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Valentine's Day has several plots running alongside each other which all take place during Valentine's Day. All the characters are connected in some way to another character. These connections are revealed gradually throughout the film. These are the main plot lines: |
Valentine's Day has several plots running alongside each other which all take place during Valentine's Day. All the characters are connected in some way to another character. These connections are revealed gradually throughout the film. These are the main plot lines: |
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On an airplane to Los Angeles, Kate Hazeltine ([[Julia Roberts]]), a captain in the [[U.S. Army]] on a one-day leave, meets Holden ([[Bradley Cooper]]), who has recently become single again. |
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In Los Angeles, florist Reed Bennett ([[Ashton Kutcher]]) eagerly proposes to his girlfriend Morley ([[Jessica Alba]]) who accepts his offer, much to the surprise of Reed’s friends Alfonso ([[George Lopez]]) and Julia ([[Jennifer Garner]]). Morley changes her mind, and Reed discovers that the others always thought it would not work out, and he wished they would have had told him. |
In Los Angeles, florist Reed Bennett ([[Ashton Kutcher]]) eagerly proposes to his girlfriend Morley ([[Jessica Alba]]) who accepts his offer, much to the surprise of Reed’s friends Alfonso ([[George Lopez]]) and Julia ([[Jennifer Garner]]). Morley changes her mind, and Reed discovers that the others always thought it would not work out, and he wished they would have had told him. |
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| Directed by | Garry Marshall |
| Written by | Katherine Fugate Story: Katherine Fugate Abby Kohn Marc Silverstein |
| Produced by | Samuel J. Brown Mike Karz Wayne Allan Rice Josie Rosen |
| Starring | Jessica Alba Jessica Biel Bradley Cooper Ashton Kutcher Julia Roberts Jamie Foxx Anne Hathaway Shirley MacLaine Hector Elizondo Jennifer Garner Patrick Dempsey Eric Dane Emma Roberts Taylor Swift Taylor Lautner Queen Latifah Topher Grace Carter Jenkins George Lopez Kathy Bates |
| Cinematography | Charles Minsky |
| Edited by | Bruce Green |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. New Line Cinema |
Release dates | February 10, 2010 February 12, 2010 (United States) |
Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $52 million[1] |
| Box office | $100,821,466[2] |
Valentine's Day is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. The screenplay was written by Katherine Fugate.
Plot
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Valentine's Day has several plots running alongside each other which all take place during Valentine's Day. All the characters are connected in some way to another character. These connections are revealed gradually throughout the film. These are the main plot lines:
On an airplane to Los Angeles, Kate Hazeltine (Julia Roberts), a captain in the U.S. Army on a one-day leave, meets Holden (Bradley Cooper), who has recently become single again.
In Los Angeles, florist Reed Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) eagerly proposes to his girlfriend Morley (Jessica Alba) who accepts his offer, much to the surprise of Reed’s friends Alfonso (George Lopez) and Julia (Jennifer Garner). Morley changes her mind, and Reed discovers that the others always thought it would not work out, and he wished they would have had told him.
Julia, a primary school teacher, has recently fallen in love with Dr. Harrison Copeland (Patrick Dempsey), but does not know that he is married. Reed finds out when Harrison orders flowers for both his wife and for Julia. Reed warns Julia but she cannot believe this and goes anyway. However, at the hospital where he was supposed to work she asks the nurse at the counter if he is around, and she says no. She asks if Harrison is still married to a woman named Pamela, and after hesitation, the nurse tells her the truth. She realizes the truth, and tearfully leaves, heading back to Kara's Party. Dressed as a waitress Julia makes a scene at the restaurant where Harrison dines with his wife. Julia ends the scene with giving back the toy Harrison gave her that morning. Harrison's wife, Pamela recognizes the toy[3].
One of Julia’s students, young boy Edison (Bryce Robinson), orders flowers from Reed, to be sent to his Valentine. There is a delay in the delivery, but Edison insists that Reed delivers the flowers the same day. They are for Julia; however, Julia suggests to Edison to give the flowers to a girl in the class. He gives the flowers to the girl in his class, and she accepts it.
Edison's babysitter Grace (Emma Roberts) is planning her first sexual encounter with boyfriend Alex (Carter Jenkins). The planned encounter goes awry when Grace's mom sees Alex naked, playing his guitar and rehearsing his song written for Grace. Meanwhile Edison’s grandparents, Edgar (Hector Elizondo) and Estelle (Shirley MacLaine) are facing the troubles of a long marriage. Grace explains to them that she wants to have sex with Alex, and says, "It's not like you are going to sleep with the same person for the rest of your life." This upsets Estelle and leads to her telling Edgar about an affair she had with one of his business partners while he was away a long time ago.
Grace’s friends, Willy (Taylor Lautner) and Felicia (Taylor Swift) are experiencing the freshness of new love, and have agreed to "wait" to have sex. Willy gets Felicia a large white Teddy Bear, and she gets him a track shirt with her lucky number on it. They are both interviewed for the News, and talk about their love and support for each other.
