One of the most maddening and excessively awkward storylines in Love Actually is the one involving Sarah (Laura Linney) an American living in England with her mentally ill brother Michael (Michael Fitzgerald).
Her failure to communicate makes me want to skip this story every time, and I LOVE Laura Linney.
It’s beautiful that she prioritizes her brother’s needs, but frustrating that she can’t also have some love in her life.
And while the strained relationship shared by the siblings brings some weight and realism to the movie, Sarah’s obsession with her coworker Karl (Rodrigo Santoro) but failure to communicate is infuriating at every step.