The Absolute Nadir of Animation

One of the greatest movie-review slams we've come across in recent months is Nathan Rabin's brutal takedown of I Hate Valentine's Day, the latest project from My Big, Fat Greek Wedding mastermind Nia Vardalos. The whole pan is full of choice insults, but the apex comes in the kicker: "If the comic strip character Cathy were to make a movie, this would be it."

We share Rabin's loathing of Cathy and her strip, which struck us as deeply, almost embarrassingly unfunny even during our...