Down to You (2000)
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3% of critics liked it
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50% of users liked it
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This Big Apple-based romantic comedy charts the tumultuous relationship between liberal arts student and budding chef Al (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and his first girlfriend, Imogen (Julia Stiles), a self-possessed freshman who wants to become an artist. After meeting in a bar, the pair jump into a giddy,… More This Big Apple-based romantic comedy charts the tumultuous relationship between liberal arts student and budding chef Al (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and his first girlfriend, Imogen (Julia Stiles), a self-possessed freshman who wants to become an artist. After meeting in a bar, the pair jump into a giddy, passionate affair that's grown-up enough to include face time between the young lovers and Al's DJ mom and TV-chef dad (Henry Winkler). After a summer abroad, however, Imogen feels like the relationship is robbing her of her youth, and the couple must struggle with romantic and domestic growing pains. Meanwhile, their wacky friends -- who include porn stars (Selma Blair and Zak Orth), stoners (Rosario Dawson), a mullet-haired lunkhead (Shawn Hatosy), and a Jim Morrison look-alike named Jim Morrison (Ashton Kutcher) -- provide laughs, advice, and sexual temptation. The debut film from writer/director Kris Isacsson, the teen-themed Down to You marked a change of pace for normally grown-up Miramax Films. In addition to a slew of recent rock and pop, the film prominently features music from such downtown New York fixtures of the past decade as Deee-Lite ("Groove is in the Heart") and Cibo Matto ("Moonchild"). ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- Kris Isacsson
- Written By
- Kris Isacsson
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- In Theaters
- Jan 21, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax
Critic Reviews
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
It's like watching the dreckiest of teen puppy courtships trying to pass itself off as 'Annie Hall.
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Brendan Kelly, Variety
It's all reasonably pleasant to watch, but Isacsson doesn't seem to know what to do with the story once Al and Imogen fall in love.
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
[A] relentlessly adolescent romantic comedy.
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, Time Out
Al (Prinze) and Imogen (Stiles) are 19-year-olds tackling New York college life. The course of their relationship is charted in numbing detail and interspersed with the antics of their quirky friends.
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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.
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Cast
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Joanna Adler
as Piercing Woman
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Freddie Prinze Jr.
as Al Connelly
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Julia Stiles
as Imogen
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Jennifer Albano
as Emma
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Caroline Ambrose
as Kissing Babe-Woman
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Selma Blair
as Cyrus
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Shawn Hatosy
as Eddie Hicks
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Zak Orth
as Monk Jablonski
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Jason M. Bailey
as Angry Audience Member
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Ashton Kutcher
as Jim Morrison
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Chloe Beardman
as Young Imogen 11 Years
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Rosario Dawson
as Lana
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Henry Winkler
as Chef Ray
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Lucie Arnaz
as Judy Connelly
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Susan Blommaert
as Psychologist
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Mark Blum
as Interviewer
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Lauren German
as Lovestruck Woman
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Julian Caiazzo
as Young Al 5 Years
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Zay Harding
as Lovestruck Man
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Amanda Barfield
as Faith Keenan
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Adam Carolla
as Host
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Chloe Hunter
as Megan Brodski
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Jerry Carreccio
as Young Al 12 Years
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Granger Green
as Haley Heller
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Michael J. Conti
as SWAT Team
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Jed Rhein
as Gabe Stiano
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Chris Desmond
as Man With Emma
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Joseff Stevenson
as Ted McGurran
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Richard Galella
as SWAT Team
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Elizabeth Levin
as Carbs Girl
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Lola Glaudini
as Parolee
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Robin Nance
as Daddy's Girl
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Mary Wigmore
as Pearly Whites
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Jimmy Kimmel
as Host
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Mimi Langeland
as Leather Woman
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David Logan
as Suburban Husband
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Joanna Myers
as Suburban Wife
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Elizabeth Page
as Stage Manager
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Frank Wood
as Doctor
