Valentine

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Valentine

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2001

1h 36m

Horror

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Love is in the air. On the most romantic day of the year, would-be lovers woo hearts with flowers, candy, cards and gifts. Best friends Kate (Marley Shelton), Paige (Denise Richards), Dorothy (Jessica Capshaw), Lily (Jessica Cauffiel) and Shelly (Katherine Heigl) are young women looking for a relationship -- a valentine to die for. And this year they might just get their wish.

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Critics Consensus

Valentine is basically a formulaic throwback to conventional pre-Scream slasher flicks, which doesn't offer enough suspense or scares to justify its addition to the genre.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

03/14/2019

2.5/4

Jamie Blanks' Valentine has aged rather well. A movie I didn't care for at the time of its release, I now see a lot more of merit in this slasher than I did back in 2001.

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

02/28/2007

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

04/25/2003

0/4

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 s hard to tell.

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Josh Winning

Radio Times

Mar 4

2/5

Australian director Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend) assembles a love letter to 80s slashers, but the result is a film that feels closest to the more superficial movies of that era.

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Rocco T. Thompson

Rue Morgue Magazine

07/03/2024

Unlike the charmingly 90s Urban Legend, Jamie Blanks’ follow-up was late to the party, running on the previous decade’s creative fumes.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

09/22/2022

3/10

The frequent jump-scares and the various women spontaneously finding themselves in ill-lit, isolated locations prove to be only middlingly creative.

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Douglas E

@RT50442544 Jun 13

I had already seen it, but I didn't remember it. It's a good time-killer for fans of the genre. The 2000s produced some good slasher films.

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love H.

@horrorfan123 Jun 12

A classic amazing slasher.

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David B

@Rayskins Feb 17

Not bad, but nothing special.

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Deontae D

@Deontae301 Feb 15

A decent Valentine's Day slasher film, The mask of the killer looks cool too, It looks like it tried to be like Halloween a little.

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J C

@J4242 Feb 15

Although not as good as slasher films at the time it still stands strong in 2026. Overall good, but not the best. Also happy to have figured out the killer minutes before it was revealed Also, I wouldn't be surprised if we never saw Denise Richards again

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Justin S.

@JustinA2492 Jan 21

Perfect example of a third act that derails an otherwise pretty solid slasher with fun kills.

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Synopsis

Love is in the air. On the most romantic day of the year, would-be lovers woo hearts with flowers, candy, cards and gifts. Best friends Kate (Marley Shelton), Paige (Denise Richards), Dorothy (Jessica Capshaw), Lily (Jessica Cauffiel) and Shelly (Katherine Heigl) are young women looking for a relationship -- a valentine to die for. And this year they might just get their wish.

Director: Jamie Blanks
Producer: Dylan Sellers
Screenwriter: Tom Savage, Donna Powers, Wayne Powers, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: NPV Entertainment, Village Roadshow Prod., Cupid Productions Inc.
Rating: R (Some Sexuality|Language|Strong Horror Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 2, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.4M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)