54 Min.

'Love Actually' & Emma Thompson & Laura Linney & Martine McCutcheon Pop Fiction Women

    • Backstage

Love Actually: love, actually, is complicated and Love Actually is complicated too.

A fan favorite but also a critics’ favorite to bash. We face the attacks head on so we can put the cringe behind us and get to the really good stuff. (Starts at 2:06)

Is this even a love story? Carinn argues that romance and love are two different things in the context of a relationship. Kate acknowledges that the movie celebrates love and relationships in all different forms, even if there are some depressing or darker aspects explored. In the end, they agree love is certainly all around. (At 14:46)

Are there complicated women in Love Actually? Absolutely. Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, a young Keira Knightly, Martine McCutcheon. Enough said. (At 19:05)

Best and worst storylines. Carinn plays hopeless romantic as she gushes on the Jamie and Aurelia story (and of course she ties it to a Taylor Swift lyric). Kate cringes at the iconic cue card scene where Mark declares his love for Juliette (“to me you’re perfect”) because, hello, it’s his best friend’s wife. Wtf!? For Kate, the stand-in porn stars may have cutest love story of all. Go figure. (At 35:08)

Love is Everywhere. Especially as we listen to Hugh Grant's voice in the infamous opening clip. (At 49:29) 

 
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Love Actually: love, actually, is complicated and Love Actually is complicated too.

A fan favorite but also a critics’ favorite to bash. We face the attacks head on so we can put the cringe behind us and get to the really good stuff. (Starts at 2:06)

Is this even a love story? Carinn argues that romance and love are two different things in the context of a relationship. Kate acknowledges that the movie celebrates love and relationships in all different forms, even if there are some depressing or darker aspects explored. In the end, they agree love is certainly all around. (At 14:46)

Are there complicated women in Love Actually? Absolutely. Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, a young Keira Knightly, Martine McCutcheon. Enough said. (At 19:05)

Best and worst storylines. Carinn plays hopeless romantic as she gushes on the Jamie and Aurelia story (and of course she ties it to a Taylor Swift lyric). Kate cringes at the iconic cue card scene where Mark declares his love for Juliette (“to me you’re perfect”) because, hello, it’s his best friend’s wife. Wtf!? For Kate, the stand-in porn stars may have cutest love story of all. Go figure. (At 35:08)

Love is Everywhere. Especially as we listen to Hugh Grant's voice in the infamous opening clip. (At 49:29) 

 
Stay complicated!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

54 Min.