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A Valentine's Match

A Valentine's Match

Romance · Drama · TV Movie · 2020

Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.

Movie details

A Valentine's Match

2020 Romance · Drama · TV Movie 1h 20m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

1.8K votes

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over A Valentine's Match?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Christie Will Wolf

Written by

Cara J. Russell · Kim Beyer-Johnson · Brigit Stacey

Bethany Joy Lenz

Bethany Joy Lenz

Natalie Simmons

Luke Macfarlane

Luke Macfarlane

Zach Williams

Caitlin Stryker

Caitlin Stryker

Jess

Trevor Lerner

Trevor Lerner

Sam

Marco Grazzini

Marco Grazzini

Brooks

Claude Knowlton

Claude Knowlton

Chef Henri

Court is in session

Put A Valentine's Match on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.