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I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) Rank 1 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) a score of 0.9509 out of 4

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Los Angeles Times

A refreshingly voluptuous, vulnerable and wise comic presence when she shot to fame in the semiautobiographical "Wedding," Vardalos stumbles making Genevieve such an off-putting presence for so long. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at Los Angeles Times

Brian Orndorf

By the time the end credits hit, there's joy emerging not from the outcome of the Genevieve/Greg romantic tango, but the feeling of relief to know the film, and Vardalos's insipid direction, has finally come to a close. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at Brian Orndorf

USA TODAY

This is probably the year's worst romantic comedy - and that's saying something in a year that includes Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Whatever Works. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at USA TODAY

NYC Movie Guru

Here's some advice to Nia Vardalos if she wishes to write/direct another film: please edit the script to make it flow at least somewhat naturally a la When Harry Met Sally... ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at NYC Movie Guru

Village Voice

Vardalos calls her film "the ultimate indie experiment," and if that's what is meant by ham-fisted pacing, writing, and acting, this is as ultimate and as indie as it gets. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at Village Voice

Variety

A plodding mediocrity with an almost mercenary adherence to formula. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at Variety

The New York Times

Genevieve (Nia Vardalos) and Greg (John Corbett), the conflicted lovebirds in the bottom-drawer romantic comedy "I Hate Valentine's Day," may be in their 30s, but they play the game of romance with the finesse of sixth graders in the spin-the-bottle phase ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at The New York Times

New York Daily News

Vardalos' underdog start with "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (which also co-starred Corbett) was endearing enough to earn her some ongoing goodwill. But she's running out of chances, and fast. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at New York Daily News

Time Out New York (Ben Kenigsberg)

Put it this way: Children who see this film at an impressionable age risk inhibiting their social growth. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at Time Out New York (Ben Kenigsberg)

Hollywood & Fine

Vardalos doesn't write dialogue; she writes shtick...the whole thing is one long riff, with few laughs and an inevitable destination. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at Hollywood & Fine

Time Out New York

Put it this way: Children who see this film at an impressionable age risk inhibiting their social growth. ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at Time Out New York

The Onion A.V. Club

Most women would be willing to sacrifice a limb or major organ for an opportunity to be with someone as improbably perfect as Corbett's character, but it takes Vardalos a damnably long time to figure out what audiences will understand immediately: that ...read the complete I Hate Valentine's Day movie review at The Onion A.V. Club