An ensemble comedy filled with marquee talent, "Valentine's Day" examines the holiday through a series of intertwining stories about love. Iconic sitcom creator and film director Garry Marshall brought together stars like Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Garner, Patrick Dempsey, Jamie Foxx, and, yes, Anne Hathaway, to tell stories about the pressures, delights, and disappointments of modern romance in Los Angeles. Hathaway plays receptionist Liz, who secretly moonlights as a sex phone operator to pay off her student loans. Her boyfriend, Jason (Topher Grace), is upset when he discovers Liz's side hustle, but the two wind up happily reconciling in the end.
"Valentine's Day," while not a critical darling, was a box office success when released in 2010, grossing $110 million at the domestic box office (via Box Office Mojo). The Guardian skewered the film as, "Just a yucky, plasticky confection of sentimentality, like eating fudge with the cellophane wrapper still on." Hathaway's performance alone could not save the movie from being smothered by its saccharine storytelling.
