From Plugged In Online:
Think about overlapping circles for a second. Or maybe hearts.
Those images offer the best visual metaphor for a movie like Valentine's Day. The storytelling premise is one of compounding interest: If a romantically challenged couple can make for a compelling tale, how much more interesting might a dozen be?
And what could be a better hook than the emotional travails provoked by the year's most romantic day? One lovelorn tale intersects another, then another, then another, and, well, it all picks up speed as this angst-filled saga arrows toward its predestined happy ending.
The hub that connects the narrative spokes (there's another visual image in case my first ones didn't work for you) in this particular ensemble comedy is an L.A. flower shop owned by a guy named Reed. Reed's on cloud nine after proposing on Valentine's Day morning to his girlfriend, Morely—a beautiful woman everyone but Reed knows is going to say no.
But she says yes.
So it's the best Valentine's Day ever.
Until Morely shows up at the bustling flower shop later that morning … sans ring. And sporting a case of seriously cold feet.
Game on. Game off. Such is the game of love.
It's a maddening experience not only for Reed, but for virtually every other character. There's Reed's longtime friend Julia, for example, who's finally found the man of her dreams: a dashing doctor who's equally into her … or so it seems. On the other end of the dating spectrum is Kara, a successful publicist whose love life is as bland as her professional life is sweet.
And on and on it goes as we're introduced to the rich and the not so rich, the young and the not so young, the straight and the gay, the beautiful and … the beautiful—all pursuing the most elusive of quarry: true love.
Cupid, it turns out, doesn't discriminate in the way he inflicts pain upon those locked in his sights. Which is pretty much everybody in Valentine's Day.
Gina's Review: Again - I am a little indifferent. Didn't like all story lines, liked a couple. Loved the stars. I do not regret going to see it - but I will not buy it or go see it again. Its just ok to me. I am glad I went to a matinee.
Rating: PG 13
Think about overlapping circles for a second. Or maybe hearts.
Those images offer the best visual metaphor for a movie like Valentine's Day. The storytelling premise is one of compounding interest: If a romantically challenged couple can make for a compelling tale, how much more interesting might a dozen be?
And what could be a better hook than the emotional travails provoked by the year's most romantic day? One lovelorn tale intersects another, then another, then another, and, well, it all picks up speed as this angst-filled saga arrows toward its predestined happy ending.
The hub that connects the narrative spokes (there's another visual image in case my first ones didn't work for you) in this particular ensemble comedy is an L.A. flower shop owned by a guy named Reed. Reed's on cloud nine after proposing on Valentine's Day morning to his girlfriend, Morely—a beautiful woman everyone but Reed knows is going to say no.
But she says yes.
So it's the best Valentine's Day ever.
Until Morely shows up at the bustling flower shop later that morning … sans ring. And sporting a case of seriously cold feet.
Game on. Game off. Such is the game of love.
It's a maddening experience not only for Reed, but for virtually every other character. There's Reed's longtime friend Julia, for example, who's finally found the man of her dreams: a dashing doctor who's equally into her … or so it seems. On the other end of the dating spectrum is Kara, a successful publicist whose love life is as bland as her professional life is sweet.
And on and on it goes as we're introduced to the rich and the not so rich, the young and the not so young, the straight and the gay, the beautiful and … the beautiful—all pursuing the most elusive of quarry: true love.
Cupid, it turns out, doesn't discriminate in the way he inflicts pain upon those locked in his sights. Which is pretty much everybody in Valentine's Day.
Gina's Review: Again - I am a little indifferent. Didn't like all story lines, liked a couple. Loved the stars. I do not regret going to see it - but I will not buy it or go see it again. Its just ok to me. I am glad I went to a matinee.
Rating: PG 13
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