History Film / LoveActually

** Aside from the standard removal of curse words, etc., John and Judy's sub-plot is completely removed from networks TV airings. No doubt the editors realized that there would be absolutely no way to get around the fact that they're naked in nearly every single one of their scenes.

* AdaptationDecay: InUniverse, as part of a nativity play that takes... several liberties. [[spoiler: Including [[MindScrew three lobsters, an octopus, a whale, and]] Franchise/SpiderMan.]]

** Mark's ending, to a lesser extent ([[spoiler: he doesn't expect to get Juliet from Peter.]]) It becomes an even lesser extent when considering [[spoiler:that it's not that Mark didn't want to be friends with Juliet; he was so in love with her that his defence mechanism to save himself pain was to push her away. The movie makes it clear he loved his friend Peter deeply and loved Juliet madly, but couldn't reconcile his feelings towards both because they were getting married. So while he didn't blame either party, he still felt a little betrayed on the inside.]]

* SweaterGirl: Juliet is wearing a tight, but tasteful, sweater in one scene.

* HollywoodDateless: ''Creator/HughGrant'' is the first single and unmarried British Prime Minister since UsefulNotes/EdwardHeath.

* OnlyOneName: Every character in the film save for Billy never has their last name mentioned.

* Sarah's friend Mark (Creator/AndrewLincoln), the best man at the wedding of Peter (Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor)and Juliet (Creator/KeiraKnightley) but who is in love with the bride...

* The best man at the wedding of Juliet (Creator/KeiraKnightley) and Peter (Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor), Mark (Creator/AndrewLincoln), who is in love with the bride...

* Karen's friend Daniel (Creator/LiamNeeson), a recent widower, trying to help his young stepson Sam (Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster) through his first case of heartache...

* BeleagueredAssistant: Being Billy Mack's manager is one hell of a P.R. nightmare.

* {{Anthology}}: Yes. This is a single movie that is also an anthology. Mostly thanks to the huge cast.

* ConcertKiss: "So, not quite as secret as we hoped."

* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: American girls to Colin, Colin to the American girls, Aurelia to Jamie.

* LoveAtFirstSight: How Sarah felt about Karl. Yes, EveryoneCanSeeIt.
* LoveTriangle: Of course. There's Mark-Juliet/Peter as well as Mia-Harry/Karen.

* MaleGaze and FemaleGaze: Notoriously, with Aurelia and Karl as the main eye candy.
* MaybeEverAfter:
** [[spoiler: Sarah and Karl. Their last scene is left open and could be interpreted as Sarah choosing to focus more on looking out for her brother - or just temporarily putting things on hold until she's better at managing things]].
** [[spoiler: Harry and Karen are a little frosty at the airport in the epilogue. They appear to be trying to stay together but it's unknown if their marriage will survive]].

** Creator/AlanRickman [[Film/DieHard standing in an office, talking about a man named Karl, and saying "It's Christmas."]]

** [[spoiler: Sarah]], the lone DownerEnding in a movie of mostly happy ones.

* DistinctionWithoutADifference: The following conversation when Billy is interviewed on a radio show.
--> '''Interviewer:''' Best shag[[note]]To clarify for non-British English speakers: ''fuck''.[[/note]] you ever had?\\
'''Billy:''' Britney Spears.\\
'''Interviewer:''' Wow.\\
'''Billy:''' No, I'm kidding -- she was rubbish.

* FriendVersusLover: Juliet thinks this is why Mark doesn't like her.

** [[spoiler: [[UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet the PM]] searches for Natalie]] by personally scouring an incredibly long street, door to door.

* HappyDance: Sarah excuses herself to do a brief one after she finally gets to bring Karl back to her apartment.
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Billy, oh so much.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Billy Mack and Joe. Although they don't realize how much they mean to each other until the end.

%%* LanguageOfLove: Jamie and Aurelia.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Karen and Daniel.

* MonochromeCasting: See TokenMinority.

** Especially when they're acting as stand-ins for a sex scene.

* OneSteveLimit: Sam falls for a girl called Joanna, which was his late mother's name. This is also lampshaded when Daniel meets a Carol and he mistakenly calls her Karen - and his friend Karen is another character. Elsewhere David has a butler called Terence and a driver called Terry.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Billy openly, cynically and ''hilariously'' states that this is his sole motivation for recording "Christmas Is All Around".

* PromotionToParent: Sarah's problem with regards to her [[spoiler:ill Brother.]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: Harry's wife Karen is contrasted with the seductress Mia who is appropriately dressed as a devil at the party and gets a red lingerie scene.

* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: A bariation. Mark's [[spoiler:and Kate Moss']] signboards are perfect responses to Juliet's dialogue.

* WeddingDeathJuxtaposition: The Bay City Rollers' "Bye Bye Baby" plays at the funeral of Daniel's wife Joanna. The film then cuts to the wedding reception of Peter and Juliet, where "Bye Bye Baby" is also playing.

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: The Prime Minister is textbook PM Personable, but played in a way that virtually no work has ever done.

* UnequalPairing: The film gives us two: David/Natalie (the Prime Minister and his employee) and Jamie/Aurelia (the latter of whom is his housekeeper who is not fluent in English).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Played for comedy, as much of the movie is, but Jamie's attempt at proposing to Aurelia with her family in Portugal is ''filled'' with butchered Portuguese and he barely understands the locals when they talk to him in their native tongue. He knows some from teaching himself, but can't keep pace with native speakers and makes legitimate (if funny) trips with conjugation, subject-verb agreement, and plurals as anyone learning a foreign language would.

* GenreSavvy: Daniel and Sam come off as this, with a full knowledge of love films.

* ArtisticLicenseMusic: The Christmas UK Singles Chart of 2003 was announced on December 21, not on Christmas Eve. In the film Wes Butters, who at the time was the real-life radio DJ who announced the new chart each week, says the two contenders for the #1 spot are Billy Mack and Blue, reveals that Billy Mack is #1 and briefly chats to him on air, then immediately plays Billy's record. In real life, this reveal of the #1 was made after all the records from the #40 counting up to the #3 had been played, and the reveal would then be followed by the #2 and then the #1. Wes's congratulatory chat to Billy should have been followed by Blue's record.

''Love Actually'' is a British 2003 RomanticComedy written and directed by Richard Curtis, featuring an AllStarCast and [[UsefulNotes/AVeryBritishChristmas set during Christmas time in and around London]].

* TimePassageBeard: Mark has Creator/AndrewLincoln's ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' beard thirteen years later. When he asks Juliet what she thinks, she tells him she doesn't like it.