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‘Heart Eyes’ Review: A Breezy Rom-Com Slasher That Slices and Dices With Charm
Mason Gooding and Olivia Holt lead the charming horror rom-com 'Heart Eyes,' about a masked psychopath who kills only on Valentine’s Day.
Though “ Heart Eyes ” hits a rough patch in its initial minutes, opening on an obnoxiously over-the-top influencer couple performing their Pinterest-perfect proposal, it quickly soars once a killer cupid’s arrows start flying, setting audiences up for exactly what they came to see: murder and macabre merriment. Pursuits through romantic locations like a picturesque winery, lush botanical garden, gorgeous merry-go-round and a drive-in showing “His Girl Friday” are captured through a creepy lens, borrowing “I Know What You Did Last Summer” style aesthetic flourishes of light, fog and wardrobe to connote the shadowy figure’s ominous, unrelenting presence. He plays with perspective shifts, showing Heart Eyes’ infrared vision briefly in a scene that feels akin to both a first-person shooter video game and “The Terminator.” Even the romanticism works effectively, cross-pollinating Jay’s heroic slo-mo walk towards Ally with the chaos unfolding all around him.
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