Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

the audience applauded

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

So I've just finished watching Valentine, and for those of you who don't like reviews that are too long - let me start off by saying it's definitely worth the watch. Good ol' late 90's Slasher/Thriller. My main problem with such films is that they are tagged/labeled as Horror. Having a killer in a film, even this kind of stalking creepy killer, doesn't make a movie Horror. There are many films that resemble Valentine in many aspects and features that weren't labeled as Horror, so why? Because it had blood in it? Just my opinion.Valentine, as I said, one of the better Slasher/Thriller films of the new millennium. It has all the makings of suspense and "on edge" sensation. I personally found the dialogues to be superb, absolutely my favorite part of the film, especially the "letter from hell" style Valentine cards and Gary's discussion with Kate. Respect to all 4 screenwriters (and of course to Tom Savage, writer of the novel). Also, great soundtrack! Really enjoyed the music.As for acting, it was also good, especially Denise Richards who really aced the role of the flirty-slutty member of the group (none of the actresses lacked good looks, and still Richards really manages to stick out). Nice work also by David "Angel" Boreanaz who really managed to get into the role of the guilt-ridden slightly neurotic boyfriend with the drinking problem, although his "drunk act" wasn't all that convincing.As for the story - nothing special about it, basic Slasher type revenge tale. It appeared that I hadn't really understood the ending before I read about it in the message boards here, but it was also good. Could have used a better, smarter and slightly more obvious twist to it, a good twist is what makes a good slasher great.All in all, Valentine is definitely a worth while film that I'm glad I got to watch, even 11 years after it's release. Recommended!

This film is severely underrated. It does not deserve to be such negatively reviewed. One should maybe watch it as a giallo film, not a random mystery slasher film like Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer. Its stylish and beautiful camera-work as well as sets and locations, creative and brutal death scenes, superb soundtrack, intense chase scenes, a mysterious plot and a quite cheesy finale are all points that can make the film a giallo movie, but an American one and has slightly lesser investigations of the murderer going on. For those who do not know what what a giallo film is, I recommend you watching Italian thrillers like Deep Red, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage or Tenebre and you will know what I mean. A giallo film does not need to be as scary as Halloween or Friday the 13th but instead stylish and mysterious, so does Valentine. However, I felt that the ending should be better and have more twists and turns because it is not climatic and it is quite predictable.

Friday the 13th. Halloween. You know what you're in for. What's new this time is that the "story" is set on Valentine's Day. I know what you're thinking: Halloween events taking place on the sweetest day of the year? And yes, there's a prologue. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but what's revealed in the last scene of the film makes the prologue disappointing and pointless. Will you enjoy this movie? Well there wouldn't be any point on answering that question if you also liked (or loved) the Friday the 13th and Halloween movies. It's just the same thing, only in February. Needless to say, the movie is also predictable. Since it's just a rehash of the aforementioned movies, there's no need to judge the acting, positively or negatively, except to say the ending of the movie is a cop-out.*** out of ****

If you love the look of this movie don't watch the trailer because the trailer has nothing to do with the actual movie. But that is pretty much the only bad thing. This movie is fantastic I loved it. It was scary, thrilling and also funny at times. This is one of the best slashers I have ever seen in my entire life. The killers mask is creepy. The deaths are great and they actually look real also they are something different. I love this movie so much I have watched it over 100 times because it is just so good.So... Acting 8/10 ... Death Scenes 10/10 ... Setting 7/10.So overall... 25/30