If you've seen Love Actually, you're going to notice a whole raft of rip-offs in Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, this time around it's cheesier, dumbed-down and almost humourless. Despite a well-known ensemble cast, it sets focus and gives the most screen time to the horrible in-oh-so-many-ways Ashton Kutcher. Basically, ten or so couples' lives interweave as they each try to find that special someone on the day. A few of the characters are even paper cut outs of Love Actually characters: there's someone in the porn industry used to help balance all the schmuck and a lovesick kid complaining about how love sucks. The soundtrack, thankfully, is one of the more positive aspects of this winding, silly little film; it's hard to go wrong with safe, old classics. All and all, it's not offensive and has a few nice moments but, really, it's only worth that single watch and you may fall asleep if you're not careful.
5/10
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