Name: Love Actually (2003)
Start: 2025-12-28T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Tampa Theatre

Part of the Holiday Classics series
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2h 15m / R / Comedy, Drama
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VENUE: Historic Duncan Auditorium

Love Actually is three and a half movies at once: it’s a Christmas movie, a romantic comedy, an ensemble movie and half of an anthology (the various plots actually do all tie together and reference each other, so it only gets partial credit here). There are ten stories happening simultaneously, and it stars about fifteen actors who, in a more normal film, would be billed above the title. Christmas draws people together, so making a series of interlocking love stories makes a lot of sense; Christmas can also make people anxious and fretful, so making the movie a frantic accumulation of plots makes a lot of sense too. Are there some parts that feel icky in 2025? Definitely yes, though that’s true of classics like White Christmas too. But in the end it presents an idea that’s familiar to a lot of holiday films: what matters most in a life is who you love and how well you love them. That message deserves to be told ten times per movie, at least.
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The Holiday Classics series is presented by Bank of America. Additional support is provided by Bolin Philanthropic Trust and Bolin Law Group. Promotional support provided by WEDU PBS.