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Down With Love (2003)
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The bright, glossy world of Doris Day and Rock Hudson sex comedies gets a self-aware brush-up in Down with Love. Pillow-lipped Renée Zellweger (Chicago) plays Barbara Novak, the author of a bestselling book called Down with Love that advises women to focus on their careers and have sex à la carte--just like a man would. Determined to prove that Novak is just as vulnerable to love as any woman, dashingly chauvinist magazine writer Catcher Block (ever-charming Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge) pretends to be a courtly astronaut who wouldn't dream of putting his hand on a woman's knee. This piffle of a...
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Yes it is kitschy and often it tries too hard, but all in all, Peyton Reed's sweet little tribute to 60's comedies is a winner.
Renee Zellweger gives one of her best performances in a complex and weird role. There is a point where she gives an intense monologue to Ewan McGregor and the camera doesn't cut away for what...
(complete Down With Love review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| Down With Love Movie Review by Melanie (2/18/2007) |
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This movie took some adjusting, on my part, before I was really able to enjoy it. I had to accept the fact that no part of this movie was meant to appear natural or real. This movie is very stylized and a bit over the top.
I am not a huge fan of Zelleweger, but she did a good job. I felt she took it too far at some...
(complete Down With Love review by Melanie)
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