Down with Love

2003 Directed by Peyton Reed

The ultimate catch has met his match.

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Renée Zellweger Ewan McGregor Sarah Paulson David Hyde Pierce Rachel Dratch Jack Plotnick Tony Randall John Aylward Matt Ross Michael Ensign Timothy Omundson Jeri Ryan Ivana Miličević Melissa George Dorie Barton Laura Kightlinger Chris Parnell Robert Katims Florence Stanley John Storey Peter Spruyt Lynn Collins David Doty Jude Ciccolella Will Jordan Brad Hanson Beth LaMure Christie Cronenweth Megan Denton Show All…

Alternative Titles

Abbasso l'amore, Abajo el Amor, Abaixo o Amor, К черту любовь!

comedy romance

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Review by brat pitt ★★★★★ 6

film fun fact: down with love (2003) invented romance, comedy, feminism, she did that! cinema, gone girling, the 1960s, AND ewan mcgregor
Review by brat pitt ★★★★★ 3

sarah paulson and david hyde pierce pretending to be straight ......... it's just not realistic!
Review by sydney ★★★★ 5

LA LA LAND is probably going to win a bunch of awards that should be retroactively given to this movie instead
Review by maria ★★★★★ 4

that scene where renée zellweger is watching a clip of judy garland sing, in the 60s... you could call that fate
Review by dani✨ ★★★★½

ewan mcgregor: [smiles]
me: 😄😅☺️😍😘😚😝😏😩😱🤤👅💦👰🤰🦋🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫❤️💛💚💙💜💕💞💓💗💖💘💝
Review by brat pitt ★★★★★

finally! a feminist rom com version of gone girl starring ewan mcgregor! it's all i've ever dreamed of!!!
Review by alicja ★★★★

me: yes! down with love! men aint shit!
ewan mcgregor: *smiles*
me: on second thought...
Review by David Sims ★★★★ 2

now we wouldn't want the readers of Know or Now to know that now would we?
Review by katie ★★★★★ 7

THIS IS JUST EWAN MCGREGOR'S VILLAIN ORIGIN STORY OF HOW HE WENT FROM BEING A TOP TO A BOTTOM
Review by Sean Baker 4

I don’t know where I was in 2003 but I was obviously under a rock. I knew about his title but didn’t know anything about it. Really impressed. Watched on DVD and would like to revisit in HD because there is so much detail in the production design and art direction. Hilarious script and performances.
Not a single nomination from Academy or Golden Globes (from what I can tell). If this was a 2018 film, it would be a major contender.
Review by mulaney ★★★★★

I AM SPEECHLESS EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS WAS ICONIC
Review by sree ★★★★

GONE GIRL WHO?

Recent reviews

Review by Jack ★★★★½

J'ADORE!!!
Review by lekuhn5 ★★★★★

Seriously underrated film
Review by actor123 ★★★

this plot is super complex and clever, and the writing and direction quick and witty. the acting is great (although ewan mcgregor's english accent is all over the place). it feels somewhat hollow, but all in all i can't deny it's charms, pointed satire, originality and many many laughs.
Review by Stephen ★★★★

One of the biggest delights of 2020 was discovering Pillow Talk, the insanely charming Rock Hudson/Doris Day vehicle that overflows with effervescent joy 70 years after it was made. So it’s lovely that one of the biggest delights of 2021 so far is a film that’s very consciously riffing on that very movie, with a feature-length pastiche of that era’s romances.
McGregor and Zellweger are a sparky pair that light up the screen together and individually, barking out bons mots as if to the rhythm of a typewriter and delighting in the glossy faux-sixties production design that could probably fool a few people not in on the joke. It’s remarkable that the stylistic copying is kept up for the duration,…
Review by SamEichner ★★★★½

feel like this movie is really really good? a kind of natural endpoint for the romantic comedy
Review by Lucy ★★★½

I would die for Barbara Novak’s apartment
Review by Rhett ★★★★

Me and peter: hopelessly in love with catcher
Review by miya05 ★★★★

therapy costs $190/week and for what? I can watch sarah paulson cold-cock ewan mcgregor for free
Review by Conner Reed ★★★★

come for the Marc Shaiman score, stay for the sexual tension between Ewan McGregor and David Hyde Pierce, leave worshipping that damn monologue & hoping to god this becomes a musical
Review by Meg Crossley ★★★★

one big innuendo with dark haired ewan mcgregor
noice
Review by KasparsPDs ★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The most insane double plot twist in cinema history
Review by David Rosen ★★★★

Is this the best romantic comedy I've ever seen? MAYBE.
How did I never see it before is the real question. So much fun. Renee Zellwegger and Ewan McGregor are so great in this, and David Hyde Pierce and Sarah Paulson are just is good. Peyton Reed (who by the way, I stand by the Ant-Man movies being the best of the MCU) injects this thing with so much energy and charm. It's a great send up of classic Hollywood romance movies but also really sharp and hilarious often enough to pretty much count as a spoof (one of the few good ones).
Yeah... This rocks.