Heart Eyes is already piling up rave reviews.
The Valentine's Day-themed slasher Heart Eyes has already set the bar extremely high for horror comedy in 2025 based on its overwhelmingly positive reviews. Starring Mason Gooding and Olivia Holt, the latest from director Josh Ruben centers around two co-workers stalked by a killer in a truly memorable mask who famously kills couples around Valentine's Day.
Posts 12 8 Heart Eyes Is Self-Aware The Movie Stays Meta Without Feeling Gimmicky Close Critics have praised Heart Eyes as a movie that understands exactly what it is: a silly concept intended to make fun of both romantic comedies and slasher movies at the same time. The mask of the killer at its center is quite literally a grimy, neon representation of the"heart eyes" emoji, so the stage is set for the movie to be sort of meta right from the jump.
That realism doesn't do anything to detract from the legitimate romance that builds throughout the course of the movie. On the contrary, it enhances the romance because it becomes easier to identify with the characters at its center. The laughs at the expense of romantic clichés effortlessly give way to the heartfelt connection between the two leads, thanks in no small part to the sizzling chemistry between them.
5 Heart Eyes Isn't Light On The Gore Despite Being Partially A Rom-Com, The Movie Never Lacks For Blood Critics agree that for whatever Heart Eyes might be as far as a meta satirical commentary or a genre mash-up, it always makes sure to tend to its status as a slasher movie. Especially when romance and comedy are introduced into the mix, the horror elements of a horror comedy often wind up feeling forgotten.
While Heart Eyes is not without exposition, especially towards the end of the movie, it's far more forgivable given how well-earned the finale feels. Without a doubt, the meta nature of Heart Eyes plays a key role in how the movie stays funny despite its slasher-iffic proceedings. Some of the best jokes land when a character calls out a cliché, whether it's dialogue-related or a quirk of the situation that they find themselves in. Being legitimately funny throughout as opposed to surface-level, predictably funny is what sets Heart Eyes apart from many of its contemporary horror comedies.
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