--- title: Love Actually Honest Trailer description: To offer a critique of the film, the folks over at Screen Junkies re-worked the trailer to create a more honest portrayal. canonical: https://time.com/3611672/love-actually-honest-trailer/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-01T15:52:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:26.641Z og:title: This Honest Trailer for 'Love Actually' Points Out How Creepy the Film's Plot Actually Is og:description: A brutal (but hilarious) takedown of the beloved holiday rom-com og:url: https://time.com/3611672/love-actually-honest-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19519493a3503656/69876b9335ba6fbf4cc05a01/screen-shot-2014-12-01-at-10-11-38-am.png?branch=production&width=790&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 790 og:image:height: 444 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-12-01 at 10.11.38 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Honest Trailer for 'Love Actually' Points Out How Creepy the Film's Plot Actually Is twitter:description: A brutal (but hilarious) takedown of the beloved holiday rom-com twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19519493a3503656/69876b9335ba6fbf4cc05a01/screen-shot-2014-12-01-at-10-11-38-am.png?branch=production&width=790&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Honest Trailer for _Love Actually_ Points Out How Creepy the Film's Plot Actually Is > Sponsored content. 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Moms In Movies: The Best and The Worst_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 1, 2014 3:52 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 1, 2014 3:52 PM UTC It’s officially December, which means the only thing any of us should be doing is curling up with [a lovely cheese pizza ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RISQc8mptK4)to watch _Home Alone._ _Some_ people, however, see the holiday season as a time to watch _Love Actually_, the 2003 Christmas rom-com that is beloved by some, and [severely](http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/love%5Factually%5Fthe%5Fworst%5Fchristmas%5Fmovie%5Fever/) [loathed](http://jezebel.com/i-rewatched-love-actually-and-am-here-to-ruin-it-for-al-1485136388) by [many](http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/12/-em-love-actually-em-is-the-least-romantic-film-of-all-time/282091/). To offer a critique of the film, the folks over at [Screen Junkies](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpcACMWblDls9Z6GERVi1A) re-worked the trailer to create a more honest portrayal. A _brutally_ honest portrayal. “From the man responsible for every movie your girlfriend tried to drag you to,” the voice-over begins, “comes the film responsible for every bad movie about a dozen famous people falling in love on a popular holiday.” The mock trailer then goes on to point out how creepy the film’s many divergent plot lines are, how the whole movie is just riddled with tired cliches and how it stars “all these people you liked better in other things.” Happy holidays! ### See Love Actually Stars Then and Now  Keira Knightley was just 18 when the 2003 film was released. Now she's expecting her first child with husband James Righton and is up for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Imitation Game, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch. Universal; Getty Images  British actor Chiwetel Eljiofor played a more peripheral character, Peter, who gets married to Knightley in the film's wedding scene. But he earned much more attention, and an Oscar nomination, for playing Solomon Northup in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave. Universal; Getty Images  Famous for the "To me, you are perfect" notecard scene in Love Actually, Andrew Lincoln swapped his British accent for a southern drawl as Sheriff Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead. Universal; Getty Images  Thomas Brodie-Sangster as little lovelorn Sam stole the hearts of many as he mourned the loss of his mother while simultaneously trying to court a classmate. He can still be seen on screens big and small in HBO's Game of Thrones and The Maze Runner. Universal; Getty Images  Colin Firth, who played Uncle Jamie, was already a heartthrob when Love Actually came out, having played Mr. Darcy in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice and then a Mr. Darcy variety in Bridget Jones' Diary. But after 2003, he has also continued to reap critical praise, picking a variety of films, from the Oscar-winning The King's Speech to Woody Allen's recent Magic in the Moonlight. Universal; Getty Images  Widely respected thespian Emma Thompson has gone to great lengths for her film and television roles, which have earned her two Oscars and an Emmy--but for Love Actually she actually had to wear a fat suit to play her character. More recently, she played P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins in Disney's Saving Mr. Banks. She also made headlines after announcing Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes barefoot with a martini in hand. Universal; Getty Images  Alan Rickman, who played Harry in Love Actually, was no stranger to holiday favorites… Who could forget him as Hans Gruber in Die Hard (a Christmas classic)? He went on to greater fame as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series. He recently directed and starred in A Little Chaos, about designing a fountain at Versailles, that will hit theaters in the UK in April of 2015. Universal; Getty Images  Olivia Olson, the darling who sings Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas in the famous final scene of the film. In 2013, she released her debut EP called Beauty is Chaos. Universal; Getty Images _Read next:_ [_The New Star Wars Trailer Gets a Spaceballs Makeover_](http://time.com/3613965/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer-spaceballs/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ## Transcript [ CROSSTALK ]. Come on! You sick ma? You said we got across? Look. Oh, thank God. Now we're still together, most of us. [ LAUGH ] Did you see the look on his face when we told him he was going to be a father? [ LAUGH ] I wish you wouldn't joke about that. [ LAUGH ] Mother you're a scream. Really you are. The next thing I know you'll be knitting little garments. I don't see [ LAUGH ] anything so ridiculous about that. [ LAUGH ] If I were you, I'd save myself the trouble. Momma, will you be on my side for once. Mm. Now you saw what he did. You saw him down there on his knees. Yes. Now wasn't it you who taught me to despise any man who would do that, who would do what he's going to do? Yes, yes, I taught you that. Me and your daddy, but I thought I taught you something else too. I thought I had taught you to love him. Lorenzo, this is Jake. He's a young man of your age. Look Lorenzo! A great big pumpkin. Let's go down and feel how big it is! [ CROSSTALK ] What sweetheart? I'm sorry, Lorenzo. Let's, let's try that again. The war will take our son. Our snap or shrapnel shell or Typhus. Same as took Willie. It takes hundreds of boys a day. He'll die uselessly and how will I ever forgive you? Most men their first born is their favorite, you, you've always blames Robert for being born, for trapping you in a marriage that's only ever given you grief and caused you regret. Now, that's simply not true. And it's the slaughter of Cold Harbor on your hands, same as Grant. God help us. We'll pay for the oceans of spilt blood you've sanctioned, the uncountable corpses! We'll be made to pay with our son! Just, just this once! I told them to build me an assassin. I wanted a killer from a world filled with killers and they chose you because they thought it would bind me closer to them. But now, we have come almost to the end, one last step. [ NOISE ]. What are you doing? Don't you tell what I'm doing. Oh, mommy, no. Oh, no. Mommy, I look awful. Yeah. I know you look awful. You be quiet. You're always rummaging through my drawers, trying to make people look at you? Why. Lookin' at yourself in the mirror! Why are you doing that, tell me! Precious! Precious! Precious! Get down here! You brought that white **** up in my house? You, why would you bring that **** up in here? I didn't bring her here. Well, why the **** would she ring my buzzer? I can't hear you Precious. Since you got so much mother [ INAUDIBLE ] mouth. And you going to bring that in my house. Why was that ringing my **** buzzer. I ain't tell her to come here. See I think right now you're feeling like you becoming a grown woman cause that **** you pulled in the kitchen. I should of you up. But I let you walk away. Why. What if I told you that I wasn't really your mother, that we weren't related? What? You'd like that, wouldn't you? Sure you would. You don't have to tell me. Now why would you like that [ INAUDIBLE ]? What are you talking about? Of course you're my mother. Of course you are. Royal. 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