56-771: Popplewell is a surname. People with this surname include: Andrew Popplewell (born 1959), judge of the High Court of England and Wales Anna Popplewell (born 1988), English actress Claire Popplewell , British producer and creative director for BBC Studios Cicely Popplewell , early computer programmer in Manchester who worked with Alan Turing Dan Popplewell, English musician, co-founder of Ooberman Don Popplewell (born c. 1949), American football player Ernest Popplewell , Baron Popplewell (1899–1977), British politician Fred Popplewell, Australian golfer and winner of
112-480: A weighted average , assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Michael Atkinson of The Village Voice called it "love British style, handicapped slightly by corny circumstance and populated by colorful neurotics". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half out of four stars, describing it as "a belly-flop into
168-414: A Christmas angel, but this was dropped from the final script. A month later, all the characters are seen at Heathrow Airport . Billy's Christmas single has spurred a comeback. Juliet, Peter, and Mark meet Jamie and his bride, Aurélia. Karen and the kids greet Harry, but Karen's stilted reaction suggests they are struggling to move past his affair. Sam greets Joanna, who has returned from America, and Daniel
224-417: A film about love and what love sort of means" he had the idea of creating an ensemble film. The film initially did not have any sort of Christmas theme, although Curtis's penchant for such films eventually caused him to write it as one. Curtis's original concept for the film included fourteen different scenarios, but four of them were cut (two having been filmed). The scene in which Colin attempts to chat up
280-548: A psychiatric hospital, aborting their tryst. On Christmas Eve, they are both working late. Karl tries to find words but just wishes her a merry Christmas and leaves. In tears, Sarah calls Michael and visits him to give him a Christmas gift. After unsuccessfully attempting to woo various British women, including Mia and Nancy (Juliet and Peter's wedding caterer; Julia Davis ), Colin Frissell from Basildon ( Kris Marshall ) informs his friend Tony ( Abdul Salis ) that he plans to go to
336-511: A victory party hosted by Elton John to celebrate Christmas with Joe, getting drunk and watching porn . Juliet and Peter's wedding ( Keira Knightley and Chiwetel Ejiofor ) is videotaped by the best man , Mark ( Andrew Lincoln ), where a surprise band plays the Beatles ' " All You Need Is Love " as they walk out of the church. Although the couple believes Mark dislikes Juliet, he is actually in love with her. When he evades her requests to see
392-470: A worldwide total of $ 244.9 million, against a budget of $ 40 million. It spent its first five weeks in the Top 10 at the U.S. box office. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 64% of 227 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "A sugary tale overstuffed with too many stories. Still, the cast charms." Metacritic , which uses
448-453: Is a new junior member of the household staff at 10 Downing Street . During a meeting with the US president ( Billy Bob Thornton ), they pass Natalie, and the president makes inappropriate comments to David about her. Later, David walks in on Natalie who is serving tea and biscuits to the president, and finds him kissing her. Natalie seems embarrassed, and the president has a sly grin on his face. At
504-465: Is almost caught by his wife purchasing an expensive necklace with a gold heart pendant from the jewelry department when the salesman, Rufus ( Rowan Atkinson ), takes an inordinate amount of time to wrap it. Later, Karen finds the necklace in Harry's coat pocket and assumes it is for her. Opening a similarly shaped box on Christmas Eve, she is heartbroken to find it is a Joni Mitchell CD, realises he bought
560-574: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Andrew Popplewell Sir Andrew John Popplewell PC , styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Popplewell , is a Lord Justice of Appeal (a judge of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales ), having previously served as a High Court judge . Son of Sir Oliver Popplewell , he was educated at Radley College and Downing College, Cambridge . He has three children: Anna Popplewell , actress star of
616-405: Is friends with Jamie and Sarah. Harry is married to Karen, who is friends with Daniel, and her brother is David, who works with Natalie. Harry and Karen's children (and thus David's niece and nephew), Natalie's siblings (and thus Mia's neighbours), and Carol's son are all schoolmates of Sam and Joanna. Daniel proclaims that his late wife was the only one for him unless he met Claudia Schiffer . Carol
