I Hate Valentine's Day

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I Hate Valentine's Day

PG-13

Released Jul 3, 2009

1h 38m

Romance

Comedy

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Genevieve (Nia Vardalos), a florist, and Greg (John Corbett), a restaurateur, are relationship-challenged. Genevieve avoids the pain of a broken heart by never going out with a man more than five times, and Greg has a string of disastrous relationships behind him. Though Greg agrees to Genevieve's five-date rule, neither he nor Genevieve can predict the romantic sparks that fly when they get together.

Critics Consensus

This boilerplate comedy lacks ingenuity or humor and features mediocre dialogue that sounds less like conversation and more like stand-up shtick.

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Joy Tipping

Dallas Morning News

It's like eating a plain Hershey's bar on that supposedly most romantic day of the year. It may soothe your sweet tooth for a brief bit, but you'll still be longing for Godiva.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 10, 2009

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

A charmless rom-com about an exhaustingly vivacious florist.

Rated: C-

Jul 10, 2009

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

An unspeakable nadir in the career of its writer-director-star, My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos.

Rated: F

Jul 3, 2009

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

This movie is so poorly written, with inexplicable characters making ridiculous choices, and the dialogue is simply cringe-worthy.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 31, 2012

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

A big fat Greek flop!

Rated: .5/4

Jul 10, 2009

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Ben Lyons

At the Movies

I found it to be really one note. This is not authentic modern courtship.

Jul 6, 2009

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WÃ¸nder W

The acting was horrible these two did better 100+++++% In Greek fat Wedding the acting here in i Haye valentines day was disgusting and me and my mom were screaming at TV why are you doing so badly! Def want my money back. DO NOT WATCH ITS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. TERRIBLE ACTING AND JUST RAUNCHY

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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steve d

The actors obviously have chemistry but the story is nonexistent, the characters unsympathetic.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This was bad, like so bad. The performances were so odd, uncomfortably so and the plot was just so cliched. Its so bad they used comic sans for the store sign for the restaurant one of the characters opened.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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A S

It’s a pretty good movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed some of the humour in MBFGW so I thought I might get a few laughs from this movie. Wrong!. Nia & John have good synergy but this movie lacked a decent story and a strong supporting cast to add character to their roles. It was indeed mediocre and very disappointing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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panayiota k

I love me some Nia Vardalos. Of course it's stupid and predictable. Now grab some chocolate and go watch this feel good movie!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

Genevieve (Nia Vardalos), a florist, and Greg (John Corbett), a restaurateur, are relationship-challenged. Genevieve avoids the pain of a broken heart by never going out with a man more than five times, and Greg has a string of disastrous relationships behind him. Though Greg agrees to Genevieve's five-date rule, neither he nor Genevieve can predict the romantic sparks that fly when they get together.

Director: Nia Vardalos
Producer: Madeleine Sherak, William Sherak, Jason Shuman
Screenwriter: Nia Vardalos
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Blue Star Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 3, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.1K
Runtime: 1h 38m