Valentine's Day (2010)

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• Candy R

  
  Warning - there are spoilers! This movie has a great cast and similar to 'He's not that into you' it has lots of storylines that interweave with each other. It is also not your typical soppy romance. It is not a comedy although there are comical moments. It is… More
  Warning - there are spoilers! This movie has a great cast and similar to 'He's not that into you' it has lots of storylines that interweave with each other. It is also not your typical soppy romance. It is not a comedy although there are comical moments. It is Valentine's Day and Ashton proposes to Jessica Alba. She says yes and the movie follows most of his day. He is a florist and it is the busiest day of the year. There are young and old love stories including the two Taylors. Very sweet! Jessica Biel is anti Valentine's day and annually throws I hate Valentine's Day party with her single friends. But she is to meet a love interest - Jamie Foxx. In the meantime Bradley and Julia are stuck on a long haul flight. Typical Hollywood everything comes good in the end.

• Wildaly M

  
  The way the stories are connected is kinda interesting but at times scenes just seem a little too cheesy or not funny at all. A great cast and the few chuckles I got from it makes me give it an extra half star.

• Bethany M

  
  A great romantic comedy!

• Film C

  
  Wow possibly the best cast ive ever seen all in one movie, but possibly the worst romcom ive also ever seen. Its so unfunny its untrue, the writters are eitehr a bunch of unfunny buggers or the actors were terrible at making something out of this movie. If the movie wasnt bad enough… More
  Wow possibly the best cast ive ever seen all in one movie, but possibly the worst romcom ive also ever seen. Its so unfunny its untrue, the writters are eitehr a bunch of unfunny buggers or the actors were terrible at making something out of this movie. If the movie wasnt bad enough were also ment to believe that julia roberts is in the army? come on she would never be cast as an army women because it truly is unbelieveable! No one should waste their time watching this movie.

• Jennifer X

  
  Valentine's Day has come and gone, and all you're left with is a mound of red chocolate wrappers and a (hopefully not) broken heart. If you simply can't wait until next year for more sugar and love, there is a solution. You can revisit the magical Hallmark holiday by… More
  Valentine's Day has come and gone, and all you're left with is a mound of red chocolate wrappers and a (hopefully not) broken heart. If you simply can't wait until next year for more sugar and love, there is a solution. You can revisit the magical Hallmark holiday by heading out to the theater to watch that new Garry Marshall film. You know, the one with the really original title and more celebrities than it knows what to do with. What a shame, then, that "Valentine's Day" is the cinematic equivalent of food poisoning. A plot synopsis of "Valentine's Day" would resemble less of a story and more of a list. Essentially, a various array of characters played by Ashton Kutcher ("What Happens in Vegas"), Jessica Alba ("Good Luck Chuck"), Jessica Biel ("Powder Blue"), Taylor Swift (yes, the singer, in her first and possibly last movie role), Taylor Lautner ("New Moon"), Jamie Foxx ("Ray"), Patrick Dempsey (TV's "Grey's Anatomy"), Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover"), and more celebrate Valentine's Day. In one way or another, each finds a way to semi-ruin the romantic holiday. We are made to believe that this is really tragic. But don't be too worried, because spoiler: they eventually all get back together. There is, however, a bright side to all of this. You get to find out about Carter Jenkins. Who is Carter Jenkins, you ask? Playing the teenage Romeo to Emma Roberts's ("Hotel For Dogs") Juliet, Jenkins is literally the only actor that wasn't paid more than a million dollars for his approximately six minutes of screen time. Translation: he's the only cast member that isn't regularly mentioned in People Magazine. Director Garry Marshall, who singlehandedly homogenized the date-movie with his hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold-story "Pretty Woman" in 1990, jumps onto the starflattery bandwagon with zeal, and not a minute too late. Last year, Ken Kwapis's ensemble "He's Just Not That Into You" featured nine A-list celebrities. To make up for lost time, "Valentine's Day" has nineteen. And back again for "Pretty Woman" round 2 is Julia Roberts ("Duplicity"), who makes a cool $8,333 for every second she breathes into the camera. And it isn't just that we get to look at these stars for a few minutes, either - in fact, some of them say some really golden lines. "Are you sick?" the concerned Hector Elizondo ("The Princess Diaries") asks his distraught grandson, whose babysitter is coincidentally Roberts the younger, mother is Roberts the elder, grandmother is Shirley Maclaine ("Rumor Has It"), teacher is Jennifer Garner ("13 Going On 30"), and florist is Kutcher. "Yes," he replies. "I'm lovesick." Lovesick? No, just sick. Save the impossibly cheesy lines, ridiculously improbable details (Kutcher's lovelorn character scores a free airline ticket to San Francisco after telling the baggage check guy his incredibly woeful story.) and decidedly unfunny situations (a crazy Hispanic woman angrily beats her husband with a sign), "Valentine's Day" doesn't have much else going for it. If a rom-com without the rom and without the com really floats your boat, "Valentine's Day" is the movie for you. Otherwise, skip the trip. Armed with an arsenal of tabloid magazines and Perez Hilton, though, "Valentine's Day" can be quite an enjoyable experience - if you don't pay attention to the movie itself. It's kind of fun imagining all the awkward sexual tension generated among the cast members offscreen. For instance, the two Taylors made tweenaged Twilight fans around the world cut themselves in joy when it was announced that they were dating. (In an unrelated note, they cut themselves again when the two announced their amicable parting after three months.) Topher Grace (TV's "That 70s Show") and Anne Hathaway ("The Princess Diaries") used to be the hot item ten years ago, which is actually really weird considering they're acting as a couple in the film, too. And in a more complicated circle of things, Cooper's current squeeze Renee Zellweger ("Bridget Jones's Diary") used to date Matthew Perry (TV's "Friends"), who broke up with Roberts a while back. Welcome to Hollywood, where you break up with your girlfriend one day and the next you're starring in a movie with them. And you get $50 million for doing it, too.