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#1732793134227672-479: Is joined by his new girlfriend, Carol, and her son. Newlyweds John and Judy, heading off to their honeymoon, run into Tony who is awaiting Colin's return from America. Colin returns with Harriet and her sister Carla, who meets Tony for the first time but greets him with a hug and a kiss on the lips. Natalie welcomes David back from his flight in view of the press, showing their relationship is now public. These scenes dissolve into footage of actual arrivals at Heathrow, as
728-434: Is on their way to a multi-school Christmas play , and he offers to drive them so he can talk to her. As Natalie sneaks him into the school, he runs into his heartbroken sister, Karen, who believes he is there for his niece and nephew. As David and Natalie try to keep from being seen and watch from backstage, they finally kiss. Everyone sees them kissing as the curtain rises. Daniel ( Liam Neeson ), Karen's close friend, mourns
784-572: Is played by Schiffer. Initially, Curtis started writing with two distinct and separate films in mind, each featuring expanded versions of what would eventually become storylines in Love Actually : those featuring Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. He changed tack and became frustrated with the process. Partly inspired by the films of Robert Altman as well as films such as Pulp Fiction , and inspired by Curtis having become "more interested in writing
840-406: Is pushed by his girlfriend to attend Juliet and Peter's wedding alone as she is ill. He returns before the reception to check on her, discovering she is having sex with his brother. Crushed, Jamie withdraws to his French cottage, where he meets Portuguese housekeeper Aurélia ( Lúcia Moniz ), who does not speak English. Despite not sharing a common language, a mutual attraction grows. Jamie returns to
896-609: Is the mother of Sam's schoolmate, and there is a mutual spark. Sarah ( Laura Linney ) first appears at Juliet and Peter's wedding, sitting next to her friend Jamie. An American working at Harry's graphic design company, she is in love with the creative director, Karl ( Rodrigo Santoro ). Prompted by Harry, they finally connect at the Christmas party, and Karl drives her home. Sarah invites Karl in and they immediately pull off their clothes and begin to get intimate when Michael (Michael Fitzgerald), her mentally ill brother, telephones from
952-580: The Chronicles of Narnia series, Lulu Popplewell , who played Daisy in Love Actually , and Freddie Popplewell, a barrister . He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1981. He was made a QC in 1997 and was a recorder from 2002 to 2011. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) and knighted in 2011. On 21 October 2019, he was appointed to
1008-962: The Australian Open Jack Popplewell (1911–1996), English writer and playwright Josephine Popplewell, known as Rosa Bird (1866–1927), Australian-English soprano Lulu Popplewell (born 1991), English actress Martin Popplewell , British newsreader Nadiv Popplewell , Israeli from Wakefield, Yorkshire, who was taken hostage in 2023 and died in Gaza in 2024 Nick Popplewell (born 1964), Irish rugby player Nigel Popplewell (born 1957), English cricketer Sir Oliver Popplewell (born 1927), British judge Paul Popplewell (born 1977), English actor Richard Popplewell (1935–2016), English organist and composer Tony Popplewell (born 1941), New Zealand rower [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
1064-483: The Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal . This United Kingdom law-related biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Love Actually Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis . The Christmas film features an ensemble cast , composed predominantly of British actors, many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous projects. An international co-production of
1120-737: The OXO Tower , London City Hall , Poplar Road in Herne Hill , Elliott School in Pullman Gardens, Putney , Heathrow Airport and the Marseille Airport . Scenes set in 10 Downing Street were filmed at Shepperton Studios . Following Tony Blair 's resignation as Prime Minister, pundits and speculators commented on a potential anti-American shift in Gordon Brown 's cabinet as a " Love Actually moment", referring to
1176-765: The Top Soundtracks chart. The UK and US versions of the actual film contain two instances of alternative music. In the UK cut, the montage leading up to and continuing through the first part of the office party is set to the song " Too Lost in You ", by the British group Sugababes . In the US version of the film, this song is replaced with " The Trouble with Love Is ", performed by the American singer Kelly Clarkson . Subsequently, in
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#17327931342271232-536: The United Kingdom , United States , and France , it was mostly filmed on-location in London . The film delves into different aspects of love as shown through 10 separate stories involving a variety of individuals, many of whom are interlinked as the plot progresses. The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place in
