A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years post World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty has been.

"Lose your heart and come to your senses." Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.

"Love actually is all around." Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.