Valentine's Day
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Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Patrick Dempsey, Jamie Foxx, Eric Dane
Details: US/90mins (12A)
Broader than a before picture on an episode of Operation Transformation, this purposely slight, glossy production sees Hollywood's elite and beautiful gang up to make a film with Pretty Woman helmer, Garry Marshall. Your enjoyment of the resulting amassing of A-list wattage will depend on your tolerance of movies where ridiculously attractive people have problems like us mere mortals.
Do you buy Ashton Kutcher as sweet florist? What about Julia Roberts as a marine? Treading similar ground to the superior He's Just Not That Into You, Valentine's Day is the cinematic equivalent of being distracted by something shiny for an hour and a half.
It's Valentine's Day in Los Angeles, and a concoction of couples are planning their day of romance. Kutcher is proposing to a career driven Jessica Alba; Jennifer Garner is having an affair with Patrick Dempsey; while Taylor Lautner and real life missus Taylor Swift just get off with each other a lot. Throw Jamie Foxx's annoying News Reporter, Jessica Biel's neurotic PR person, and a barrage more stars into the mix and you get the gist.
Marshall's latest foray into the romantic comedy world will be a box-office smash, mainly because of the cast, but also because you don't have to think about it - not one bit. You can stroll into your local multiplex, significant other by your side and walk out an hour and a half later none the wiser on life, relationships or anything particularly enlightening. But that wouldn't be why you were going in the first place. You wanna see movie stars looking all cute and stuff, and you'll damn well get it.
Of course some of the couplings don't work at all - note to Patrick Dempsey: randomly juggling doesn't make your character quirky - but there is enough charisma packed on screen to make this one worth an outing on date night. Hopefully Hollywood takes notice of Topher Grace's romantic comedy chops now - he's the strongest of the lot here.
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Your Reviews
league of its own - ClaireBear
When I first heard about valentines day I thought ah great another love actually type thing but I was suprised to find my self loving one of the the largest ensemble casts in Hollywood history,... MORE
Review Published 27 May 2010
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worst rom-com ever - christopher
Eager to please and stuffed with stars, Valentine's Day squanders its promise with a frantic, episodic plot and an abundance of rom-com cliches.
Review Published 27 March 2010
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good rom-com! - Stephanie19
I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. I thought it was going to be a very classic rom-com with the big dramatic issue before the couple living happily ever after, I thought this was a good... MORE
Review Published 15 March 2010
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:) - smp
im excited to see this, im saving it for a day when i feel like crap and need to forget about real life and watch something totally fake, corny and romantic to give me a pick me up
Review Published 12 March 2010
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Not the worst Chic Flic - Siobhan L
With such a cast of beautiful people all leading normal LA lives. Much of the story of one Valentines day is centred about Ashton Kutcher flower shop. We get a little peek into sweetly intimate... MORE
Review Published 08 March 2010
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Great cast - but where's the script they deserve? - declanh
I had almost forgotten that I had seen this movie - but don't tell my other half!! She had wanted to just get away and see a chick flick - and seeing as I had put her through "The Hurt Locker" a... MORE
Review Published 06 March 2010
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Insult to intelligence - aileen
What a heap of crap this film is. Ashton Kutcher's character deserves a smack the whole way through, there is nothing appealing about any character in this movie. Its very difficult to have any... MORE
Review Published 02 March 2010
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90 minutes for 90 minutes - MrBlobby
My girlfriend brought me to see this movie, and both of us came away agreeing that it was such chick flick clap trap rubbish. As an act of revenge for putting me through this abomination of a movie,... MORE
Review Published 25 February 2010
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A Nice Romantic Comedy - jennith
Some films recently have had a great cast and even they could not make the film good, films such as funny people but Valentine's Day although not brilliant does have some good laughs and some nice... MORE
Review Published 25 February 2010
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Valentine's Day - Linda
Really enjoyed this movie . A bit like Love Actually. Maybe not as good a soundtrack though. Julia Robert's character excellent as was the teenage girl portrayed by her real life niece. Lots of stars... MORE
Review Published 22 February 2010
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A perfectly fine film given its style - Gavin
I wanted this film to be horrible, and I really wanted it to flop at the box office. My reasons for this is that films like Valentines Day are the sort of films that make it harder and harder for... MORE
Review Published 21 February 2010
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Terrible - Feejay
Yet another overly sweet, unrealistic, embarrasing attempt at American romance. Its so bad. Only teenage girls could find this film remotely entertaining.
Review Published 21 February 2010
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Lots of Laughs....Carol - Carol
Valentines Day was great...lots of laughs. I truly enjoyed the whole movie.
Review Published 20 February 2010
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Rancid Ambercrombie - Philip
While searching for the words to describe this inane gathering of some of the Hollywood elite, I was reminded of a review Spinal Tap got for their album Shark Sandwich that simply stated 'Shit... MORE
Review Published 18 February 2010
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A Poor mans 'love actually' - d_harris007
This was the most formulaic, cheesy, unfunny, annoying movie I've seen in years. It is a lot of barely connected stories on valentines day in America. Yes, it has a good cast, but..... Listen, dont... MORE
Review Published 15 February 2010
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Pure Crap - Love HAter
This movie was so terrible if I was one of the actors I would have skipped the premier
Review Published 15 February 2010
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valentines day - valentines day
you would love this move if you were into love moves like i am i reddly loved it
Review Published 13 February 2010
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Just Another Day... - Paul
Valentines Day brings together some great Actors, with lots of love and laughs, this will keep you entertained but at times you will find yourself dosing off, its slow to get into with several... MORE
Review Published 11 February 2010
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A great cast, and bearable for the guys - StewartFlood
I have seen the mundane rom com's in the past but, I think this one will possibly border on the line to satisfying both genres of comedy and the chick flick. Hooray for the guys, a film which will be... MORE
Review Published 09 February 2010
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I'm Looking forward to This - Paul
With a Huge cast of Stars this seems like a good flick, and an ideal release for Valentines weekend, lets hope the stars shine for this one as most chic flics with a big cast have flopped in recent... MORE
Review Published 09 February 2010
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