• Brad W

  
  Interesting stories, but if only the characters were interesting

• erika b

  
  I did not understand this film.

• Alexis N

  
  Full blown cast of Hollywood's 30 something who's who. It was really cute. Awkward for the most part but everything worked out perfectly. I love movies like that.

• Steven C

  
  Garry Marshall takes a play from the Robert Altman handbook with "Valentine's Day", a romantic comedy about interconnecting people on the famed holiday in Los Angeles. It's a cheerful but shallow picture to say the least. While the film is packed with stars (23 in… More
  Garry Marshall takes a play from the Robert Altman handbook with "Valentine's Day", a romantic comedy about interconnecting people on the famed holiday in Los Angeles. It's a cheerful but shallow picture to say the least. While the film is packed with stars (23 in total) and a few good laughs, this modern day romance has nothing important to say, hell, it has nothing to say at all. The main lesson learned is that everyone needs to make their own definition of love... okay, thanks. Regardless, it's a really breezy film. It's bright, the stars plays to their strengths and it's just long enough to have all the stories resolved. It is what it is and "Valentine's Day" makes for a good film to accompany the holiday.

• Leigh R

  
  Too many stories being told, but I liked how they are all linked together. Hathaway and Grace were by far the best couple I have seen on screen for quite some time. I loved it. Fabulous cast but I think just a bit too much. Pretty cute and happy-go-lucky film though.

• J P

  
  I enjoyed watching this movie, and I thought it was so cute. This is a great movie to watch with your friends or family. After I watched the movie, it occurred to me how terrible it was. Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner were just thrown in there just because everyone loves Swift and… More
  I enjoyed watching this movie, and I thought it was so cute. This is a great movie to watch with your friends or family. After I watched the movie, it occurred to me how terrible it was. Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner were just thrown in there just because everyone loves Swift and Lautner. Most of the characters were really unnecessary. I like how the different plots came together, and it wasn't hard to follow, however I really didn't see much of a point to the entire movie. There wasn't really a purpose and the plot was pretty much useless- a bunch of people running around so crazy over Valentine's Day? Nobody does that. To most of the population, Valentine's Day is just another day. The outrageous number of unnecessary characters and the shallow story lines are what made me rate this movie 40%

• Summer W

  
  It's really disappointing when such a huge ensemble cast can't deliver. Despite a few "cute" moments, the film ends up being nothing more than a far inferior "Love, Actually" ripoff.

• KJ P

  
  Valentine's Dasy tries really hard to be good, and it actually is. Sometimes it feels a little jumbled up and jumps around too many stories at once, but after the midway point, it's pretty easy to follow and know where everybody is. The relationships fall apart and get back… More
  Valentine's Dasy tries really hard to be good, and it actually is. Sometimes it feels a little jumbled up and jumps around too many stories at once, but after the midway point, it's pretty easy to follow and know where everybody is. The relationships fall apart and get back together just like every predictable romance, but it feels like there is more emotion to be shown here. The finale was fantastic which did not really work well with it's mediocre story. I believe this movie could have been fantastic, but it just did not live up to it's full potential, even though I liked it quite a bit. I have to say it is above average, but nothing more. It is definitely worth watching, because the end will have you smiling and make you think twice of your thoughts on the movie. The only big problem I have is that it waits too long to have any real emotion flowing through, but when it does, it soars. Inside this, is a very good movie trying to break free, and some of it truly does, but it seems as though there is something still struggling to break free!

