There is something Altmanesque about the multiple storylines wheeling around one another.

Each story examines the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Especially memorable is Hugh Grant as the prime minister, Emma Thompson as the wronged wife, Bill Nighy as the old rocker and Andrew Lincoln as the man with the cue cards pursuing Keira Knightley.

Without ever sounding a false note, this endearing ensemble holiday flick manages to be nuttier than Notting Hill, more satisfying than ‘Bridget Jones' Diary’, and even more intricate than ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’.