TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Matho
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
HotToastyRag
Of all the named-after-holiday Garry Marshall movies, Valentine's Day is by far the best. Told in several vignettes and featuring an all-star cast, audiences can delight in any number of romantic short stories that revolve around the most romantic holiday of the year.In one, Julia Roberts plays a soldier flying home who sits next to a kind and nicely dressed Bradley Cooper. In another, Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift give an absolutely adorable performance as two high schoolers spending their first Valentine's together. And on the other end of the spectrum, Shirley MacLaine and Hector Elizondo play a decades-long couple who attend a drive-in showing of one of Shirley's old movies, Hot Spell--too cute! And in what might be my favorite (although it's really hard to choose one), Jessica Biel throws an anti-Valentine's Day party for her single friends.There's a story for everyone in this movie; it's seriously cute!
Dunham16
Such thirties movies as STAGE DOOR CANTEEN featured cameo appearances by stars each doing his or her own thing strung together in this famous oldie by all making charity appearances the same day to support an honorable but thus far failing world war effort. In the 1970's creative directors recycles this movie theme in thrillers in which a star cast is together at the time of a catastrophe after which all go in separate directions the audience unsure of who will live and who will die. In the 19 remake90's the pioneer movie LOVE ACTUALLY turned this into a romantic comedy about unrelated people having simultaneous catharses about the London holiday season. VALENTINE's DAY recycles this plot in millennium Los Angeles where more than a dozen name stars do their own thing in unrelated plots on Valentine's day. Should one of these name stars be a favorite you will enjoy his or her individualized star turn. There seems no theme uniting the various stories as well as no parameters to how all could be squeezed successfully into the same two hour movie which drags and ultimately disappoints.
mattkratz
This was a decently funny film with several interlocking stories, all on the titular Valentine's Day. It opens with Jessica Alba accepting Ashton Kutcher's wedding proposal while waking up (how romantic!), and proceeds from there. My favorite scenes include those with the football player, Anne Hathaway's role as a "phone sex operator," George Lopez's scenes, the "I Hate Valentine's Dance," Jamie Foxx's scenes as a sports reporter, and Taylor Swift carrying that huge bear around! You might be surprised who Julia Roberts is going to see at the end. I also loved Jennifer Garner's scenes. Some of the scenes and stories actually interacted! Perhaps the most impressive part of this movie is the large ensemble cast. All the actors in the stories worked well together. You will enjoy this movie and want to watch it on Valentine's Day!** 1/2 out of ****
SnoopyStyle
Director Garry Marshall brings us an intertwining series of love stories in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day. They're mostly inoffensive sugar coated superficial stories. And then there are the Taylors, Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner. They're trying to be the comic relief. I'm not sure why Garry Marshall thought they would be good at comedy. At least they stand out in this A-list lovefest. One of these are not like the others. Their complete ignorance and their oddity has its own charm. They're somewhat funny in one scene being interview by a news reporter.It's a mess of too many characters in too many stories. After the first two or three plot lines, the rest starts becoming one big confused mishmash. I couldn't tell you what half of their stories are. And they just keep adding more characters. It's an avalanche of hot acting talents.