1288-567: The backing singers at the school Christmas pageant. Helder Costa plays Mr Barros, Aurelia's father. He is a veteran actor in Portuguese cinema. Thompson used the experience of her own marriage breaking up for the role of Karen. Joe Alwyn auditioned for the role of Sam; Alwyn read scenes with Grant and Curtis. Curtis cast his mother-in-law, actress Jill Freud, as the Prime Minister's cleaner. Curtis cast his daughter Scarlett in
1344-399: The sex scenes for a film for which Tony is a production assistant. John tells Judy, "It's lovely to find someone I can actually chat to." While they are perfectly comfortable being naked and simulating sex on-set, they are shy and tentative off-set. They carefully pursue a relationship, attending the Christmas pageant (involving David and Natalie, Harry and Karen's children, Daniel and Sam) at
1400-500: The surname Popplewell . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Popplewell&oldid=1241361096 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of English origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
1456-633: The New Year. The film was released in the US on 14 November 2003 and a week later in the UK during its theatrical run. Love Actually was a box-office success, grossing $ 250.2 million worldwide on a budget of $ 40 million. The film received mixed reviews and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy . A made-for-television short film sequel, Red Nose Day Actually , aired in two different versions on BBC One and NBC in 2017, as part of
1512-562: The UK version's end credit roll, the second song is a cover of " Jump (For My Love) " performed by Girls Aloud ; in the US version, this song is replaced with "Too Lost in You". Several songs were heard in the film but did not appear on either soundtrack: Love Actually grossed $ 59.7 million in the United States and Canada, $ 62.7 million in the United Kingdom, and $ 122.6 million in other territories, for
1568-694: The US, convinced that his Britishness will be an asset. Landing in Milwaukee , Colin hails a taxi and asks the driver to take him to the nearest bar. There, he immediately meets Stacey ( Ivana Miličević ), Jeannie ( January Jones ), and Carol-Anne ( Elisha Cuthbert ), three stunningly attractive women who instantly fall for his Estuary English accent, inviting him to stay at their home, where they are joined by their "sexiest" roommate Harriet ( Shannon Elizabeth ). John ( Martin Freeman ) and Judy ( Joanna Page ) are professional stand-ins for films. They meet doing
1624-440: The United Kingdom, realises he is in love with Aurélia and begins learning Portuguese. He returns to France to find her and ends up walking through town with her father and sister, gathering additional people as they walk to her waitressing job. In basic, and often grammatically incorrect, Portuguese, he declares his love for her and proposes. She says yes in broken English, showing she too had been studying English "just in cases", as
1680-422: The airport before she returns to the US. Sam slips through airport security and catches up with her. She acknowledges him by name, which surprises him. Sam returns to Daniel to tell him, and Joanna follows him, surprising him again, and kisses him on the cheek. A subplot in this storyline involves Daniel stating a few times his wish to date Claudia Schiffer . Eventually, Daniel meets Carol (portrayed by Schiffer) who
1736-511: The card scene "a bit weird". Ant & Dec played themselves in the film with Nighy's character referring to Dec as "Ant or Dec". This refers to the common mistaking of one for the other, owing to their constant joint professional presence as a comedy and presenting duo. The veteran actress Jeanne Moreau is seen briefly, entering a taxi at the Marseille Airport. The soul singer Ruby Turner appears as Anderson's mother, one of
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1792-538: The crowd erupts in applause. Harry ( Alan Rickman ) is the managing director of a design agency. Mia ( Heike Makatsch ) is his secretary. Harry is happily married to Karen ( Emma Thompson ), a stay-at-home mother. They have two children, Bernard and Daisy ( Lulu Popplewell ). Mia behaves in an overtly sexual way with him at the office and asks him for a Christmas present. At the company Christmas party held at Mark's gallery, they dance closely. While Christmas shopping, Harry calls Mia and asks what she wants for Christmas. He
1848-421: The doorbell to find Mark carrying a boombox playing a Christmas carol and large cue cards . While Peter is inside watching television, Mark shows a message of his love to Juliet through a series of cue cards. As he walks away down the street, Juliet runs after him, gives him a quick kiss, and returns inside. Mark walks away, uttering "Enough", to imply he can be content as friends. Writer Jamie ( Colin Firth )
