Would love to purchase a full version of UK and US versions. Can only find poorly edited y-tube type copies, there has to be official releases which the monies go to proper red nose .... Come on, please release a DVD of both versions and maybe include outakes / bloopers. Could make some nice new funds for red nose.
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Love actually
Prismark1024 March 2017
Red Nose Day Actually could easily been Smug Actually in this ten minute sequel to Love Actually. It is from the original writer Richard Curtis, one of the founders of Comic Relief.
This special is set 14 years after the original movie and most of the original cast are reunited. Glaring absences include Alan Rickman sadly died in 2016 and this meant Emma Thompson declined to appear who played his wife. It is when Rowan Atkinson reprises an element from the original film that you realise Rickman's loss from this special.
Hugh Grant returns as the Prime Minister, not realising he is too old to dance to Drake tunes but still believes in the power of love. Billy Mack gives publicity to his latest charity single as his autobiography is due out. Colin Firth still tries to grapple with Portugues. Liam Neeson's particular set of skills is needed by his son who is about to get engaged. Keira Knightley gets an invitation to walk with the dead.
Curtis should be applauded for giving an audience a little treat and by reuniting his cast of now international stars.
This special is set 14 years after the original movie and most of the original cast are reunited. Glaring absences include Alan Rickman sadly died in 2016 and this meant Emma Thompson declined to appear who played his wife. It is when Rowan Atkinson reprises an element from the original film that you realise Rickman's loss from this special.
Hugh Grant returns as the Prime Minister, not realising he is too old to dance to Drake tunes but still believes in the power of love. Billy Mack gives publicity to his latest charity single as his autobiography is due out. Colin Firth still tries to grapple with Portugues. Liam Neeson's particular set of skills is needed by his son who is about to get engaged. Keira Knightley gets an invitation to walk with the dead.
Curtis should be applauded for giving an audience a little treat and by reuniting his cast of now international stars.
Good cause, good sequel
Horst_In_Translation31 March 2017
Warning: Spoilers
"Red Nose Day Actually" is a 15-minute live action short film from the UK that aired a week ago (March 2017) for the first time and shows us how things have changed in the last 1.5 decades for the protagonists from the very successful "Love Actually". So we get to see Neeson, Grant, Knightley, Firth and others in here once again reprising their roles from (even today) one of the most beloved Christmas films of all time. The very first scene was my favorite right away. I did not remember the actor from "The Walking Dead" was actually in "Love Actually" and boy I also did not remember how young Keira Knightley was back when this film came out. Anyway, back to this one here, it gets a bit weaker after the first scene, but it's still pretty solid and I recommend checking it out, especially to the biggest "Love Actually" fans. Those really don't want to miss out. Oh yeah, writer and director is of course again Richard Curtis and looking at how rarely he directed anything this is quite an honor, even if these 15 minutes probably also mean we will never be getting a LA sequel. Shame. But we take what we can get. See it, a really nice idea for this year's Red Nose Day.
Fair play for getting all the big stars back and doing it properly. I think more could have been done with the time though.
mickman91-128 December 2021
Love Actually is such a classic british film you cannot deny however hard you may try. Many people have seen it a million times as it has become the quintessential christmas film. Red Nose Day Actually wasn't just a cheap pastiche, they got many of the original cast in character, including Hugh Grant and Colin Firth and Liam Neeson etc. So all the memories and feel of the original flood back to you. However, overall it wasn't that interesting just to see how the characters have aged. That was kind of Sad Actually. I think they could have done much more with the 15 minutes. And I don't know why Hugh Grant as Prime Minister mentioned Metallica's new album along with other events marking how the country has changed in the 13 years between the films, as Metallica are an american band.
Feel like an old friend
percyjackson_ttx19 May 2017
I remember the first time watching "Love Actually" was 2011, hiding in the blanket so that my mom could not know that I hadn't sleep in midnight. And this film has changed my life, my point of view about love. It really stays around us, if we know how to feel it.
6 years later and I know about "Red nose day, actually". Only with a few starting song, all of my memories flow back (despite the fact that I have saved and watch LA movie over and over and over). I feel like seeing an old friend again. Once and for all. Although being released on a hot summer day, I think it will touch the heart of many people, including me.
6 years later and I know about "Red nose day, actually". Only with a few starting song, all of my memories flow back (despite the fact that I have saved and watch LA movie over and over and over). I feel like seeing an old friend again. Once and for all. Although being released on a hot summer day, I think it will touch the heart of many people, including me.
Actually not that bad. Lovely even
studioAT2 April 2017
Like other people I was a bit sceptical when this sequel to 'Love Actually', one of the most beloved Christmas films ever, was announced. As much fun as it would be to revisit the characters, it seemed a bit of a gimmick, albeit it one for a good cause.
I should have had more faith in writer Richard Curtis though, who manages to pen a great 10 minute sequel, that does more in its short length than I think a 90 minute version could have done.
Much like the original film it's warm, it's funny, and it also quite brilliantly pokes fun at the iconic moments from the original film.
It was great fun. Well done to all involved.
I should have had more faith in writer Richard Curtis though, who manages to pen a great 10 minute sequel, that does more in its short length than I think a 90 minute version could have done.
Much like the original film it's warm, it's funny, and it also quite brilliantly pokes fun at the iconic moments from the original film.
It was great fun. Well done to all involved.
More than a simple TV movie
gavin_vedder28 March 2017
Just watch it, and it's a ten minute sequel!! I dare to say that it's a kind of "check in on you"...and actually it's a funny unpretentious short film with a big heart! Maybe it's not a work of art, but it wasn't the point anyway. Red Nose it's a wonderful fund-raising event, cheers up for everyone who contributed for this movie.
PS: I just love Lucia Moniz, 14 years after and still lovely as ever.
PS: I just love Lucia Moniz, 14 years after and still lovely as ever.
Rick Grimes does it again
sophiahwright12 December 2020
Limited access, unwatchable
daisyisabaker23 February 2021
What's the point? Years later and I'm in the UK, still unable to find somewhere to watch it?
The only versions I can find are dodgey 360p low quality copies on Daily Motion.
It's not even on the Red Nose Day website.
They made such a big hype about it, they air it ONCE but if you missed it, you can't even watch it.
It's not even on the Red Nose Day website.
They made such a big hype about it, they air it ONCE but if you missed it, you can't even watch it.
LOVE Love Actually...
lilpurpleangel18 January 2018
Hilarious, silly even, short sequel to Love Actually. Quick mini updates on most of the main characters. I do believe though, that if I did not have such a great sense of humor, and were I not still a huge fan of the original movie, my rating would not be nearly so high for Love Actually 2.
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