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Summary: This is not the worst movie I've ever seen--but it's close.
Review: You don't expect these sappy, young-adult romances to have really great plots, but this one was absolutely ridiculous. For those who adore the art of chick-flick cliche, this movie is overflowing. Our heroine, Amanda, has a history of bad taste in men (surprise), and comes home one day to find her boyfriend cheating on her (surprise again). She moves in with a group of comic-sidekicks, er, models, and meets the man of her dreams while waiting for an elevator (didn't see that one coming, did you?)Up until this point it's pretty normal. Amanda spies on Jim (the dream guy), and the models are there saying funny things and doing funny things. Then the movie gets wierd. Amanda thinks Jim killed a woman, and the already weak plot folds under like a wet noodle. The last half of this movie is absolutely ridiculous--a new low in comedy-romance. So why two stars? Well, the models ARE kind of funny sometimes. Still, Freddy Prinze Jr. is not at all believable in his role as Jim. I'm sure this one will find it's place in the annals of corny romance, but, if you watch it, don't expect much in the way of a story. Just fast forward to the parts with the Australian model talking.
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Summary: How did this ever get made?
Review: You expect a romantic comedy to have a fluffy premise, but the one served up by "Head Over Heels" is radiantly absurd. Clumsy, inarticulate art restorer Amanda Pierce (Monica Potter), recently parted from her cheating boyfriend, moves into a lavish apartment with four aspiring supermodels. She promptly falls (you guessed it) head-over-heels in love with the guy across the way - handsome young fashion executive, Jim Winston (Freddy Prinze, Jr). Things go from bad to appalling when the girls witness a murder in Jim's apartment - and Jim's apparently the killer. What follows is something like "Rear Window" meets "Zoolander", without being one tenth as good as either. As always, Potter and Prinze are hugely likeable, in a cutesy kind of way, so it's hard not to wish they had better material than this. To wit: toilet humor provides the two biggest laughs. The most memorable scene involves the four models being showered with excrement from an exploding toilet - which is a fair enough metaphor for the way you might be feeling by the time you press 'Eject'.
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Summary: a romance with a diffrence
Review: this is one of thoses movies thats a funny out look on romance.its about a girl in her 20s thats has to find a new apartment and ends up living with four modols . she meets this fine looking guy (freddie) and goes weak at the knees for him he feels the same for her but this movie has a few surprises up its sleave and with his life and her paramoa tells no telling what will happen.it funny and will real pick you up if you dont buy it rent it . its worth a watch
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Summary: HEAD OVER HILLS
Review: WHEN I WAS IN THE MOVIE SHOP, RIGHT WHEN I SAW THE MOVIE "HEAD OVER HILLS" I PICKED IT UP (DUH! IT HAS FREDDIE PRINZE JR HOW COULD YOU NOT?)! I THINK ALL OF HIS MOVIES ARE REALLY GOOD AND I THINK HE'S SOOO HOT! WELL ANYWAYS THAT ISN'T THE POINT. THIS MOVIE IS REALLY GOOD AND FUNNY. ITS ABOUT A WOMAN AMANDA PIERCE (MONICA POTTER) MEETS THIS MAN JIM WINSTON (FREDDIE PRINZE JR = ) WHILE SHE IS GOING TO HER APARTMENT WITH FOUR SUPERMODELS. SHE FINDS OUT THAT THERE ROOMS ARE JUST ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER AND SHE HAS A GREAT VIEW OF HIM IN HIS APARTMENT (I WISH I LIVED THERE)! ONE NIGHT WHILE SPYING ON HIM, AMANDA THINKS SHE SEES JIM COMMITTING A COLD BLOODED CRIME. LIFE THEN UNRAVELS AS AMANDA AND HER FOUR LOOPY ROMMIES MUST TAKE TO THE STREETS AND TRY AND SOLVE THIS MYSTERY!
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: I wasn't expecting a whole lot from this movie-but I was pleasantly surprised! It's funny, cute, and great to watch with that "special someone". I expected it to be mildly funny, but there are a few scenes which are actually quite hysterical. Also, it's entertaining in a wholesome kind of way. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Flush this movie
Review: First half of the movie actually quite creative and entertaining. However then it appears they ran out of material, so they went with old Howard Stern type 12 year old toilet/gas jokes - comparable only to Dumb and Dumber in its utter depravity. Gee, why not just hook up the underwater toilet cam next time, and really get some big laughs, I am sure the 12 olds would love it.
