Down with Love
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings
- Starring: David Hyde Pierce, Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger
- Summary: An old-fashioned romantic comedy with a twist. Putting a hip spin on the golden age of the classic Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies, the film is the story of a sparkle-filled collision between a woman who has sworn off love and a ladies' man who thinks he doesn't need love. (20th Century Fox)
- Director: Peyton Reed
- Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
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Positive: 15 out of 39
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Mixed: 17 out of 39
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Negative: 7 out of 39
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100A very smart, very shrewd movie, and the smartest, shrewdest thing about it is the way it masquerades as just a fluffy comedy, a diversion, a trifle.
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80May register most immediately as a snappy whirl of visual gags, double entendres, overheated romance, and comically oversized living quarters, but beneath the exuberance of this fond counterfeit is a heartbeat as powerful as that of any film anchored in the present.
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60Unfortunately, during the inevitable "what every woman wants" breakdown, Zellweger can't muster Doris Day's detached fume.
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38Explicitly invites us to mock its artificiality and giggly cluelessness, but beyond its attractive shell the film rings hollow. These days, even a comedy has got to have a heart.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 23
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Mixed: 0 out of 23
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Negative: 5 out of 23
