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08Jul2009

RomCom 'Valentine's Day' Now Has the Anatomy of 'Grey's Anatomy'

DateWednesday, July 8, 2009 at 2:47AM
It's now time to move the romantic comedy Valentine's Day into the rarely used "Gutwrenchingly Girly" category. McDreamy has joined the cast.

Personally, I have nothing against Patrick Dempsey. In particular, I admire that he was a juggling champion as a kid. But you don't see his name in connection with a lot of gritty heroin movies. Hard to begrudge a guy for riding the money train, but Dempsey's pretty much a specialist at this point in his career.

The Hollywood Reporter says he'll play a doctor - to dumb it down even more for the target audience - who is dating the character played by Jennifer Garner. One problem: He's married and she doesn't know it. That's an unhappy Valentine's Day.

In addition to Garner and Dempsey, the heavy duty cast includes Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessicas Alba y Biel, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts, and Hector Elizondo.

A separate report has another Grey's Anatomy actor, Eric Dane, signing on to play a football player struggling with whether or not he should retire. They were going to cast Brett Favre, but he's busy struggling with whether or not he should retire.

I think this whole thing just sounds reprehensible. It's not even a movie, just an opening weekend. Could there be a bigger, more obvious play for your girlfriend's attention than this cast in a romantic comedy opening on Valentine's Day?

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment1 Comment |

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We have EVERTHING against Garry Marshall as a director!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterThe moviegoing public

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