vmk-07674 Do not be fooled by the name of this movie like many unfortunate viewers have,the title will make you feel like the movie wont be that bad but it is really terrible. If you wanna keep watching romedies avoid this one. The premise and style is all Love Actually and the crux lies on the story that has Ashton Kutcher and that girl from Ghosts of the.....That particular story was terrible and had no substance at all. The others were shallow and stupid and you dont like any one of the stories or the characters. Particularly terrible was the one with an old couple and the one that has Bradley Cooper(in his worst role) and Julia Roberts(still playing Vivian from Pretty Woman). The only one worth its time was the one with Jamie Foxx. The gap between the different stories is so long that you forget the stories but you are glad you do.

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.

Python Hyena Valentine's Day (2010): Dir: Garry Marshall / Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba: Here is a romantic comedy that has the right theme but not quite the right delivery. Garry Marshall's film addresses how Valentine's Day can surprise in both positive and negative ways. The problem is that Marshall fails in dealing with several subplots especially since nearly everybody acts like an idiot. Marshall is capable for good projects such as Georgia Rule, and he is capable of producing garbage such as the overrated Runaway Bride. Among the saving graces are Ashton Kutcher as a florist who proposed to his girlfriend and must warn a friend about her date who is actually married. Jennifer Garner is also good as a teacher in a deceitful relationship and who is targeted for a surprise valentine. The rest of the ensemble struggle through shameful circumstances. Anne Hathaway as a phone sex person who keeps her phone on during the most inconvenient times. Her scenes are painful to watch especially since turning her phone off during work hours might be the intelligent thing to do. Her reconcile with her boyfriend is also phony. Jessica Biel plays a promoter who hates Valentine's Day and must deal with a sports figure. She ends up checking empty e-mail boxes and mourns the lack of attention. Jessica Alba plays Kutcher's girlfriend in the film's opening but that relationship goes south pretty bloody fast. The film could have been better constructed but some superb concluding twists on identities save this from total hate thus preserving the theme of the day. Score: 6 / 10

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.