When it's hard to hear the dialogue because the audience is laughing, it's clear that Valentine doesn't even succeed on its own limited terms.
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02/05/01
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Valentine (2001)
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Reviews Counted:69
Fresh:6
Rotten:63
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Valentine is basically a formulaic throwback to conventional pre-Scream slasher flicks. Critics say it doesn't offer enough suspense or scares to justify its addition to the genre.
Theatrical Release:Feb 2, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $19,755,422
Synopsis: Once a year, love is in the air and cards, letters, flowers and candy find their way to lovers' doors. But this year something different is coming... something not as pretty and definitely not as... [More]
Starring: David Boreanaz, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl
Director: Jamie Blanks
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Reviews for Valentine
Top CriticA smart, stylish horror picture that offers a fresh twist on the ever-reliable revenge theme and affords a raft of talented young actors solid roles that show them to advantage.
02/05/01
Top CriticNot only is it deadly dull, but the killer actually courts the audience's sympathy.
02/05/01
Top CriticA slow-moving, predictable movie.
02/05/01
As derivative and predictable as the genre demands, but far more inept.
02/05/01
The standard stalker stuff that Scream satirized.
02/05/01
Top CriticPlaying it straight with material this ridiculous is an exercise in self-defeat.
02/05/01
Top CriticLazily works its way through the established checklist of 'scary' elements.
02/05/01
As generic a horror movie as you're ever likely to find.
02/05/01
There's not one second of unpredictability, not one moment that's fresh, not one iota of inspiration, not one ounce of fright, not one inkling of entertainment.
02/05/01
Can a film being released in 2001 really expect to be taken seriously when its killer wears a mask?
02/05/01
The killings themselves mostly lack imagination.
02/02/01
Top CriticDoesn't contain a single scary or imaginative moment.
02/02/01
Top CriticBlanks ... appears to be carving himself a career making slasher movies for a new generation; unfortunately, he's in no way improving on the originals.
02/02/01
The only reason to see this atrocity is if you want your significant other to terminate the relationship because of your terrible taste in films.
02/02/01
This is a box of rancid chocolates of rare stupidity.
02/02/01
There's no tension and no mystery.
02/02/01
Blanks ... directs in almost entirely suspense-free fashion.
02/02/01
Top CriticEven by the thoroughly undemanding standards of its burned-out genre, Valentine is vacuous, tedious, and perfunctory.
02/02/01
Top CriticNot enough creative killings, not enough gore and not enough scariness.
02/02/01
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