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Down to You [DVD] [2000]

Freddie Prinze Jr. (Actor), Julia Stiles (Actor), Kris Isacsson (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over | Format: DVD
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth
  • Directors: Kris Isacsson
  • Writers: Kris Isacsson
  • Producers: Bob Weinstein, Bobby Cohen, Harvey Weinstein, Hugo Heppell, Jason Kliot
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Vci
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Nov 2000
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004ZBW7
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 49,009 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Down to you adopts a twist on the traditional love story, Al (Freddie Prinze Jr., 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 college romance. However the dialogue is stale, the story flounders, and the movie can't 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. 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). 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 1990s), and the soundtrack (featuring Cibo Matto, early David Bowie, Yo La Tengo, and others) is excellent. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

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Freddie Prinze Jr. ('She's All That') and Julia Stiles ('Ten Things I Hate About You'), the King and Queen of Teen, team up in this romantic comedy about student life. It's love at first sight for Al (Prinze) and Imogen (Stiles) when they meet at a bar in New York City and the pair are soon involved in a relationship. But with all the temptations around them - parties, drugs, other partners - their future as a couple looks less than secure.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Prinze & Stiles deserve better than too cute romantic comedy 10 Jan 2005
By Lawrance M. Bernabo HALL OF FAME VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
"Down to You" is a romantic comedy that insists on substituting style for substance at key moments in the proceedings. It wants to take a cute approach to a serious relationship, as Al (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) and Imogen (Julia Stiles) do a retroactive post mortem on their relationship. The problem, as they both confide to the audience, is that they were too young when they met each other, implying that if only the timing was right the relationship would be right. The tagline for this film was "A new comedy about giving first love a second chance," which goes beyond the boundaries of either description or foreshadowing enough to warrant losing a star on the rating on that basis alone.

Al and Imogen meet at a bar and click immediately, which seems to be more of a surprise to him than to her. She has sworn off dating so can enjoy her college experience, but she is not about to let a rule make her pass on Al who she considers to be cute. He has some strange dorm friends (Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth and Rosario Dawson) who want him to swear off on Imogen, but he manages to ignore them most of the time. Meanwhile, the damage caused by his famous chef father (Henry Winkler in a nice turn, with Lucy Arnaz as his wife) does not seem to be too bad since he has the family cooking gene, but we have to wait a long time in this movie for him to grow up enough to be almost good enough for her.

Director-writer Kris Isacsson has two personable performers but never really does right by them. She is the more serious of the pair (it will be a long time before Stiles is ever the flighty one in a romantic comedy; it takes a Jason Bourne to get her to back down in a film), and he never really succeeds in bridging the gap to the point where we believe these two have a real chance. Al is just not in her league. The problem is that ultimately this is not a cute film about a serious relationship but a cute film about a cute relationship, and that can be fraught with danger, especially when songs get used to cover up the problems. When the character of Monk in this film becomes the voice of reason, you know the train has left the tracks.

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it 6 May 2001
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I don't care that this film has had bad reviews, or that lots of people don't like it. I watched it at the cinema last year and absolutely loved it. I know I'm a hopeless romantic, but it had me crying solidly for the last half an hour or so. Anyone who knows how hard it is to say goodbye to someone you really care about will understand this film.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars blillient 16 Mar 2009
By J. jarvis
Format:DVD
i thought the film was brillient. it arrived on time and in a very good condition. i would like to thank you.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not happy with the state that dvd arrived.
I bought this dvd for my girlfriend and it came rattling in the box. The dvd was scratched and skipping, I couldn't be bothered to get in touch with you and mess around for a... Read more
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This IS a strange film. Initially I watched it because I liked Julia Stiles' other films, however gradually throughout the film I began to like Freddie Prinze Jr too. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing!
If you are an old romantic at heart then this film is definately for you! Freddie Prinze jr and julia stiles actually narrate this wicked movie aswell so you get to know about the... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2002
2.0 out of 5 stars Nice idea, terrible film though!
I stupidly bought this dvd after seeing the very well put together trailer. I thought it would be really romantic and sweet - it is, don't get me wrong, but I just hate the style... Read more
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