• Nate Z

  
  Imagine every romantic comedy cliché and sappy platitude about love stirred together into one giant gelatinous conglomeration of hollow sentiment. That?s Valentine?s Day. Regardless of your thoughts on the holiday, this movie, which aims to celebrate our national day of love, might… More
  Imagine every romantic comedy cliché and sappy platitude about love stirred together into one giant gelatinous conglomeration of hollow sentiment. That?s Valentine?s Day. Regardless of your thoughts on the holiday, this movie, which aims to celebrate our national day of love, might have the opposite effect. This movie makes He?s Just Not That Into You look like When Harry Met Sally. It?s a fairly large ensemble with plenty of mega-watt stars, but it?s too bad that nobody knows what to do. Jessica Alba?s character literally runs her course an hour into the film and yet she still makes meaningless appearances. This overstuffed Hallmark card has ridiculously safe, candy-coated storylines sanded so that there is no hint of edge or wit (Anne Hathaway is the most ludicrous PG-13 phone sex operator you will ever find). The resolutions of most of these storylines will be predictable to anybody who has ever read a greeting card. Jamie Foxx is supposed to be a bitter TV reporter popping up everywhere reporting about the ills of V-Day. Think he?ll have a change of heart by the film?s end? The cast does offer their small pleasures (there are SIX Oscar nominees/winners in this movie!), except for the kid who has a crush on his teacher (Jennifer Garner). He was insufferably annoying. So was his movie. Nate's Grade: D+

• Dean M

  
  Sensational! Romantic-comedy specialist Garry Marshall plays cupid with an all-star cast in a chick flick armed with the ultimate romantic title and the ultimate line-up of screen talent. <i>Valentine's Day</i> works in the tradition of last year's February… More
  Sensational! Romantic-comedy specialist Garry Marshall plays cupid with an all-star cast in a chick flick armed with the ultimate romantic title and the ultimate line-up of screen talent. <i>Valentine's Day</i> works in the tradition of last year's February romantic success story, and <i>Love Actually</i>, a British dramatic rom-com that jump-started the technique of applying multiple love stories in a film. I enjoyed this contains one of the biggest casts of stars since the never-duplicated insanity of <i>It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</i>. What other movie can boast the collaboration of Jennifer Garner, Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Topher Grace, Hector Elizondo, Emma Roberts and even Shirley MacLaine? Kutcher was very good in this movie, he also had one of the bigger roles and he pulled it off really well. The others were mostly good too, Taylor Swift's character was kind of annoying, but I think she was supposed to be.

• Nani V

  
  Big cast with nothing really special to offer.

• Richard C

  
  C

• danny d

  
  entertaining to a degree and it was fun watching the huge all star cast, and the end of the film had a very touching moment, but overall the humor, plot, and script fell pretty flat. i wasnt expecting much, and it gave me what i expected. the characters were actually pretty likeable… More
  entertaining to a degree and it was fun watching the huge all star cast, and the end of the film had a very touching moment, but overall the humor, plot, and script fell pretty flat. i wasnt expecting much, and it gave me what i expected. the characters were actually pretty likeable for the most part, and the coincidences didnt bother me as that was the main gimmick of the film, but the film just lacked substance entirely.

• Cassie H

  
  I loved this movie it was great & it's the perfect movie for Valentine's Day :)

• Lewis C

  
  Surprise! This movie has all the fluff and syrupy, bland storylines that you would expect from a romantic comedy called Valentine's Day. Shocking, I know. The collection of actors and actresses assembled here is pretty impressive. None of them get anything particularly… More
  Surprise! This movie has all the fluff and syrupy, bland storylines that you would expect from a romantic comedy called Valentine's Day. Shocking, I know. The collection of actors and actresses assembled here is pretty impressive. None of them get anything particularly interesting to do, as the various mini-stories are a collection of the blandest and most tired plots that the genre has to offer. Every single aspect is precisely calculated to get the maximum amount of "awwww" from the females in the audience. Still, it's all relatively harmless. I'd you're in the mood for some "awwww", then you theoretically could do much worse. And you get to see Jennifer Garner's great legs, which is always a plus.

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