I do not view this film as a political vehicle. It is too lovely for that. It is a story that provokes the very best desires from humanity in a way that doesn't seem preachy at all.
After seeing Love Actually a few times, I wanted to see more of Bill Nighy. What I didn't expect, was to find that he can play such a compelling romantic lead! I was delighted by the awkwardness and humor in his character, and laughed so hard at a few scenes that my cat came to the door to check on me. I found him completely relatable and am always drawn to stories about people who have accomplished great things but in so doing have stunted large parts of themselves.
Beyond that, however, I just smiled all the way through...even as the film began to emphasize the G-8 summit as a central character.
Whatever your political inclinations are, you do them a disservice to proclaim that world poverty is a "left wing" issue. Most people I know would, if they got down to specific points, not fall too far one way or another. People are generally partison due to a few strong concerns, and I hope that for most, world poverty/starvation/AIDS stands out apart from those, mostly personal-preference social issues, that people tend to vote on.
I believe people do not focus on changing the larger world because they honestly don't believe that they can.
Like the song says, we're "waiting on the world to change."
But we shouldn't. We should change.
We waste a lot of time demonizing one another's party or religious inclination, or lack of it, etc. We feel as though we lack personally, because our economy is based on people consuming in order to keep up with a puffed up projection and expectation. We are all, myself included, so "independent" we think, which is of course, an illusion.
It is *true* that the more "developed" world can and has bred a horribly wasteful society with a false sense of entitlement to the world's resources. We work hard, however, we work so busily and think in such limited terms that we fail to imagine what we might do with what we accumulate beyond competing and answering to those we SEE in our daily lives. I'm as guilty as the next, but attentive to making better and more thoughtful decisions every step of the way.
So, all that to say that I loved this movie, and in the end I loved its ultimately simple message that one person can make a difference just by being willing to speak, even in limited understanding and resources, from the heart.
-Stephanie
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B. P. Charlton
love, politics and high level acting.
Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2017
