Down to You

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Summary: I LOVED THIS MOVIE....
Review: I loved this movie soo much. It completelyt had the pulse of the veiwers. It was sad when it had to be and uproareaosly funny when it had to be. In general it was and IS a wonderful movie that in planning on seing again..

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Summary: SO GOOD
Review: This was one of the best movies I have seen all year. Everyone should see it and own it. It is the perfect romantic movie for those who are in the middle of a relationship, and want everything to work out! I loved it!

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Summary: Cute!
Review: This is a really cute movie! Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles are perfect together. The movie has a cute way of presenting. The two main characters are telling the story of their love. There is also a surprise ending. I think every girl should see this. It is also a GREAT date movie.

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Summary: A Teenage "Annie Hall"
Review: First of all I'm guessing a lot of teens have no idea what my heading means. "Annie Hall" is a Woody Allen film that was made in 1977 and won the "Best Picture" Oscar that year. It was a romantic comedy about a man (Allen) shifting through certain moments of his relationship with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). They used flashbacks,fast fowards, and even animation! Kris Isacsson this film's director is so clearly not only a fan of "Annie Hall", but HAS to be a Woody Allen fan as well. There's no other way one could explain this film. It's the same thing only done with a teen twist to it. Both films take place one year after their relationships fell through. Both use flashbacks, fast fowards, and the characters are able to comment on past experinces as we (the viewer) watch the scene happen. This was used in "Annie Hall" as well. This movie is about Freddie Prince Jr. trying to figure out what went wrong with his relationship. In the first 45 minutes I liked what I saw. I thought Julia Stiles and Freddie made a good couple. It was a "cute" movie showing teen love. After about an hour the movie now tries to become this profound movie about love. Give me a break! The ideas in this movie are mindless. It's a pretenious showing of the hardships of teen love. Awwww, stop, my heart is breaking here! If you really want to watch a great romantic comedy I suggest watching "Annie Hall". It's the quintessential romantic comedy of all time. And if you don't believe me watch it and see. You'll noticed almost all romantic comedies made after that movie owe something to it. ** 1\2 out of *****

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Summary: Prinze & Stiles deserve better than too cute romantic comedy
Review: "Down to You" is a romantic comedy that insists on substituting style for substance at key moments in the proceedings. It wants to take a cute approach to a serious relationship, as Al (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) and Imogen (Julia Stiles) do a retroactive post mortem on their relationship. The problem, as they both confide to the audience, is that they were too young when they met each other, implying that if only the timing was right the relationship would be right. The tagline for this film was "A new comedy about giving first love a second chance," which goes beyond the boundaries of either description or foreshadowing enough to warrant losing a star on the rating on that basis alone.

Al and Imogen meet at a bar and click immediately, which seems to be more of a surprise to him than to her. She has sworn off dating so can enjoy her college experience, but she is not about to let a rule make her pass on Al who she considers to be cute. He has some strange dorm friends (Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth and Rosario Dawson) who want him to swear off on Imogen, but he manages to ignore them most of the time. Meanwhile, the damage caused by his famous chef father (Henry Winkler in a nice turn, with Lucy Arnaz as his wife) does not seem to be too bad since he has the family cooking gene, but we have to wait a long time in this movie for him to grow up enough to be almost good enough for her.

Director-writer Kris Isacsson has two personable performers but never really does right by them. She is the more serious of the pair (it will be a long time before Stiles is ever the flighty one in a romantic comedy; it takes a Jason Bourne to get her to back down in a film), and he never really succeeds in bridging the gap to the point where we believe these two have a real chance. Al is just not in her league. The problem is that ultimately this is not a cute film about a serious relationship but a cute film about a cute relationship, and that can be fraught with danger, especially when songs get used to cover up the problems. When the character of Monk in this film becomes the voice of reason, you know the train has left the tracks.


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Summary: SOOOOOOOO DRY
Review: I'm making an exception to my usual practice of not reviewing anything on amazon, due to the utter vileness of this movie. I saw it when it came out in theaters and hated it, and then a friend purchased the DVD and convinced me to give it a second chance... all in all, this movie ended up taking about four hours of my life that I will never get back.

The performances are thin and uneven, the plot is inconsistent, and the dialogue sounds like it was pulled from fortune cookies made by the cast of Friends. To be fair, this movie does face several major obstacles. It has the misfortune to depend on the "acting" of glorified Ken doll Freddie Prinze, Jr. and the vastly overrated Julia Stiles, and in addition to trying to rise above these challenges, it also attempts to survive the intrusion of Ashton Kutcher. It fails on all counts.

I do not hate the whole romantic comedy genre; nor do I hate the "teen" movie sub-genre, under which some would place "Down to You." (In fact, "Can't Hardly Wait" is one of my favorite movies.) I simply hate BAD movies, and this movie is a true abomination. If you enjoy the experience of wanting to drill into your own skull, then by all means, buy this DVD. If, however, you value your sanity, then please do not make the same mistake I did; stay far, FAR away from this movie.

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Summary: Bleh.
Review: i saw this movie at a free screening. When i walked out, for the sake of Freddie, i said that it was a good movie.
but that was a few years ago.
and now i say: UGH!
I don't know what i saw in this movie, i would definitely have to say that it is one of Freddie Prinze's worst.

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Summary: Most can relate to this one
Review: When you see Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles as the main characters you probably think its another movie about college wackiness. This isn't that type of movie, its a bit more serious and realistic. The gist of the plot is a guy and girl meet in college, end up falling in love, and throughout it all different issues such as pregnancy, cheating, etc. are disccussed. Overall its a nice romantic movie with bits of comedy here and there, and the acting was pretty decent. A definate for fans of Julia Stiles and Freddie Prinze Jr.