1904-464: The female caterer at the wedding appeared in drafts of the screenplay for Four Weddings and a Funeral , but was cut from the final version. The music video for Billy Mack's song, "Christmas Is All Around", is a tribute to Robert Palmer 's 1986 video, " Addicted to Love ". Curtis has spoken negatively about the editing process for the film, which he labelled in 2014 as a "catastrophe" and "the only nightmare scenario that I've been caught in". The film
1960-421: The film continues to be highly divisive amongst critics and audiences. Publications such as CNN , The Atlantic and The Telegraph have written positively about Love Actually whilst others such as The Independent , Cosmopolitan and The Guardian have panned the film. Some publications in later years have labelled it as one of the worst Christmas films ever made . The screenplay by Richard Curtis
2016-761: The film was made on location in London, including Trafalgar Square , the central court of Somerset House in the Strand , Grosvenor Chapel on South Audley Street near Hyde Park , St Paul's Church, Clapham , the Millennium Bridge , Selfridges department store on Oxford Street , Lambeth Bridge , the Tate Modern in the former Bankside Power Station , Canary Wharf , Marble Arch , St. Luke's Mews off All Saint's Road in Notting Hill , Chelsea Bridge ,
2072-423: The film; she was given the choice of being an angel or a lobster, and played the part of Lobster number 2 in the nativity play, on the condition that she meets Keira Knightley. Curtis originally had two actors in mind for the part of Mack, but he could not decide and then told casting director Mary Selway to find someone who would do the part well but whom he would never think to cast; she suggested Nighy. Most of
2128-446: The following joint press conference , David is uncharacteristically assertive while taking a stand against the president's intimidation techniques. Feeling uncomfortable around Natalie, David has her moved to another position. He is spurred to action on Christmas Eve when he finds a Christmas card from her in his red box , declaring that she is his and only his. He finds her after a door-to-door search of her street. Her entire family
2184-430: The fundraising event Red Nose Day 2017 . A voice-over opens the film, commenting that whenever the narrator gets gloomy about the state of the world, he thinks of the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport , and the pure and uncomplicated love of lovers, friends and families welcoming their loved ones. He also points out that the messages from the 9/11 victims were messages of love and not hate. The story then switches among
2240-534: The interconnecting "love stories" of many people: With his long-time manager Joe ( Gregor Fisher ), rock and roll legend Billy Mack ( Bill Nighy ) records a Christmas version of the Troggs ' 1967 song " Love Is All Around ", titling it "Christmas Is All Around". Although believing the record is terrible, Mack promotes the release in the hope it will become the Christmas number one single , which it does. He foregoes
2296-442: The length of an Oscar-trawling epic" and added, "It is more like a record label's greatest-hits compilation or a very special sitcom clip-reel show than an actual movie." In Rolling Stone , Peter Travers rated it two stars out of a possible four, saying "there are laughs laced with feeling here, but the deft screenwriter Richard Curtis dilutes the impact by tossing in more and more stories." Christopher Orr of The Atlantic
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2352-472: The local school with John's brother. They get engaged by the end of the film. Rufus ( Rowan Atkinson ) is the jewellery salesman whose meticulous gift-wrapping nearly results in Karen seeing Harry buying a necklace for Mia. In another scene, his distraction of airport staff enables Sam to sneak past them to talk to Joanna. In the director and cast commentary, it is revealed that Rufus was originally supposed to be
2408-431: The necklace for someone else, and cries in their bedroom alone. She keeps a happy face so as not to ruin her family's holiday. She confronts Harry and asks what he would do if he were her. She feels he has made a mockery of their marriage and of her. Harry comes clean and admits that he has been foolish. David ( Hugh Grant ), Karen's brother and the recently elected Prime Minister , is single. Natalie ( Martine McCutcheon )
2464-408: The other characters in the closing Heathrow scene. John and Judy work with Tony, who is best friends with Colin, who works for a catering company that services the office where Sarah, Karl, Mia, and Harry work. Mia is friends with Mark, who runs the art gallery where the Christmas office party takes place. Mia also lives next door to Natalie. Mark is in love with Juliet and friends with Peter. The couple
2520-468: The recent death of his wife, Joanna, as he tries to care for his stepson Sam ( Thomas Sangster ). Sam has fallen for an American classmate, also named Joanna ( Olivia Olson ), and after talking with his stepfather, decides to learn the drums to accompany her in the big finale for their school's Christmas pageant at Karen and Harry's children's school. Sam feels he has missed his chance to impress her, but Daniel convinces him to try to tell Joanna how he feels at
