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Valentines Day Movie Review
Combine the lives of several simple couples, an all star cast and the premise of love and you have a hilariously unorthodox comedy everyone can relate to.
The plot is difficult to follow at points, as it tries to blend many different stories, from teenagers aiming for their “first time” to accepting a failed marriage proposal and forgiveness after an affair.
All of these elements come together into a film that’s bittersweet at times, but simply hilarious at others.
Romantic comedies are something of a staple of a date night, and I’d strongly recommend this one to any couple, young or old. There’s enough content and hilarity to appeal to practically anyone.
The many stars include Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner as best friends struggling in their own love lifes, Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner as a teenaged couple and Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper as friends on an airplane out for something more. These are just a few in the huge all star cast that made up this hilarious comedy.
The movie was not lacking in its different kinds of humor either. There were sex jokes, intelligent jokes and cute love jokes.
Despite never taking itself too seriously, the movie brings several messages of forgiveness, being patient with the people you care about and respecting the nature of love itself. There’s not a lot to learn from this movie, but you may take home some tips anyway.
The only problem with the movie is its struggle to keep consistent and prevent the different stories from becoming too choppy. This is recurring and makes it difficult to connect to the characters early in the film, but more than makes up for itself later.
After two comedic hours, I was left just wanting more of this charming and hilarious comedy.