“Valentine’s Day,” the latest star-studded romantic comedy, is as gooey as a caramel-filled Valentine heart, with all the characters and plotlines creating a sticky mess of story.

Valentine’s Day” follows eight Los Angeles couples as they fight, break up, make up and find new love interests, all on one eventful Feb. 14.

The film begins with an overload of stereotypical characters — the hopeless romantic suffering from heartbreak (Ashton Kutcher), the old couple looking for a new spark (Hector Elizondo and Shirley MacLaine) and the sarcastic single (Jessica Biel) — all combining to make up about 15 plotlines in one film.

Though the film is packed with stars, few give memorable performances, because they are not on screen for more than a few scenes. It has more than enough leading men and women to go around, but the cast serves more as eye candy than well-developed characters.

Director Garry Marshall, known for his eccentric characters and comic scenes in “Pretty Woman” and “Princess Diaries,” once again uses side characters and humorous lines to liven up the movie. Despite the conventional plot, unexpected twists set the ending scenes of “Valentine’s Day” apart from the typical chick flick.

It seems there was just a little too much sparkle in this film, as it tried to combine almost all the stars Hollywood has to offer.

“Valentine’s Day” was written by Katherine Fugate and directed by Garry Marshall.