This post contains major spoilers for “Heart Eyes.”
One part rom-com, one part slasher movie, all bloody good fun, “Heart Eyes” is in many ways the perfect Valentine’s Day entertainment. It’s got a masked killer themed around the holiday, a genuinely fun “will they, won’t they” romance at the center of it between Olivia Holt’s Ally and Mason Gooding’s Jay, and it plays expertly with two well-trodden genres. Credit to director Josh Ruben, who previously helmed the acclaimed video game movie “Werewolves Within,” and screenwriters Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon (“Happy Death Day”), and Michael Kennedy (“Freaky”).