Travis Kelce has no shame admitting he’s a Love Actually fan, but he doesn’t think it’s a Christmas movie.
Travis, 35, and his brother, Jason Kelce, were joined by Kylie Kelce on the Tuesday, December 24, episode of “New Heights” to give their reviews of the holiday classic. Kylie, 32, referred to Love Actually as “one of my favorite movies, period,” but Jason, 37, wasn’t quite convinced.
“Jason, you might be the oddball out here. I actually enjoyed Love Actually,” Travis said, prompting Jason to clarify that “it’s not an unenjoyable movie to watch.”
According to Jason, “the Christmas aspect” is lacking in the movie, which famously takes place during the holiday season. “And then also, the overall sentiment and lessons and overall values that it expounds are absolutely horrendous,” he continued. “But we’ll dive into that.”
Kylie emphasized once again that she “really” loves the movie, joking, “I can’t wait for [Jason] to sit here and s— on it for the next 10 minutes.”
And that’s exactly what he did. Jason even went so far as to call Love Actually “the worst Christmas movie I’ve ever seen,” and Travis agreed that there was a certain amount of holiday spirit missing from the story.
“I didn’t feel Christmas at all during the movie,” Travis said. “I enjoyed the movie, I just didn’t understand how much it really tied into Christmas.”
For Kylie, Love Actually excels in the way it tells several stories in one film. Jason and Travis proceeded to pick apart each of those story lines in a chaotic retelling of the plot, highlighting Liam Neeson and Thomas Brodie-Sangster‘s characters Daniel and Sam as their favorite. (Kylie and Jason even revealed that their daughter Ellie, 3, started to blush seeing Sam on screen.)
Though she’s a big fan of the movie overall, Kylie admitted that there’s one part of the story that “does not sit right” with her: Mark (Andrew Lincoln) falling in love with his best friend’s wife, Juliet (Keira Knightley). Travis, meanwhile, gave the famous cue card scene his seal of approval.
“That’s, like, the iconic way to do [it],” he said. “That’s, like, the most romantic way to tell someone you’re in love with them, right?”
Travis agreed with his sister-in-law that “all these stories tie together,” but he wasn’t so sure that was a good thing. “It’s supposed to make it look like this is what happens in a community,” he continued. “Like, these are all the different love stories [and] this is what’s going on around you. And it’s terrifying ’cause there’s so much scandal in it.”
While some of the twists and turns were a “little far-fetched” for his taste, Travis was still “enjoying following along [with] all the stories.”
The trio went on to rank Love Actually in a handful of categories, from directing and acting to the “amount of Christmas.” Jason and Kylie scored the level of Christmas spirit much higher than Travis did.
“This had nothing to do with Christmas,” he teased. “Both of you are just trying to be generous. That’s not the one I’m gonna be generous on.”
