Many
different love stories all happening during Valentine’s Day.
I can see
the reasoning in the producers mind, every A list actor bring his share of fans
who will go to see him everywhere regardless of the nature of the movie so if
we pile up as many famous actors as we can we can make good money…
Judging by
the box office they were right piling seventeen famous actors, and one country
singer, net a very satisfying 200 million dollars.
The whole
movie is driven by this be inclusive drive. There is a love story for the
elderly with Shirley Maclaine and Hector Helizondo, also known as the hotel
manager in Pretty Woman and director Garry Marshall perennial lucky charm. There
are two love stories for the teenagers and even one starring a ten years old
little boy. They even managed to make a love story for the people who hate Valentine’s
Day with Jamie Fox and Jessica Biel.
Sadly all
this stuff left the movie very insubstantial. There is not a lot of comedy and
the majority of the romantic elements are forced and trite.
The main
love story should be the one with Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner but he
lacks the easy charm of his earlier works and the whole affair is so
melodramatic that it gets a little bit silly.
Maybe the
best one in the bunch is the one with Anne Hathaway. I say maybe because there
is the distinct possibility that this simply the one that is aimed at me, in
the thirty something age bracket.
In the end
is hard the skip this one, if you don’t like at least one member of the
enormous ensemble cast probably you are immune to romantic comedies altogether.
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