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The movie is notable for taking several shots at show business, in particular how the movie business treats female stars.
 
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* [[Babies Ever After]]: Implied in the ending shot.
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* [[Bookworm]]: William is this to an extent. He owns a travel bookstore and he also suggests that Anna do a movie adaptation of a Henry James novel. {{spoiler|Which she does}}.
* [[Breathless Non-Sequitur]]: "I'm sure you meant no harm, and I'm sure it was all just friendly banter and I'm sure you all have dicks the size of peanuts. Enjoy your meal the tuna's really good."
* [[Celebrity Is Overrated]]
{{quote|'''Anna''': You know the fame isn't real.}}
* [[Chick Flick]]: With a distinct [[The Nineties|90s]] feel no less.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: William and Anna met when she bought a book at his store, but they literally run into each other later that day in the street and he spills orange juice all over her.
* [[Caustic Critic]]: [[Pajiba]] listed the movie's most famous line as one of the cheesiest movie lines ever written.
{{quote|"I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."}}
* [[Celebrity Is Overrated]]:
{{quote|'''Anna''': You know the fame isn't real.}}
* [[Chick Flick]]: With a distinct [[The Nineties|90s]] feel no less.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Oh, Spike. Honey is this to an extent as well, but Spike just takes the cake.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: William and Anna met when she bought a book at his store, but they literally run into each other later that day in the street and he spills orange juice all over her.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Anna.
* [[Disabled Love Interest]]: Bella, Max's wife.
* [[The Ditz]]: Spike.
* [[Fun T-Shirt]]: Spike has a few including "You are the most beautiful woman in the world... fancy a fuck?"
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
** [[Harry Potter (film)|Luna's dad]] is roommates with [[Sense and Sensibility (film)|Edward Ferrars]]!
** [[Four Weddings and a Funeral|Charles]] and [[The Vicar of Dibley|Alice]] are brother and sister and are friends with [[Blackadder|Lord Percy]] and [[Downton Abbey|Lord Grantham]].
** [[The Thin Blue Line|Constable Goody]] helps [[Love Actually|the Prime Minister]] run a bookshop that both [[Erin Brockovich]] and [[Shaun of the Dead|David]] visit.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Spike and Honey.
* [[Informed Ability]]: Subverted. Anna is the most popular actress working in the Hollywood of the movie and while we never see her act very much, Anna herself claims that she's not very good.
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'''William''': Any favorites among the 22?
'''Child Actress''': Working with Leonardo.
'''William''': [[Leonardo da Vinci|DaVinci]]?<br />
'''Child Actress''': [[Leonardo DiCaprio|DiCaprio]].<br />
'''William''': Of course. And is ... is he your favorite Italian director? }}
* [[Race For Your Love]]: William and his friends race around trying to find Anna before she leaves for America. Do they find in her time? {{spoiler|Of course they do}}.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: We see bits of several of Anna's projects.
* [[Space Clothes]]: One of Anna's movies has her as a retro-space babe in a flattering astronaut suit.
* [[Stock British Phrases]]: It ''is'' set in England after all.