‎Down with Love (2003) directed by Peyton Reed • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

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 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 Melanie Lewis Show All…

Alternative Titles

Abbasso l'amore, Abajo el Amor

romance comedy

101 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by brat pitt ★★★★★ 2

film fun fact: down with love (2003) invented romance, comedy, feminism, she did that! cinema, gone girling, the 1960s, AND ewan mcgregor
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 brat pitt ★★★★★ 1

sarah paulson and david hyde pierce pretending to be straight ......... it's just not realistic!
Review by finnpoe ★★★★½

ewan mcgregor: [smiles]
me: 😄😅☺️😍😘😚😝😏😩😱🤤👅💦👰🤰🦋🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫❤️💛💚💙💜💕💞💓💗💖💘💝
Review by Sean Baker 6

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 brat pitt ★★★★★

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

Recent reviews

Review by Brian Formo ★★★★

The way that Renee Zellweger and Sarah Paulson remove their coats and sashay down steps to their restaurant booths is so magnificent that I'm speechless. Thankfully, Down with Love has many great uses of speech so I can remain wordless in worship of that alone.

When I saw this in 2003, it seemed more of a verbose answer to Austin Powers, including the split screen phone convo as sex positions joke, than anything else. I'm so much more well-versed to watch this film now than when it was initially released, having fallen under Frank Tashlin-Jayne Mansfield spells and watched Rock Hudson's Playboy persona enhance the marketed lies of a ladies man and after taking numerous college courses on Feminist Theory,…
Review by olindsley

this is incredible
Review by ryley ★★★

Been in quite the rom com mood lately and with this on Netflix, I thought I'd check it out. I absolutely love how stylish this film is! That's my favourite part of the whole film. The rest of the film is kind of a mixed bag for me. I enjoyed the cast but the premise kinda got confusing once it revealed it's twist of sorts.

Ewan McGregor with that dark hair though and the glasses might just be a new weakness of mine, especially when he sings in the credits.
Review by adrian ★★★★

if la la la land was made in 2003
Review by Jomas Gaard ★★★★★

What if La La Land was made in 2003, set in 1960s New York, and was actually better than people thought it was.

Also, without any white dudes making ‘real jazz’.

Goose Approved.
Review by dunée. ★★★★

errrrr i thought it was good
Review by Luke Thorne ★★★★

Peyton Reed takes charge of this romantic comedy starring Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger in a 1960s sex wars spoof. She’s an author advocating abandoning romance; he’s a journalist out to prove her wrong. Also starring David Hyde Peirce and Sarah Paulson.

The story is set in 1962, and egalitarianist Barbara Novak (Renée Zellweger) writes a successful manuscript that minutiae the disadvantages of love. She inspires women to relinquish thoughtful relationships with men in errand of freedom, office accomplishments and sustaining sex.

Regardless of her achievement, many men are taken aback by her broad-minded opinions, including slippery author Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor), who chooses to picture Barbara as a scam by attempting to get her fall in love with him.…
Review by vanessa ★★★★★

why have i never seen this before. the elevator unveil is everything to me.
Review by Zee ★★★★

The night before I watched this, I saw Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom for the first time. To say I needed a cute palette cleanser after that would be an understatement...

Down With Love is like a feast of desserts for the eyes and ears. If the production design, costumes, and mise-en-scene were any more stylized, this movie would be a cartoon. With such a vivid color palette and exaggerated score, Down With Love is proud of how artificial it is. The dialogue zips by so quickly that you might miss all of the clever double entendres that it's packed with. There's charm and energy at every turn thanks to a terrific cast that perfectly complements the material.…