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80
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A smart, stylish horror picture that offers a fresh twist on the ever-reliable revenge theme and affords a raft of talented young actors solid roles that show them to advantage.
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Valentine isn't scary, but it is unsettling; not ultimately satisfying, but arresting in the moment.
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38
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USA Today Staff [Not Credited]
A nose-bleeding mass murderer wears a mask that suggests Roger Ebert is knocking off a group of lifelong female friends.
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25
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Doesn't contain a single scary or imaginative moment.
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25
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Boston Globe Jay Carr
A flagrantly retro example of a tired genre that would vanish in a puff of smoke if anger management classes were to enter the picture, or if it would ever occur to any one of its endless stream of victims to reach for a light switch before proceeding into a spooky place.
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25
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The slasher-movie genre may never die, but can't its perpetrators think up variations more clever than this by-the-numbers rehash?
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25
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New York Post Lou Lumenick
The dreary, direct-to-video quality of the script, acting and cinematography in this latest entry seemed to inspire more yawns than screams, and not a few titters.
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10
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The New York Times A.O. Scott
It feels like both a joke and a turkey.
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4
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Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark
Because so little of what occurs on-screen either engages or entertains, there's ample time for the boiler of your self-respect to build up quite a head of indignation at the forfeiture of your time, money, and (exceedingly minimal) cerebral exertion.
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0
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Lacking the requisite post-"Scream" irony, the film is simply a package of gougings, stabbings, drillings and guttings, all tied up with a "twist" ending that anyone with a still-functioning brain could figure out in a matter of minutes.
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