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Down With Love (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 166 Fresh: 99  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.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Theatrical Release: May 16, 2003 Wide

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 classic Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies, the film is the story of a spark-filled collision... 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]

Genre: Comedies

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

Director: Peyton Reed
Screenwriter: Dennis Drake, Eve Ahlert
Producer: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Composer: Marc Shaiman

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Jan 11, 2005

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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.

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08/05/07
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
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B

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

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12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
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As it is, 'Down With Love' seems forced, with the principals looking like youngsters dressing up and over-acting to impersonate grown-ups.

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10/14/04
Steve Crum
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10/07/04
Tony Medley
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3/5

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

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07/06/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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61/100

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

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03/07/04
Dan Jardine
Cinemania
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3/5

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
Guardian [UK]
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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
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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11/11/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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3/5

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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.

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10/19/03
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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10/11/03
This is London
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10/10/03
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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71/100

It works so hard at being so silly that silly seems smart, making Down With Love simply lovely.

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10/08/03
Janet Branagan
Apollo Guide
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My only complaint? 'Down with Love' should have been a musical.

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10/06/03
Betty Jo Tucker
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