6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Love Actually (2003)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central thesis revolves around the universal and apolitical themes of love, human connection, and individual emotional journeys, consciously balancing various relationship types without promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie features some visible diversity within its supporting cast, including actors of color in notable roles, but does not explicitly recast traditionally white roles. Its narrative primarily explores romantic and personal relationships, framing traditional identities neutrally or positively without a central DEI critique.
Secondary
The film features a subtle, implied bond between Billy Mack and his manager, Joe, which some viewers interpret as a romantic queer relationship. This connection is depicted with warmth and without negative judgment, but it remains ambiguous and is not central to the narrative, resulting in a neutral overall portrayal.
The film uses Christmas, a central Christian holiday, as its primary setting and thematic backdrop. It portrays Christian rituals like weddings in churches and the general spirit of goodwill and love associated with the season in a celebratory and affirming manner.
Love Actually does not include any transsexual characters or themes. The narrative exclusively focuses on cisgender romantic relationships and family dynamics across its various plotlines.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Love Actually is an original screenplay with characters created specifically for the film. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character genders could have been established and subsequently altered.
Love Actually is an original screenplay with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established race to be swapped from.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.5
7.1
Critic Ratings
6.4
5.5
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