The cast in Valentine’s Day is phenomenal. Included are Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Jamie Fox, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, and Taylor Swift. I don’t know how they got so many well-known actors and actresses to sign up for this, but it did pay off. It was the first thing that made me curious about this movie. And then, after seeing the trailer, I knew I was going to watch it.
Valentine’s Day takes the proven “multiple storylines” formula, makes us identify with at least one of the stories, and then interweaves all the lines in very intriguing ways. At its heart this is a movie about love. Not necessarily just about the “butterflies in my stomach” kind of love, but about most of the aspects of relationships that you go through at some point or another (good and bad). I’m not going to go into the story at all, since there are so many parts to cover – it would take too long, and reveal too much.
What I liked about this movie is that it portrayed relationships more realistic than most other movies would. With some of the characters there’s a happy end, for others there’s not. And in a few instances some very good relationship values, that other movies shy away from, come through. This movie provides quite a lot of laughs too, so it’s quite a good entertainment package. Do yourself a favour on Valentine’s Day, and go watch Valentine’s Day.
