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The Richard Curtis Guide to Making a "Blockbuster"

Step 1 - The Cast.

Ring round all of your buddies to see which ones can spare you a few days for your movie. Make sure you tell them that you'll typecast them so they won't be expected to do anything awful such as having to act.

Step 2 - The Characters.

Typecasting should remove the need for any of this nonsense.

Step 3 - The Plot.

Skip this too. Who needs a plot when you've got such a loveable cast. Go straight on to sub-plots.

Step 4 - The Sub-Plots.

Decide to make the move about love. Brainstorm all of the types of love you can think of. (e.g. First love, forbidden love, adulterous love etc). When you've scraped the bottom of the barrel, write your cast list down on a piece of paper and connect as many as you can to each other with a line representing one of these types of love. When you run out, join the rest with random relationships (e.g brother, mate, nextdoor neighbour). This will make all of your individual sub-plots look like they're part of something big and clever.

Step 5 - Diversion.

Just in case anybody is tempted to see through this, set the movie at Christmas for that ultimate sprinkling of feel-good factor.

Step 6 - Take it Easy.

Sit back and count the cash that comes rolling in.

Not bad for a british romantic comedy

Ok -So I’m no Romantic Comedy nut. But...

This film was ok - the acting from a top notch team of British actors was A1.

The direction was very good and you became interested in what would happen to all the people in the film.

In general - a watchable film - but don’t expect to laugh out loud - its not a comedy - its a romantic and warm film with one or two moments which make you smile.

One complaint it was a bit long at over 2hr 5mins - without the credits.

But still worth a look.