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Down With Love (2003)

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Reviews Counted:165

Fresh:98

Rotten:67

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: Looks great, but Zellweger and McGregor have no chemistry together, and the self-satisfied, knowing tone grates.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $20,186,516

Synopsis: DOWN WITH LOVE is an old-fashioned romantic comedy with a twist, starring "Chicago's" Oscar-nominated Renee Zellweger and "Moulin Rouge's" Ewan McGregor. Putting a hip spin on the golden age of the... DOWN WITH LOVE is an old-fashioned romantic comedy with a twist, starring "Chicago's" Oscar-nominated Renee Zellweger and "Moulin Rouge's" Ewan McGregor. Putting a hip spin on the golden age of the classic Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies, the film is the story of a spark-filled collision between a woman who has sworn off love and a ladies' man who thinks he doesn't need love. Set in the early 1960s, by way of the early 2000s, every frame pops with the super-saturated palette of sixties Technicolor. Process shots, stock shots, backlot New York City street scenes, snazzy apartments, and elegant supper clubs are the backdrop for DOWN WITH LOVE's characters, including Zellweger's best-selling advice author and McGregor's hotshot journalist/playboy. Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) hits New York City with her new book DOWN WITH LOVE, a pre-feminist manifesto on saying "no" to love and "yes" to career, empowerment - and sex. As Barbara's revolutionary tome rockets to the top of best-seller charts, she becomes the target of ace journalist Catcher "Catch" Block (Ewan McGregor), ladies' man / man's man/ man about town, who is determined to take her down. Catch's best friend and boss, the neurotic and lovesick Peter McMannus (David Hyde Pierce), tries to rein in his star writer, while haplessly pursuing the object of his affections, Vikki Hiller (Sarah Paulson), Barbara's brilliant and feisty editor. Vikki plays tough in a man's world, which includes her old-style chauvinist boss, Theodore Banner (Tony Randall). [More]

Starring: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson

Starring: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson, Tony Randall

Director: Peyton Reed

Director: Peyton Reed
Screenwriter: Dennis Drake, Eve Ahlert
Producer: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Composer: Marc Shaiman
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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08/22/03
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06/15/03
Garth Franklin
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Zellweger and McGregor have only their dimpled cuteness to get them through this movie, which you sense, at least from their mugging, that they believe is enough. It isn't.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
08/05/07
Christopher Smith
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Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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01/26/06
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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

... as light, cheap, and ultimately as insubstantial as cotton candy. And yet, it inadvertently strikes some resonant chords.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

As it is, 'Down With Love' seems forced, with the principals looking like youngsters dressing up and over-acting to impersonate grown-ups.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Kansan | comment Comment
10/14/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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10/07/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

Bright and very funny... manages to recreate a filmmaking style that was practically a parody of itself in the first place.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
07/06/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

All artifice, so little art. Does this film have anything new to offer? If not, why bother?

Full Review Source: Cinemania | comment Comment
03/07/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Cinemania

Como esforço saudosista em recriar as ingênuas comédias românticas dos anos 60, o filme é bem-sucedido - mas não se destaca muito em seus outros aspectos.

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03/01/04
Pablo Villaca
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01/15/04
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[I]f someone tries to sell you a bootleg copy of Down With Love, there’s no need to call the police. You may, however, wish to notify the bomb squad.

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01/04/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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11/11/03
Carol Cling
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11/02/03
Empire Magazine
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En algún momento, los guionistas Eve Ahlert y Dennis Drake se olvidan que más que un ejercicio de estilo Abajo el amor es una comedia que debería divertir. Y más aún, es una historia que debería entretener.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
10/19/03
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
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