2576-403: The scene in question, the swaggering president bullies the prime minister and then sexually harasses a member of the household staff. In September 2013, David Cameron made a speech in reply to Russia's comment that Britain was a small insignificant country, which drew comparisons with Hugh Grant's speech during the film. One storyline consisting of two scenes, featuring the only gay love story,
2632-433: The scene in which Hugh Grant's character stands up to the US president. In 2009, during President Barack Obama 's first visit to the UK, Chris Matthews referred to the president in Love Actually as an example of George W. Bush and other former presidents' bullying of European allies. Commenting on this, Mediaite 's Jon Bershad described the U.S. president character as a "sleazy Bill Clinton/George W. Bush hybrid". In
2688-500: The score and "Sometimes" by Gabrielle and reordered the tracklist. It also replaced the Girls Aloud cover of " Jump (For My Love) " with the original by The Pointer Sisters , and replaced Maroon 5 's "Sweetest Goodbye" with a medley of "Sweetest Goodbye" with " Sunday Morning ". The film's original score was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Craig Armstrong . It was commercially unreleased until 19 November 2021, when it
2744-406: The screen is divided into an increasing number of smaller segments to form a photographic mosaic of a heart. All the stories are linked in some way; while Mack and his manager do not connect with the other characters physically, Billy appears frequently on characters' radios and TVs, his music video twice providing an important plot device for Sam's pursuit of Joanna, and they also cross paths with
2800-573: The sea of romantic comedy ... The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: ... It feels a little like a gourmet meal that turns into a hot-dog eating contest." Nev Pierce of the BBC awarded it four of a possible five stars and called it a "vibrant romantic comedy ... Warm, bittersweet and hilarious, this is lovely, actually. Prepare to be smitten." In his review in The New York Times , journalist A. O. Scott called it "a romantic comedy swollen to
2856-415: The video he shot at the wedding, she shows up at his flat. Juliet insists she wants them to be friends, but when she views the wedding video Mark recorded, she sees many extreme close-ups of herself and a few of Peter's face. She realises Mark's true feelings towards her. After an uncomfortable silence, Mark blurts out that he acts coldly toward her out of "self-preservation". On Christmas Eve, Juliet answers
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#17327931342272912-423: Was cut and not included. In the first scene, Anne Reid , as the headmistress of Karen's children's school, is revealed going home to her terminally ill partner, Geraldine, played by Frances de la Tour . In the second scene, while speaking at the Christmas concert, Karen acknowledges Geraldine's recent death. Curtis said he regretted losing this storyline. The US edition of the soundtrack removed two pieces of
2968-401: Was negative toward the work and described it as the least romantic movie of all time, considering its ultimate message to be "It's probably best if you give up on love altogether and get on with the rest of your life." Since its initial release some publications have come to regard Love Actually as a cult film as it is habitually watched by many people as a holiday staple . Despite this,
3024-556: Was published by Michael Joseph Ltd. in the United Kingdom and by St. Martin's Griffin in the US. In 2017, Richard Curtis wrote a script for Red Nose Day that reunited a dozen characters and picked up their storylines fourteen years later. Filming began in February 2017, and the short film was broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2017. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on Blu-ray in November 2009. The film
3080-587: Was released digitally by Universal Pictures ' Back Lot Music, and on CD by La-La Land Records. Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. The soundtrack album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart , and by Christmas 2018 it had spent 348 weeks on the Chart. It reached the top forty on the US Billboard 200 in 2004 and ranked second on
3136-426: Was rushed in order to be ready for the 2003 Christmas season which he likened to " three-dimensional chess ". For the scene in which Rowan Atkinson's character Rufus annoys Harry, Alan Rickman's reaction was reportedly genuine, having been "driven insane" by the time constraints. Hugh Grant disliked filming the dance scene as he called it "excruciating" and "absolute hell". In a 2023 interview, Curtis would later call
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