I Hate Valentine's Day

I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) is a Manhattan rom-com you can watch online on iFILM, written and directed by Nia Vardalos. Florist Genevieve Gernier has a rule she has never once broken: five dates maximum with any man, then a clean goodbye. No entanglement, no heartbreak, no exceptions.

The system holds — until a new restaurateur named Greg (John Corbett) moves in next door and Genevieve finds herself running out of reasons to call it at date five. The supporting cast includes Jason Mantzoukas, Judah Friedlander, and Rachel Dratch as the neighbourhood crowd that refuses to mind its own business.

Vardalos and Corbett, reuniting seven years after My Big Fat Greek Wedding, bring the same relaxed chemistry that made that film click. It's a slight film that knows exactly what it is — a light story about someone who outsmarts herself — and doesn't oversell the premise. Stream I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) online on iFILM.