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Down with Love

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Spoof of 1960s romantic comedies, starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Small-town librarian Barbara Novak moves to New York and causes a scandal with the publication of her book called Down with Love, which urges women to forget about romance and concentrate instead on independence, a career and a healthy sex life. Unable to resist a challenge, journalist and bachelor-about-town Catcher Block sets out to make Novak fall in love with him.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Jason Caro

Displaying similar nostalgic gimmickry to Far from Heaven, yet far more accessible and fun, this frothy confection satirises/celebrates the sex comedies of the late 1950s and 60s. Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor aren't the most obvious stand-ins for Doris Day and Rock Hudson, but both hit the mark amusingly with the sprightliest performances of their careers. Zellweger plays the new writing sensation who has produced a bestseller claiming that women can consign love and romance to the garbage heap, while McGregor's cocky, man-about-town journalist plots to publicly disprove her theories. Shot in faux Technicolor with sublimely kitsch decor and a soundtrack choreographed to every accentuated footstep, this may be the most camp mainstream movie since Moulin Rouge. Performed with a nudge, a wink and a smile by all concerned (Frasier's David Hyde Pierce also puts in an energetic turn), this is real air-freshener cinema - fragrant, invigorating, yet likely to disappear from the memory within hours.

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Cast

rolenameBarbara NovakRenée ZellwegerCatcher BlockEwan McGregorVikki HillerSarah PaulsonPeter "Mac" MacMannusDavid Hyde PierceGladysRachel DratchMauriceJack PlotnickTheodore BannerTony RandallGwendolynJeri RyanDry cleaner's wifeFlorence Stanley

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rolenameDirectorPeyton Reed

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Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox

Released on

2003-10-03

Languages

English

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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