Love Actually is Good, Actually | BFI video essay

It's Christmas, so it's time for mulled wine, mince pies and the annual slew of takedowns of Richard Curtis's romcom Love Actually. Released in 2003, Curtis's ensemble comedy - in which eight different couples navigate love and loss during the festive season - has developed a reputation as something of a turkey. And yet ... In this video essay Maha Albadrawi explains how an unfortunate collision with a specific strand of 2010s online journalism condemned Love Actually unfairly and why it's actually a Christmas cracker. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI Claim an extended BFI Player Subscription free trial (UK only) - subscribe using code BFIYOUTUBE: http://theb.fi/player-subscription Watch more on BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Our TikTok:   / britishfilminstitute   Like us on Facebook:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Instagram:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Twitter:   / bfi