Down with Love
2003 · Movie · PG-13 · 102 min · ★ 6.1 · 56% critics
Set in 1962 New York City, a confident playboy journalist crosses paths with a feminist advice author whose book challenges the rules of romance. Their clash of ideas turns into a seductive game of influence, as both try to shape how love should work between men and women.
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Details
- Years
- 2003
- Release date
- 2003-05-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 56/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (788 votes)
- Box office
- $39,468,111
- Budget
- $35,000,000
About
If you want a breezy, stylish satire of early romance-comedy conventions like those in Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back, you’ll likely enjoy Down with Love; Not for you if you prefer modern sincerity or dislike playful battle-of-the-sexes humor.
Pros: bright 60s homage; clever satire; charming leads | Cons: story feels slight; pacing runs long; some jabs miss
Themes
- new york city
- journalist
- empowerment
- fake identity
- deception
- womanizer
- playboy
- author
- feminist
- screwball comedy
- battle of the sexes
- sex comedy
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Renée Zellweger
as Barbara Novak
Ewan McGregor
as Catcher Block
Sarah Paulson
as Vikki Hiller
David Hyde Pierce
as Peter MacMannus
Rachel Dratch
as Gladys
Jack Plotnick
as Maurice
Tony Randall
as Theodore Banner
John Aylward
as E.G.
Matt Ross
as J.B.
Michael Ensign
as J.R.
Directed by Peyton Reed