Valentine (2001)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Jamie Blanks

Writers (WGA):

Tom Savage (novel)
Donna Powers (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

2 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Love Hurts.

Plot:

Four Friends start to receive morbid valentine day cards. Someone out there is stalking them....someone they all spurned when they were younger. And Valentines Day 2001 is the Day she/he gets their revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Valentine | Valentine's Day | Dance | Revenge | 1980s

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Denise Richards	...	Paige Prescott
David Boreanaz	...	Adam Carr
Marley Shelton	...	Kate Davies
Jessica Capshaw	...	Dorothy Wheeler
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Lily Voight
Katherine Heigl	...	Shelley Fisher
Hedy Burress	...	Ruthie Walker
Fulvio Cecere	...	Detective Leon Vaughn
Daniel Cosgrove	...	Campbell Morris
Johnny Whitworth	...	Max Raimi
Woody Jeffreys	...	Brian
Adam Harrington	...	Jason Marquette
Claude Duhamel	...	Gary Taylor
Wyatt Page	...	Evan Wheeler
Benita Ha	...	Kim Wheeler

Also Known As:

Love Hurts (USA) (working title)
Valentine's Day (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence, some sexuality and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) (Canadian Home Video rating) | South Korea:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #37936) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

At a cost of $10 million this is the cheapest film to ever have a Superbowl spot.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Adam gives Kate the lollipop as a gift, Kate writes "IOU TLC" on a laundry ticket. As she takes the ticket out her bag, there is the number "6443" printed in red on it. When she hands him the ticket though, the number is now "6335."

Quotes:

Dorothy Wheeler: Come on Kate! You've always been the popular one, and Shelley was always the brainy one, and Lily was the fun one, and Paige was the sexy one, and I was the big, fat one! And as far as you're concerned, that's exactly the way that it is. Well, you know what? Screw all of you!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Let the Church Say, Amen (2004)

Soundtrack:

Fall Again

Roses are Red, Violets are Green - I'll try not to be too mean.

After a very promising opening scene at a dance, which was reminiscent of classic 80s slash flicks and an awesome sequence in a morgue- the flick kind of went down hill. It was way too talkie with the most unlikable character in movie history, granted they were easy on the eyes, but they made me wanna kill them myself. There were many boring talky parts in between slashings that really didn't need to be there. When I see a slash flick I wanna see slash damn it, not talk. The flick also needed some comic relief in the worst way, it tried and failed miserably at humor. It was a good idea that could have been alot better if they:

1. Cut out the boring talkie parts 2. Added some comic relief 3. Added in a few more slashings 4. Added a little T&A 5. Had more elaborate slashings 6. Put a little more emphasis on Valentines Day 7. Was set in a small town 8. Totally cut out the pretentious art gallery and artist guy crap.

The movie had a good idea, a cool killer disguise, and totally cut out the whole 30 minute motive explanation when the killer is revealed at the end which is in so many slash flicks, BIG PROPS! But could have been much better. A slash fan will probably have a good time since there isn't alot of new slash flicks out now, but don't expect too much.