Valentine (2001)
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8% of critics liked it
(73 reviews) -
38% of users liked it
(55,956 ratings)
The novel of the same name by author Tom Savage becomes this horror film starring Marley Shelton as Kate Davies. Kate's in a troubled relationship with journalist Adam Carr (David Boreanaz), a problem drinker, but she receives support from her best friends, the same four girls she's known… More The novel of the same name by author Tom Savage becomes this horror film starring Marley Shelton as Kate Davies. Kate's in a troubled relationship with journalist Adam Carr (David Boreanaz), a problem drinker, but she receives support from her best friends, the same four girls she's known since grade school: Paige Prescott (Denise Richards), Dorothy Wheeler (Jessica Capshaw), Lily Voight (Jessica Cauffel), and Shelly Fisher (Katherine Heigl). When Shelly is murdered and the other girls begin receiving gruesome Valentine's Day cards signed "JM," they begin to speculate that the killer could be an awkward schoolmate named Jeremy Melton, whom they once teased mercilessly at a school dance, leading to his beating and humiliation. Dorothy in particular is afraid that a false accusation she made against Jeremy might be causing him to seek bloody retribution, but the macho detective (Fulvio Cecere) assigned to investigate Shelly's murder has some other suspects in mind. As the body count is racked up and Dorothy's lavish Valentine's Day party approaches, Kate begins to suspect that the true identity of Jeremy, who likely underwent plastic surgery to alter his appearance, could hit very close to home. Valentine is the second slasher flick from Urban Legend (1998) director Jamie Blanks. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jamie Blanks
- Written By
- Wayne Powers, Donna Powers, Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
- In Theaters
- Feb 2, 2001 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 24, 2001
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
The contradictory sexual politics in this lightweight slasher suggest that at some point it was meant to satirize the traditional mores of the self-satisfied female characters.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
In the new teen slasher flick Valentine, a public-school nerd, now grown up, seeks to systematically murder all the girls who wouldn't dance with him at the Grade 6 Valentine's dance. Or maybe that's not what happens. It ís hard to tell.
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, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A cheesy horror flick that doesn't take itself too seriously.
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Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
I had fun anyway.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Valentine isn't scary, but it is unsettling; not ultimately satisfying, but arresting in the moment.
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Cast
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David Boreanaz
as Adam Carr
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Denise Richards
as Paige Prescott
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Marley Shelton
as Kate Davies
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Jessica Capshaw
as Dorothy Wheeler
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Jessica Cauffiel
as Lily Voight
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Katherine Heigl
as Shelly Fisher
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Fulvio Cecere
as Det. Vaughn
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Daniel Cosgrove
as Campbell Harris
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Johnny Whitworth
as Max Ives
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Hedy Burress
as Ruthie
