Review of Valentine's Day (2010) by Manon M — 02 Nov 2011

Oh dear...this is a romantic pretend-to-be-real overload. As an escape to the fantasy of romance it is okay - but still not touching enough. And oh wow, it is not even funny. The film has one hell of a cast and some top notch actors, but I am not sure whether that's good or bad, because I am wondering what some of them are doing in a film like that.

..?! Oh but all these awful clichà (C)s and these predictable endings... seriously, how can you relate to something that is so corny but at the same time emotionally so far away? Especially the "Ashton Kutcher-Jennifer Garner story" was something so weird and I couldn't understand it at all.

.. seriously, like you get dumped, have a broken heart and fall in love with your best friend at the same day? Seriously, get real! The Jessica Biel and Jamie Fox story was crap too... Some stories were cute tho and Julia Roberts' story was actually quite emotional, probably the best in this whole film.

..and the only one that had to do something with a more important meaning of love. The kiss between Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner was cute, only their story was incredibly boring and such a highschool-clichà (C).

.. Sorry for the spoilers, but you this film is predictable and unoriginal anyway so what difference does it make. Well, I guess if you sort of like romantic comedies this film should make you happy. I only like romantic comedies when they make me laugh or when I connect to them on a deeper emotional level, but none of this happened here.

..so, Valentine's Day failed.