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

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 9

4:20 AM

HBO

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: As Shelley runs with the knife, it disappears and reappears in her hand - at one point reappearing in the wrong hand.

Quotes:

Dorothy Wheeler: When you are old enough to rent a car, we can talk about your role as my stepmother.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Let the Church Say, Amen (2004)

Soundtrack:

El Bombo Atomico

don't believe everything you hear

I usually completely disregard anyone's criticism of a film before I see it, and I encourage EVERYONE to do the same., even with me. But before you stop reading, (because i kinda just told you too), let me point out some things that almost everyone here missed:

Number 1, valentine is a SLASHER film...this translates into...not the 6th sense of 2001, this translates into silliness in all forms. People don't go to this movie to be enlightened, they go to have fun. Its a really fun movie once you get over your initial pretentions...i suspect that this movie will find a following once on video by fans of such silliness as Tourist trap, friday the 13th or even prom night (p.s. this plot is remarkably similar to Terror Train, but handled better).

Number 2, unlike every single horror that has come out in the last five years this one refuses to constantly compare itself to a similar horror movie. Unlike scream, nobody says, hey this reminds me of terror train, or anything else, which is refeshingly different.

Number 3, a careful, true horror fan will notice the influence of directors other than craven or carpenter.....notably Dario Argento. Two scenes in particular: the maggot filled chocolates, and the glass door death scene. I was thrilled to see someone paying homage to a different director for once.

Number 4, and this sums it all up: If you don't expect much, you'll have fun, so go see this movie, you'll probably miss your chance after a few weeks to see this on the big screen surrounded by silly teenagers who jump at every scare. This is not a film for everyone, and horror hardly ever is (with the expection of Rosemary's Baby and The Sixth Sense, horror hardly ever crosses over into more than one genre). So if you want to have fun, and don't expect much, you'll like this film.

My only problem with this film: predictability (which this film suffers from horribly, it was obvious from the first couple of scenes to me), complete lack of T&A (come on this movie stars 3 blondes and denise richards and there was only one scene involving a wet bra.....pretty damn pathetic lack of t&a here). Thats it.

My rating: 8 out of 10........refreshingly fun.