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Head Over Heels
Universal Pictures


7.6

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor and language

Starring Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze Jr., Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic, Sarah O'Hare, and Tomiko Fraser

Amanda (Potter) is an art restorer living in New York with four supermodel roommates (Harlow, Milicevic, O'Hare, Fraser). When she suspects one of her neighbors (Prinze) of committing a murder, she is surprised to find herself falling in love with the very same boy next door.

GENRE(S):	Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Ron Burch (also story) David Kidd (also story) John J. Strauss (story) Ed Decter (story)
DIRECTED BY:	Mark S. Waters
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: July 31, 2001 Video: July 31, 2001 Theatrical: February 2, 2001
RUNNING TIME:	87 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder

This otherwise predictable romantic comedy does have several genuinely funny scenes, thanks to Monica Potter's comic delivery and charm.

USA Today Mike Clark

At least the models' avarice and teasing provide a chuckle or two, as their dates line up panting at the door. Purely by default, their contribution makes this a slightly better working-woman romance than "The Wedding Planner."

Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark

As romantic comedies go, this is definitely not one you'd take to the altar, but you might enjoy having a cup of coffee with it.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

The script is soggy and sloppy and Waters is no master of suspense, but he does have a pair of engaging stars flirting in a world of chic New York glamour.

Film.com Robert Horton

This lightweight concoction can't justify a trip out to the multiplex, unless you're a girl between the ages of 12 and 17, but it does provide a launching pad for a group of attractive people.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Although Head Over Heels moves swiftly, has an appealing cast and a serviceably diverting plot, it is nevertheless hard to fall head over heels over it.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

When the women are onscreen and their relationship is on display, Head Over Heels trips merrily along. But every time the focus shifts to Prinze, the film suffers from a bad case of fallen arches.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Freddie Prinze Jr. gives cute a bad name.

Village Voice Caleb Crain

Head Over Heels is dopey but nontoxic. If you are 17, there are worse date movies.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Here's my favorite part: It's only 87 minutes long. But for the most part, this movie is just another bland, fair-to-middling vehicle for two emerging, fledgling stars.

Variety Lael Loewenstein

A mildly amusing trifle.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

A bubble-brained comedy with as much bearing on the real world as a Pokemon cartoon.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Opens with 15 funny minutes and then goes dead in the water.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Bland to dismal.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

Head Over Heels whitewashes the originality and, well, weirdness Waters showed in his first film, although it's impossibe to imagine anything starring young poster-pups Potter and Prinze Jr. could be particularly edgy.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Exists in a realm beyond sense, and induces in the viewer a trancelike state, leaving the mind free to ponder the mysteries of the universe.

TV Guide Frank Lovece

If you try to imagine a breezy Cary Grant movie in which Grant makes penis and fart jokes, you'll have some idea just how wretched it is.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

More of the abundant sight gags and slips of the tongue originate in bathrooms and bedrooms than are actually set there.

Miami Herald Sara Wildberger

It really is terrible the way films are being marketed to teens. They deserve decent movies, but instead they get glop like Head Over Heels. There ought to be a law.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

A lame romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor comedic.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

The "Prinze" of terrible movies is back - in what might charitably be called "Rear Window" for morons.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

It's as close to nothing as anything could be while still being something.

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

Although rumor and marketing indicate that this is meant to be a comedy, there's little that's funny here.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

This romantic comedy is so awfully misjudged and ineptly executed in every department that, while it isn't quite a contender for the "so bad it's good" category, this critic was nonetheless dabbing tears of laughter from his eyes.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Thekind of misfire that makes you understand why every waiter, parking valet and sushi delivery boy in Beverly Hills has a screenplay under his waistband.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ashley L. gave it a 10:
I luv this movie. #1 on my list.

Anastasiya O. gave it a 10:
This movie is so awesome. It brings together love and laughter. It is very easy to watch! I loved it!

Clara A. gave it a 10:
I LOVE this movie.

Laura R. gave it a 10:
I thought this move was great. Don't we all wish a bunch of models could make us over and we could find the right one and just know it? It adds some comedy and suspense when they think he is a murderer. Overall this is the best movie I've seen all year.

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Head Over Heels
Universal Pictures