Sean Jackson (Eric Dane), a closeted professional football player, is contemplating the end of his career together with his publicist Kara (Jessica Biel) and his agent Paula (Queen Latifah). Kara, a close friend of Julia’s, is organizing her annual ‘I Hate Valentine’s Day’ Party but is becoming interested in sports reporter Kelvin Moore (Jamie Foxx) who has been sent out by his producer Susan (Kathy Bates) to cover Valentine’s Day because of a lack of sports news, and shares the mutual feeling of dislike for Valentines Day. Paula has recently hired a new receptionist named Liz (Anne Hathaway) who has recently started dating mailroom clerk Jason (Topher Grace). Jason is first shocked when Liz turns out to also be a phone sex worker (operating her mobile phone at random places; surprising people around her), and not telling her, and assumes she is cheating, but later accepts it.
At the end, it is shown that Holden was recently single because he broke up with Sean, but Holden goes back to him because Sean finally came out at a press conference. Kate returns home to greet her son, Edison. Grace and Alex do not have sex and plan to wait it out. Kara and Kelvin kiss each other. Both Julia and Reed realize they have feelings for each other and kiss on the bridge by his house. Morley is shown walking alone with her dog. Dr. Copeland is shown watching TV in his apartment with an empty pizza box, and an empty side of the bed, signifying his wife realized what was going on with him and Julia, and presumably left him. Willy drops Felicia off at her apartment and they say goodbye with a passionate kiss. Felicia then goes home with a warm smile on her face. Estelle and Edgar embrace at the Celebrity Cemetery during a movie, and plan to say their vows to each other again. The movie ends with narration by a radio host who says all people just want to hear three words on Valentine's Day: "Let's get naked!"
Music
The score to Valentine's Day was composed by John Debney, who recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage. He also wrote a song for the film, "Every Time You Smiled", with award-winning lyricist Glen Ballard which was performed by Carina Round.[4]
The movie's official soundtrack was released on February 9, 2010 via Big Machine Records. It features the movie's leading song, Jewel's "Stay Here Forever," which was released as a single on January 19, 2010 and has charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The soundtrack also includes "Today Was a Fairytale" by Taylor Swift, which debuted at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, breaking a record for highest first-week sales by a female artist.
Reception
Box office
The film debuted with $52.4 million its opening weekend, grabbing the No. 1 spot over the holiday that shares its name.[5] The film ousted two other high-profile openings; 20th Century Fox's action fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which debuted at No. 2 with $31.1 million over three days, and Universal's werewolf tale The Wolfman, with $30.6 million.[citation needed] It is currently the 50th Highest Grossing film for a Sunday, with the holiday Valentine's Day being on the same day, primarily boosting its ranking.[citation needed] It is currently the 3rd Highest opening weekend in February. [6]
Critical response
The film has received generally negative reviews from critics.[7] Based on 110 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 15% with an average score of 3.8/10.[8] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs,[9] the film holds an overall approval rating of 11% based on 19 reviews.[10] Its consenus states, "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".[8] By comparison Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 33%, based on 39 reviews.[7]
Giving the film 3/4 stars, the overall opinion of Carrie Rickey's review for The Philadelphia Inquirer is that "It is a pleasant, undemanding movie that takes place over 18 hours on V-Day and considers Very Attractive People whose romantic destinies converge, diverge, and cloverleaf like the interstates threading through California's Southland".[11] Betsy Sharkey of The Los Angeles Times commented that "The effect of all those spinning songs, stars and scenarios is merry-go-round-like, producing a sort of dizzying collage that no doubt some will adore, while others will just get nauseous...".[12]
Rene Rodriguez for the Miami Herald gave the film 2/4 stars, describing the film as "surfing through the channels of an all-chick-flick cable service."[13] Rodriguez also criticized the film's blandness, stating the film should have "shed some of its blander plotlines (such as the silly romance between Topher Grace and Anne Hathaway, who moonlights as a phone-sex operator, a premise lifted from Short Cuts) and spent a little more time exploring the thrill and elation of being in love - or at least just being horny".[13] Slate movie critic Dana Stevens wrote that the film "lacks in charm, humor, and intelligence...".[14] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one star out of four.[15] Travers' analysis of the film simply states that "Valentine's Day is a date movie from hell".[15] Jonathan Ross was not complimentary either on his Film 2010 show. He said "I thought the film was just awful".[16] Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert concluded his review with the following remarks: "Valentine's Day" is being marketed as a Date Movie. I think it's more of a First-Date Movie. If your date likes it, do not date that person again. And if you like it, there may not be a second date.[17]
See also
References
- ^ "'Valentine's Day,' 'Percy Jackson' and 'Wolfman': The more they cost, the less they made". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
Valentine's Day" cost Warner Bros.' New Line Cinema unit just $52 million to produce, making it a huge hit out of the gate.
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- ^ Goldwasser, Dan (2010-02-02). "John Debney scores Valentine's Day". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ Germain, David (2010-2-14). "'Valentine's Day' courts $52.4M opening weekend". Associated Press. Miami Herald. Retrieved 2010-2-15.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b "Valentine's Day (2010): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks. Retrieved 2010-2-11.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Valentine's Day (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-2-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ Rickey, Carrie. "Bonbons for moviegoers of all ages and persuasions". philly.com. Retrieved 2010-2-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Sharkey, Betsy. "'Valentine's Day - latimes.com". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-2-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Rodriguez, Rene (2010-2-11). "Review - Valentine's Day (PG-13) ** - Starry cast can't banish the blandness". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2010-2-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Stevens, Dana (2010-2-11). "Valentine's Day - Fine, mush your boring faces together already". Slate.com. Retrieved 2010-2-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Travers, Peter (2010-2-11). "Valentine's Day : Review :Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2010-2-11.
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