Valentine's Day (2010) poster
2010 · comedy · romance

Valentine's Day

Directed by Garry Marshall2h 5m2010
ElsewhereIMDb5.8130kRT18%Metacritic34
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

Our read · Valentine's Day (2010) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want star-stacked Los Angeles rom-com comfort with every Valentine's Day cliché.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 10attention 2/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou hate crowded ensemble mush and need one story to care about tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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