, 2h15 Directed byRichard Curtis OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance ThemesChristmas films, La provence, Films about marriage ActorsHugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rory MacGregor, Laura Linney Roles Joanna (Daniel's Dead Wife) (uncredited) Rating75% The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people: