This Valentine’s Day why not embrace the fact that there are many types of love to express to the ones you care about? Love comes in all shapes and sizes. Anyone can rent When Harry Met Sally, but if you’re looking for something different, here is a list of movies that will send your message.
Platonic Love – It’s happened to you before: You’re at Brown Sugar eating chicken satay with your buddy. He buys a bottle of wine and you suddenly realize it’s a date you didn’t know you were on. Rather than having the “I thought we were just friends” talk, how about watching Dumb and Dumber starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels? Perhaps the greatest platonic love story ever told, Dumb and Dumber would help your date get the picture as soon as he sees what happens to the pair’s pet bird.
Friendly Love – Guys, grab The Boondock Saints. Sure, you’ve seen it already, but there’s nothing like vigilante brothers from Southie shooting up mob hit men to make you forget that you don’t have a date. Girls, rent Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion. As Romy spends an entire film trying to nab her egotistical high school crush, she realizes all she ever needed was her friendship with Michelle (Lisa Kudrow).
Samurai Love – Maybe your relationship is borderline euphoric and you’ve lost all your friends. If you’re eating off the same fork and spending evenings with the cat you bought together, this kind of love deserves not one but two movies. Quentin Tarantino, the greatest romantic since Shakespeare, brought us epic love in Kill Bill Part 1 and Part 2. Sure, it is twisted love, as a whole lot of dead Asian men will attest to. Love will make you do crazy things, and if you own a cat with your significant other, you will understand exactly that.
Kinky Love – Watch the film that made Maggie Gyllenhaal famous, Secretary. It’s a sweet story about finding a significant other that really fits. It just takes some memos, a saddle and some sadomasochism to realize it. It will certainly add spice to your night.