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Taylor Swift<\/strong> and Taylor Lautner,<\/strong> two of the hottest young stars today,.\u00a0 Are cast\u00a0 along with many\u00a0 veteran actors in Valentine’s Day.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n By Maggie Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n There\u2019s a song somewhere that goes, \u201cthat\u2019s the story of, that\u2019s the glory of love<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 In director Garry Marshall\u2019s hands, in his new\u00a0 comedy\/drama, Valentine\u2019s Day<\/em>, love\u2019s glory sinks occasionally to sentimental claptrap when it\u2019s spread a bit thin through a multi-generational anthology of romantic tales.<\/p>\n Several kinds of love are represented in a variety of characters—some with connections screenwriter\u00a0Katherine Fugate keeps up her sleeve until the film\u2019s surprisingly effective finish; some with connections and purposes to the plot that are materially meager. But, it\u2019s clear that Marshall is wearing his heart on his sleeve here with unabashed admiration and affection for his actors—some of whom have been leads or cast members in other Marshall films.<\/p>\n On Valentine\u2019s Day, expectations are running high for young and old alike, whether new to love, or old hands:\u00a0 A couple become engaged (Ashton Kutcher; Jessica Alba)—but she\u2019s got doubts; a\u00a0 woman in a new relationship is hiding an unusual moonlighting job (Ann Hathaway) from her enthusiastic new partner (Topher Grace); teenagers (Emma Roberts; Carter Jenkins) make plans to end their virginity\u2014without thinking it through; a woman (Jessica Biel) looks forward with mixed feelings to her \u201cI Hate Valentine\u2019s Day\u201d party; a handsome doctor (Patrick Dempsey) is playing fast and loose with his adoring lover (Jennifer Garner); a young boy is dealing with his first crush on an \u201colder woman\u201d while one of the grandparents he lives with (Shirley MacLaine; Hector Elizondo) is hiding a painful secret; a bubbly cheerleader (Taylor Swift) is in the adoring throws of \u201cisn\u2019t he just too, too adorable!\u201d love with a classmate (Taylor Lautner); and a caring seatmate (Bradley Cooper) on a red eye flight lends moral support to an Army captain (Julia Roberts) facing a painfully short visit with a loved one.<\/p>\n While much of the movie is pleasantly innocuous, it moves back and forth deftly between its characters and plot points; making an unabashed case for the glories of love—or, as Lily Tomlin expressed it, \u201cIf love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?\u201d\u00a0 A Warner Bros. release, rated PG-13 for sexual material and brief, partial nudity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner, two of the hottest young stars today,.\u00a0 Are cast\u00a0 along with many\u00a0 veteran actors in Valentine’s Day. 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