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Summary: Romantic comedy is all over the map
Review: HEAD OVER HEELS [Monica Potter, Freddie Prinz, Jr., Shalom Marlow, Ivana Milicevic, Sarah O'Hara, Tomiko Fraser / Directed by Mark S. Waters / 2001 / Universal Video & DVD / 87 minutes / PG-13] Mark S. Waters directed one of my favorite quirky comedies, The House of Yes, a few years ago. This little independent film has been mostly overlooked and may yet be gathering dust in your favorite video store. It contained a dazzling performance by Parker Posey and a most interesting one by Freddie Prinz, Jr. Mr. Prinz also stars in Water's second movie, Head Over Heels, along with Monica Potter. It cost ten times more to make than The House of Yes, but, sadly, it delivers less than half the laughs. Mr. Waters and the attractive cast try hard, but they are working with a script so light and misdirected that they can't help but flounder ay times. The movie isn't all bad. There are several laugh out loud scenes and several good lines which are not enough to overcome a story that is all voer the map. Monica Potter is Amanda, a bubbly girl who works as an art restorer at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Of course, since this is a movie aimed at a teen audience, Amanda's job is not even remotely similar to a real one at that prestigious institution. For example, her boss brings her some very old and famous painting because one of the faces in it is no longer clear. He simply tells her to paint in a new face. Any face, it seems. One day she comes home to find her live-in boyfriend in bed with another woman. For some reason, instead of telling him to pack up and leave, she decides she must move out. On her way to see an apartment, she is knocked down by a Doberman pincher that is being walked by Jim [Freddie Prinz, Jr.], an adorable guy Amanda instantly falls for - literally. She winds up living with four mad-as- hatters fashion models, and, conveniently, their apartment windows have an excellent view into Jim's pad. Amanda and Jim soon get cozy with each other, and all is going well until the night she thinks she sees him murdering a woman. What follows is a series of misunderstandings and sight gags. The gags make sense. The rest doesn't. The movie tries to be too many things. It's a romance, a mystery, and a satire of models and the world of high fashion. It is also partly action-adventure. If one of these elements had been highlighted, the whole thing might have worked. Instead, it bounces back and forth, with weak results. Considering they have little to work with, the cast is good. Freddie Prinz, Jr. is starting to mature, and in this role he vaguely reminds me of a very young Cary Grant or Rock Hudson. He might actually become real leading man material one day. Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic, Sarah O'Hara and Tomiko Fraser play the models, which is easy for them because they actually are models. To me, their scenes are the movie's funniest. Perhaps if Head Over Heels had been a simple comedy about two young people trying to fall in love in the shallow, empty world of fashion, it might have worked. The subplot about Jim's maybe being a murderer never really works, and the shoot outs and car chases seem like they belong in another movie entirely.
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Summary: SomeOne like Monica!
Review: This movie was beyond the best movie I've seen sence She's All That and Bless The Child. Freddie Prinze Jr and Monica Potter are great together. Amanda(Potter) and Jim(Prinze Jr) meet up at a party and falls Head Over Heels. One night, Monica see's Jim killing a girl in his apartment! The police dont take it serious at first. Later on in the movie though, Amanda finds out Jim's been lieing to her the whole time and might not get a second chance. This is a twist of Action,Romance, and Comedy
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Summary: A Movie to Watch If You Are Bored
Review: While this movie had its funny moments, for the most part I found it too typical to stand out. Freddie Prinze, Jr. looks too young to play his part, and Monica Potter looks too old next to Prinze. I felt that the main characters were miscast in this movie. If not for the old ladies who work with Potter's character, Amanda, the movie would have been a complete flop. If you are looking for a romantic comedy, go rent "Someone Like You" or any Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts flick. Don't waste your time here.
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Summary: I fought the flaw and the flaw won
Review: I first saw Monica Potter as the ice maiden in PATCH ADAMS. Too bad that just as that ice maide began to warm up, she was... (well I won't go there; no spoilers, especially of a movie I'm not reviewing). Then in HEAD OVER HEELS, Monica almost perfected her charms. If half-stars were permitted, I'd give this three and a half, mainly on the strength of her charming character, almost perfect except for one heterophobic comment, when she's considering her chances with her dream guy, she asks if he might be "too perfect, like gay". With movies conveying attitudes like that, it's no wonder a lot of guys would prefer their girlfriends mildly homophobic by comparison (I'm not promoting homophobia; just saying it wouldn't be surprising as a thing preferred to that attitude). Her otherwise more perfect sweetness wins the day in this movie. Her character is more charming than many another heroine in today's movies, imparting a loveliness right down to things like accidently saying "I've got the runs" when she meant "I've got to run". It's a charm well worth watching this movie for. Watch and enjoy while it lasts, for next....along came a spider.
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