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Valentine's Day (2010)

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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 182
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 149

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.

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 30

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.

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Movie Info

Gary Marshall's ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day follows nearly two dozen people as they find and lose love in all its many forms over the course of the title holiday. The numerous characters include a very busy florist (Ashton Kutcher) and his schoolteacher best friend (Jennifer Garner). She's having an affair with a married doctor (Patrick Dempsey). Meanwhile, a businessman (Bradley Cooper) and a military captain (Julia Roberts) on leave share a long conversation during an

PG-13, 2 hr. 3 min.

Comedy, Romance

Katherine Fugate, Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein

May 18, 2010

$110.0M

New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

All Critics (184) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (153) | DVD (11)

It's a very glib, shallow movie, but it keeps you moving around enough that you could actually have a good time.

February 16, 2010 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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The film may be set in L.A., but no scene lasts longer than a New York minute.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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Every skit is lame, every line of dialogue is stale, every joke falls flat, and every performance has been phoned in between text messages to agents blinking, ''SOS!''

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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Valentine's Day is a passing nod to love, like a box of chocolates or flowers that soon wilt. It's star-studded amiable fluff with no real value, but it's kind of a tickle if you're in the mood.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Detroit News
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Charmingly cast and phenomenally so-so.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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More than a dozen familiar faces are wasted in this trite, groan-inducing mediocrity.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Richard Roeper.com | Comment (1)
Richard Roeper.com
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A collection of intertwined romances with the fleeting "aww" factor of a candy sweetheart.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

It's not even worth it for the star worship. Go watch My Bloody Valentine instead.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com | Comment
Movies.com

If you mainly watch movies in order to see actors you like alentine's Day is a bargain at twice the price. The minute per movie star average is off the chart here. If you watch movies for any other reason, there's no reason to see this.

March 10, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

Despite the best efforts of the players, the script is just flat.

January 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Christian Science Monitor

the equivalent of taking your hooker to Taco Bell

August 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

A melange of stories, some that work, some that don't. Entertaining for what it is, but for little more.

July 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Oscar Guy

Valentine's Day fulfils its purpose. It is a sweet film, suitably gooey in the ways of love, with a constant head shot of who's who celebrity actors.

July 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
Matt's Movie Reviews

Watchable enough to make one occasionally forget just how stupid the whole enterprise is.

July 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comment
Projection Booth

A bonafide romantic comedy for the OMG generation...

June 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

Skits-ophrenic moviemaking in an overly crowded scenario, that seems less like a smoothly paced script than a rush hour traffic jam on the LA freeway. Though Queen Latifah saves the day slightly at the finish line, doing The Devil Wears Plus Size Prada.

June 1, 2010 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Valentine's Day

I like movies where storylines intertwine with one another, and Valentine's Day certainly has that - perhaps twenty A and B list actors figuring out their love lives on Valentine's Day. It is somewhat like "Love Actually", but never quite claws its way up to the point where you think the characters care about each

February 12, 2012
Redlats

Super Reviewer

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

December 26, 2009
thmtsang
Candy Rose

Super Reviewer

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    3. Felicia: Yeah, this is confusing. Yeah we know that.
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    1. Reed Bennett: Love is the only shocking act left on the planet.
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    1. Kara Monahan: My closest relationship is with my Blackberry, Thank God it vibrates !
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