OK, let's do the rundown: Ashton Kutcher, Kathy Bates, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Jessicas Alba and Biel, Bradley Cooper, Shirley MacLaine, Patrick Dempsey, Topher Grace, Queen Latifah, Taylors Swift and Lautner, George Lopez, Eric Dane, Hector Elizondo, Jennifer Garner -- are we forgetting anyone? Oh, right. Emma Roberts, and her aunt Julia.
From director Garry Marshall ('Pretty Woman') comes 'Valentine's Day', a sweeping, meet-by-chance, ensemble comedy in the mode of 1999's New Year's Eve star-cluster '200 Cigarettes' and 2003's Christmas Eve, Brit-fest 'Love Actually'.
Only now the day in question is, of course, that fated day every February, the one Kutcher tells us "comes every year whether you like it or not." Watch as perhaps the most star-studded cast ever assembled (not to mention two-fifths of a 'That 70's Show' reunion) navigates love, sex and relationships on a day meant to celebrate the whole spectacular mess.
From what we can tell about the entanglements, Cooper and Julia Roberts are working on a cross-country, plane cabin, V-Day romance, while a few thousand feet below, Biel's strained relationship with Foxx has driven her to the point of bitterness, booze and helium inhalation. Grace, in a budding relationship with Hathaway, can't seem to get his dates right, while Emma Roberts hopes the date may prove more ... transformative. Homecoming super-couple Lautner and Swift seemed turned on by "the hype" of a local camera crew, and Kucther -- who proposes to Alba on the grounds that she's "too good for him" -- is stuck delivering bouquets of roses to all of them.
We're probably leaving too much out, and as is par for the course with these types of films, Marshall probably has some lovely surprises in store for us along the way. But if the trailer is any indication, this film will a be fun, touching tour through not only what makes us crazy about V-day, but what about that day makes us crazy for each other as well.
Valentine's Day opens February 12, 2010.
Reader Comments (9)
Michelle at 8:46PM on Dec 19th 2009
EXCITED....but not so much for the Taylors...
don't get me wrong...i love them
but I don't feel like their acting chops are developed enough for this part
(stick to disney)
Joey at 4:34AM on Dec 22nd 2009
wow wtf you're an idiot.
first of all taylor lautner is an excellent actor as he's already proved.
and second, neither of the taylors started or were ever thoroughly with disney channel or the disney franchise at all.
you fail. get your crap together before you criticize.
elsy at 2:29AM on Dec 20th 2009
I wanna see it! I really like the movie ''love actually'' so i will check it out n_n
Lola at 12:49PM on Dec 23rd 2009
I AM SO EXCITED!!!! THIS LOOKS AMAZING!!!!
and michelle...the Taylors have no affiliation with disney..
Jade at 11:32AM on Dec 20th 2009
taylor lautner and taylor swift are only in it for like two seconds :(
maggie at 9:12PM on Dec 20th 2009
why does taylor swift have to be in it - shes a singer not an actress, come on! i love her singing but y cant she just stick with it!?
Apart from that it looks awsome! i cant wait! its coming out 2 days after my birthday! YAY!
izza at 9:03AM on Dec 21st 2009
go Taylors!
can't wait to see this spectacular, super star-studded movie ever!!
Justin at 7:31PM on Dec 23rd 2009
This is going to be a funny movie! Can't wait for it to come out! Mostly because Taylor Swift is in it. The ending of that commercial was really funny
Eve at 12:49AM on Jan 5th 2010
Wow, what a line up of a cast! Lots of big stars in this one. All there to play about a day that I've learned and grown to despise since childhood. :D Woohoo!
Could careless about the Taylors. Really don't know why females obsessed with Twilight give him the absolute label that will follow him forever as "Jacob Black" though. He has nice hair though and cute little dimples. :)