Down with Love (Widescreen Edition)
by Peyton Reed
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Actor: David Hyde Pierce, Ewan McGregor, Rachel Dratch, Renée Zellweger, Sarah PaulsonDirector: Peyton Reed
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Jeff Cronenweth
Producer: Arnon Milchan
Producer: Bruce Cohen
Producer: Dan Jinks
Producer: Paddy Cullen
Writer: Dennis Drake
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Published), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitles For Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product features:
- 2003 - Down With Love - DVD Video
- Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Tony Randall
- Widescreen Edition - Rated PG-13
- New - With Bonus Features -
- Collectible
DVD Reviews of Down with Love (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: "but if you're open, you may enjoy it...!"
Summary: 4 Stars
Frame of mind is important when approaching this amusing movie. The roles of Barbara Novak & Catch Blocker are quite a departure from the stars' past roles.
Renee usually plays comedy as a hapless somewhat victimized girly-girl, at which she is very charming. But, because of this, I had a problem accepting her in the parts of this movie towards the latter half when she tries to portray the strong businesswoman. It appears her costumes were designed to support this aspect, and Ewan has obviously reined back his usual energy to help her out (if a fan of his, you know that. although he can choose to be quite charismatic even when it appears he's not doing anything, in scenes with other actors he is always supportive; very professional and generous in terms of trying to get the scene right with them and never egotistically trying to steal a scene.) But to me, those scenes still seem off-kilter, and Renee still can't sell it, so they don't quite work as well as the rest of the movie.
Surprisingly, if you watch Renee in the musical number she does with Ewan at the end, she is able to capture the look and feel of a strong, successful, confident woman far better while singing and dancing, matching Ewan in presence without a problem. Both have great skills when it comes to utilizing their whole bodies for expression. However, Ewan has always been a master at "getting" a scene with just enough facial & body expression needed. Renee needs more experience at broadening her expressive range, and there's no doubt she will!
Ewan captured his character more effortlessly, and it is actually the parts when he is playing at being a goofy dufus that was odd on first viewing. This again was due to memories of his past roles interfering. One has to approach each of his movies with an open mind, because he does choose a highly diverse range of roles, much more like a character actor, and yet he is a leading man and a star. He may be creating a whole new category of actor, which is a tribute to his love of the profession and rebel attitude towards the Hollywood mill.
What's great is to watch the specials on the DVD and see the actors, directors & designers having a ball creating the movie. It provides insight as to what they were trying to achieve and helps to clear away preconceived notions that might block full appreciation. I mean, when you've seen the gag reel that includes Ewan "assisting" Renee in a purple feathered outfit lay a huge glowing purple egg that lands with a reverberating "bong" on the metal flooring, then sashay out the nightclub door together in character without falling apart in laughter, how can you not enjoy re-watching this movie in a fresh light?
The costars, David Hyde Pierce & Sarah Paulson, who play Peter & Vicky are perfect--perhaps because they are both TV actors with the requisite acting techniques that translate well into the broad stylized form of acting from the 60's this movie is recapturing. They are hilarious in all their scenes together as well as with the stars. Tony Randall, an icon from the 60's guest stars--a very nice touch.
The casting of every supporting part is excellent and you really do feel as if you are watching a movie made in the 60's. The big difference is that there is a present day flavor when it comes to some of the verbal and visual sexual jokes, which sometimes veers a little too crude to mesh with the rest of the styish movie, and can draw you out of the fantasy, but is ultimately hilarious because we get to see a little more of what the 60's audience was only able to imagine. The dialogue is pretty good, but not as snappy or witty as from some of the better movies of the past era. The writers were lucky their actors are all so good that they could read ingredients from a box and hold our attention while making us laugh.
Some of the gripes about Ewan not being right as the Rock Hudson type character are because the critics didn't seem to realize that he was purposely cast against type, which was brilliant . The Rock characters were romantically idealized for the women of the 60's with the icky cad side greatly downplayed. In this movie, Ewan doesn't hold back in the overbearing obnoxiousness of real-life lotharios who know how to push the romantic buttons of countless hapless females, yet he manages to be irresitible, anyways. Maybe it's all the times he's shirtless--he was asked to body train in order to further enhance his already well known sexy assets--and he looks great, sauntering like a lithe, predatory animal.
Renee is adorable and pert in mostly gorgeous outfits that show off her asets--although there are some hairdos, hats and a couple of gowns that are downright ugly, like drag queen cast-offs, and the makeup and lighting is unflattering at times for her--don't understand how that was allowed to happen. The boys are dashingly handsome in their beautifully cut clothes 100% of the time. Every other character's outfit is given obviously meticulous care to enhance the movie's look. The orchestrated music is as much a character as are the over-the-top sets.
It's a visual-aural dessert. Just enjoy it as such!
Description of Down with Love (Widescreen Edition)
DOWN WITH LOVE - DVD MovieThe 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 story seems like nothing more than an excuse for ironic double-entendres and dazzling production design, until a sneaky plot twist suddenly raises the stakes for the movie's end. As he always does, the brilliant David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) scores the most comic points as Block's fussy editor. --Bret Fetzer
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