include Alan Rickman sadly died in 2016 and this meant Emma Thompson declined to appear who played his wife. It is when Rowan Atkinson reprises an element from the original film that you realise Rickman's loss from this special.

Hugh Grant returns as the Prime Minister, not realising he is too old to dance to Drake tunes but still believes in the power of love. Billy Mack gives publicity to his latest charity single as his autobiography is due out. Colin Firth still tries to grapple with Portugues. Liam Neeson's particular set of skills is needed by his son who is about to get engaged. Keira Knightley gets an invitation to walk with the dead.

Curtis should be applauded for giving an audience a little treat and by reuniting his cast of now international stars.

Just watch it, and it's a ten minute sequel!! I dare to say that it's a kind of "check in on you"...and actually it's a funny unpretentious short film with a big heart! Maybe it's not a work of art, but it wasn't the point anyway. Red Nose it's a wonderful fund-raising event, cheers up for everyone who contributed for this movie.

PS: I just love Lucia Moniz, 14 years after and still lovely as ever.