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 | Rejection

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

Colour:

Colour (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) | New Zealand:R16 | 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:

Hedy Burress, (Ruthie) originally auditioned for _Jessica Capshaw's role of Dorothy. Jessica Cauffiel originally auditioned for Denise Richards's role of Paige.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Shelley meets her friend in the hallway, he drapes his backpack over one shoulder before leaving. In the reverse shot of him leaving, his backpack is missing.

Quotes:

Adam Carr: I'm sorry that I couldn't make it to the art show.
Kate Davies: Don't worry, you didn't miss much. Just Dorothy's boyfriend getting attacked by some crazy woman and some really bad art. I mean, the stuff was basically porn!
Adam Carr: [smiling] It sounds okay.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Let the Church Say, Amen (2004)

Soundtrack:

Telephone

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When this movie came out back in February I wanted to see it but I made the mistake of seeing Hannibal. Don't get me wrong I really liked Hannibal but I thought Valentine was better. Hannibal is the only reason that this movie only made $20 million. This could have gone up to $35 million. Since everyone knows the plot I won't even bother with it. The acting is very good for a horror movie. Marley Shelton (KATE), Jessica Capshaw (DOROTHY), Denise Richards (PAIGE) Jessica Cauffiel (LILY), and Katherine Heigl (SHELLY) are all great as the five main girls. David Boreanaz (ADAM) is a little wooden at times but he is good. Hedy Buress (RUTHIE) is the funniest character and I would have loved for her to have more screen time. Daniel Cosgrove (CAMPBELL) is also very good and I would have liked to see more of him also. The deaths are also great. We get arrows, axes, hot tubs, and some good old knife action. The only bad thing about the death's is that gore got cut out. Hopefully Warner Bros. will release an uncut DVD. Yeah it does get predictable and I guessed who the killer was very quickly mostly because it was ruined for me on the internet but I guessed it without reading any reviews or seeing the movie. VALENTINE get a 10/10 from me.