第四部：真爱至上

中文介绍：

     《真爱至上》 影片时长135分钟，我至少有一个小时都咧着嘴，并不是因为情节有多搞笑，角色有多滑稽，而是面对着一个个执著追寻的人物，一幅幅光鲜明亮的画面，一首首欢乐激昂的歌曲，我不由自主地沉浸到了这一切营造出的温馨中，真正意义上愉悦了我的精神。 片中所展现的那些人物，或是得爱时的情意绵绵，或是失爱后的忧郁颓靡；或是已经对影成双，或是仍在孤身等待；或是因青色之恋难以启口，或是因厌倦旧人找寻新欢。这一张张写着喜怒哀乐的面孔，无论来自于哪个年龄，哪个阶层都只诉说着一个主题，爱。

      很喜欢的构思，故事从机场展开，又在机场结束。相聚与离别，这咏叹了千百年的题材依然未让我们觉得厌烦。即便平素伪装的再好，隐藏的再深，每每分合之时，真情难免流露，而机场就像一个大舞台，将那一出出本虽隐私却略显寂寞的感情戏汇到了一起。即使少了残阳冷月渲染，去了凄风苦雨的点缀，没了古道翠柳的装扮，这人类最原始的情感却丝毫没有减损，亲吻，拥抱，低吟，轻泣，默望，每个动作，每句话语都将这朴素的情感所包含的爱表露的真真切切。毋庸多说该片华丽丽的演员阵容，休格兰特，凯拉奈特莉就是票房的保证。也不想说出色至极的多首插曲，什么浮华的东西都不谈。就说说主题，只想说说主题，爱。

      失去母亲的小男孩，在继父的鼓励下决定向心仪的女孩告白。他为了匹配她，努力地学习架子鼓，只为了能与她站在同一舞台上，然后在机场突破层层阻碍，他知道了她其实知道他的名字，他很满足。还有那对语言不通的主仆，说着不同的语言却表达着同样的意思。知道最后，他们为了对方去修习对方的语言，男人终是在圣诞夜大声说出了自己的爱，没有人，没有事物，可以阻挡他们相爱。还有好多好多，首相与女侍的爱，欲出轨丈夫最终回归，老摇滚歌手与经纪人之间多年的相偎相依...满满的都是爱。人们说，都已经圣诞了，还有什么不能说的呢。都已经圣诞了，请给我温暖给我爱。

     《真爱至上》中存在着很多线索，每一条线索都是一段爱情故事，它们之间并没有直接的联系。但我们在欣赏影片的过程中浑然不觉故事的切换，众多并不相关的人和故事在导演的精心安排下串在了一起。全片暗含了一段串联所有情节的，在每个观众心中已经承认了的主旋律，那就是love is all around。爱就在身边。同时这也是电影所要表达的主题。影片中讲述了由休格兰特饰演的首相与他秘书的故事。严格地来说他并不能算做片中的主角，因为片中根本没有主角，所有的人都是平等的，非要有个主角的话，那只能是高度抽象的东西——身边的爱。片中感人的片断太多了：”Enough”那段，小男孩那段，作家到贫民区去寻找曾和他在一起的女佣人那段……

       看着看着，我就觉得这整个大的故事应该是暖色的，就像午后太阳暖暖的晒在人的脸上，温暖人心，一副暖色的画作。虽然圣诞节理应是下雪冰冷的天气，但是雪花似乎给人带来的也是暖暖的感觉。最后我渐渐明白，其实这几个故事之间本来就没有什么联系，也不需要什么联系。放在一起，故事里面的人物各自因为爱，因为圣诞，所以心动，所以行动，就像天空中的雪花飘飘洒洒，相互之间没有任何联系，但是整个的画面是温暖的，让人的心里也是感动的。

英文介绍：

      LOVE ACTUALLY is a romantic comic film. In this movie, we see love in all kinds of guises:love between families members,love between friends,the romantic love between people from different countries and different classes.Setting in London,the film begins in five weeks before Christmas,and the plot develops in chronological order,the climax happens in the Christmas evening and followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later.

       The film begins with a voiceover from David,who is one of the main character and the prime minister of England ,commenting that whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world he thinks about the arrival terminal at Heathrow Airport,where the pure uncomplicated love can be felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people.

    David is a young and promising prime minister.On his first day working in No.10 Downing Street,David falls in love with beautiful Natalie,who is one of his secretary.Due to their stastus difference,the prime minister do not confess to Natalie.Then after David see Natalie molested by the American president, he shows a tough attitude to the President in a press conference.By doing so,he is adored by the British people.But then Natalie is  asked to change her job.

       David's sister lives a happy marriage life.At that time,her husband is tempered by one of his staff.On the Christmas Eve,she finds her husband buys a gold necklace, but it turns out that the gift  he sends to her is not the necklace,but a CD.She knows her husband's affairs,and feeling very sad.

     Another staff of Prime Minister's sister's husband has a crush on one of her male colleague, encouraged by everyone on Christmas Eve ,she invites him to her home, but it is interrupted by his mentally ill brother, and both of them feel frustrated.

       A middle-aged man,who is the friend of the David's sister,loses his wife and lives with his stepchild.Encouraged by him,the stepchild decides to learn to play percussion music to accompany for the girl he crushes on the Christmas party.

      A writer,betrayed by his wife,goes to France to grieve,but he is falling in love with his housekeeper,even though they can not understand each other's speech for they came from different countries.

       A rock star wants to return to the stage .He behaves rudely to his broker and strangely to others ,which makes his broker annoyed.A very shy young man loves his friend's girlfriend, he dares not to confess, but to be indifferent to her. A cooker always confrontes frustration in his emotional life,so he sells all his estate and flys to America to seek for his true love.

       In the magical Christmas evening,David recieves a card from Natalie,and he decides to seek for Natalie and confess to her;David's sister's husband apologizes to her and saves their marriage;the little boy's successful performance attracts the girl he loved and his father falls in love with a single-mother he meets in the school;the rock star succeeds in regaining his fame and he finally realises that his broker,who he always mocks is actually the one who care for him most ;the writer goes to Portugal and asks his housekeeper to marry him,The shy young man confesses to the lady and wish her a happy life with his friend,The cooker finally finds his love in America.

     One month after the Christmas,all of protagonists gathers in Heathrow Airport,which is the place full with love .The movie comes to the end accompanied with the song Love Is Actually All Around.