Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair

Al (Freddie Prinze Jr., from She's All That and I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Imogen (Julia Stiles from 10 Things I Hate About You) take turns narrating the story of their...( read more  read more... ) college romance. Al has a celebrity chef for a father (an amusing turn from Henry Winkler) and a rising porn star for a best friend (Zak Orth). The dialogue is stale, the story flounders, and the movie can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a sweet romance or a social satire. Down to You keeps dropping into odd fantasy bits that have nothing to do with, well, much of anything. But all the stars--including Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions) and Shawn Hatosy (Outside Providence) are pleasant and well groomed (well, except for Hatosy, who bears the brunt of being the poster boy for every fad of the '90s), and the soundtrack (featuring Cibo Matto, early David Bowie, Yo La Tengo, and others) is excellent. --Bret Fetzer

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4% liked it

57 critics

PG-13, 89 min.

Directed by: Kris Isacsson

Release Date: January 21, 2000

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DVD Release Date: July 11, 2000

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  • August 26, 2007
    Standard film, mediocre, nothing further, worth one watch or two.
  • June 22, 2007
    Julia Stiles at her chick-flick best....It's good, not great.
  • November 7, 2006
    So sweet.
  • February 1, 2008
    not bad,but w.e.
  • April 20, 2007
    Not that good.
  • August 4, 2009
    There's some honest heart behind it, but the film making is clumsy. The two leads try their best at creating some chemistry and while it's present here and there- it's not enough to make it work.
  • July 8, 2009
    romcom. Girl meets boy, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. yadayada.
  • June 29, 2009
    this is pretty terrible. almost as terrible as ashton kutcher's wig...god i hope that was a wig.
  • June 17, 2009
    I REALLLLY ENJOYED THIS MOVIE!!! and I enjoyed seeing the cuteeeeee Freddie Prinze,jr:)....Julia Stiles is also 1 of my fav. actresses. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this movie 4 ppl who just enjoy romance:)))
  • June 17, 2009
    such a cute movie!!! i recommend to all the people who totally love weird,corny, cute, chick flicks... : )

Critic Reviews


March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Belongs to that other kind of American teen comedy... movies of crushes and wagers and sex jokes, with patchwork plots and a standby army of eccentric comic sidekicks. full review

January 1, 2000
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Flees from anything that might involve real human emotion, or for that matter any credible human activity other than looking good. full review

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