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Down with Love

Down with Love

Comedy · Romance · 2003

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Movie details

Down with Love

“The ultimate catch has met his match”

2003 Comedy · Romance 1h 42m

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6.1 / 10

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In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Peyton Reed

Written by

Dennis Drake · Eve Ahlert

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Barbara Novak

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Catcher Block

Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson

Vikki Hiller

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce

Peter MacMannus

Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch

Gladys

Jack Plotnick

Jack Plotnick

Maurice

Tony Randall

Tony Randall

Theodore Banner

Court is in session

Put Down with Love on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.