I Hate Valentine's Day

In Manhattan, Genevieve Gernier (Nia Vardalos) owns a flower shop and has a rule of a limit of five dates with a man to avoid a relationship. When Greg Gatlin (John Corbett) buys a restaurant nearby her shop, they decide to date; however, after five dates, Genevieve is not happy with her rule and does not know how to meet Greg again.

"I Hate Valentine's Day" is a silly and boring movie where the two lead characters seem to be moron. Forty-seven year old Nia Vardalos and forty=eight year old John Corbett seem to be fifteen year old sweethearts facing the problems of the first love with the most stupid and immature attitudes that the viewer could expect from forty and something year old adults. My suggestion is do not spend your tome and money with this forgettable and disappointing movie. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Eu Odeio o Dia dos Namorados" ("I Hate the Valentine's Day")

Nia, a little humility please. You are not all that you must think you are. And among those things you are not, you are not a young sexy heartthrob piece of eye candy. And why would you want to be? You can be so talented yet you choose to go down this path. Why? This movie lacked insight, passion, real emotion. It was paint by the numbers and you didn't even know how to count.

Your role, persona in My Big Fat Greek Wedding fit you wonderfully. Why in the world would you want to ditch that intuitive, attractive on your own terms, bright, sexy in a girl-next-door sort of way? Take a big breath, step back and find that voice again. Please, for everyone's sake.

To all the hating schlocks with their personal attack reviews. Pffffft. It is actually nice to sit back and enjoy a light hearted romantic comedy without it being some slick, glib, peopke don't talk like that Woody Allen romance or a beyond ridiculous tom cruise speed racer/james bond cgi cartoon. Most times life is just a lighthearted flawed friends journey.

This film is about a female florist who has a rule of only having five dates with a man. She meets a local restaurant owner for her usual five dates, with unexpected results.

"I Hate Valentine's Day" is a sweet romantic comedy. Despite the fact that it follows the usual formulaic plot, it is still a pleasant and joyful film to watch. The leading lady being a florist helps enhance the romantic mood, leaving viewers with room to imagine how romantic she can be. Nia Vardalos is great, as are the supporting cast especially the two male florists. However, I find John Corbett wooden and expressionless. He is not right for the role, or maybe not even right for a romantic comedy. Overall, I think "I Hate Valentine's Day" is a good film to kill time.

The movie is funny, especially if you're single and struggle regularly with the strange holiday dating fever that starts around Halloween and ends just around Valentine's Day. "I Hate Valentine's Day" is all about mixed signals and how we spoil things by trying too hard -- or trying NOT to try to hard. There's a fine balance between right and wrong (or what works and what doesn't) in the dating world and Nia Vardalos nails it in this movie. Basically, watching the various couples "find" each other the viewer comes to the realization that we're ALL crazy and just need to find someone who's level of crazy is a good fit with our own.

I wasn't a fan of Corbett's BFF in this movie. Too MCP, over the top, and didn't add anything to the film by being in it. Otherwise a great movie.