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| Review | "Valentine's Day" |
| Genre | Romantic Comedy |
| Runtime | 123 minutes |
| Executive Producer(s) | Toby Emmerich, Dana Pokorny, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco |
| Produced by | Mike Karz, Wayne Rice |
| Directed by | Garry Marshall |
| Written by | Katherine Fugate and Abbey Kohn & Marc Silverstein |
| Screenplay by | Katherine Fugate |
| Starring |
Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey. Hector Elizondo, .Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Carter Jenkins, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts, Emma Roberts |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 (some sexual material and brief partial nudity) |
| Reviewer Rating | 4 Boners up |
Premise: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.
A misnomer title to say the least, "Valentine's Day" may seem at first light to be a foo foo, self indulgent, “Let's talk about us.”, piece of garbage. After the credits roll and the movie begins, the viewer quickly realizes that this is more than a movie churned out to simply get money because its namesake happens to be a holiday. With an expansive all star cast one also expects it to be a movie similar to the Box Office Flop, “He's Just Not That Into You.”, a movie interpretation of the self help book that spurred women to become more independent in relationships they formed with men.
With witty one liners such as Jennifer Garners line regarding the dreaded day, “For single women it's like a universal bitchslap.”, and the opposite perspective carried out by Ashton Kutcher, who embraces the more positive happy-go lucky attitude that this reviewer severely lacks when its comes to Singles Awareness Day, this movie embraces and encourages and even perpetuates different views of the holiday. It shows varying degrees of love from Young Teenage Blind Passion, to a more cemented and extended love that has lasted the ages, going from character to character as they desperately try to make Valentines Day special for themselves and their loved ones.
The film also contains such clever exchanges as the one between Kathy Bates and Jamie Foxx, in which Bates plays Foxx's supervisor. As she gives a scorned and irritated Foxx an assignment centered around a subject he avoids because of a day he disdains, she tells Foxx. “I need Happy, I need Fluff, I need Love. From You.” to which he responds with resounding wit “You need Jesus.” Am I actually talking about what your thinking about? Well you'll just have to see the movie to find out. Still it is scenes like this that make the movie truly special in regards to the comedy essence.
The Finale is a breathtaking culmination of the resolutions of each character as the last few minutes of the dreaded day tick away until, “It's Just Another Day.” The movie was a satisfying trek through a world of twisted romances and the trials and tribulations that is Love.
-Evergreen
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