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Down to You
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Julia Stiles, Freddie Prinze Jr., Henry Winkler |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Miramax
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Not too young - a lot of sex talk. |
| Date Movie: |
Late teens and early 20's - bring them along.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
They're doing it a lot, but nothing shown.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Lots of things to smile and grin at. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Al's dream sequence on "The Man Show."
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Two: First you have Al's buddy who just scored
tell Al "She shoved her finger in my, you know."
Second, Imogen's friend is smoking wacky weed, but
beforehand she puts on a, what looks like a swim
cap, because "it holds the smoke in your head, for
like, a lot longer."
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| Directed By: |
Kris Isacsson |
| Produced By: |
Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente |
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Down to You
A Movie Review |
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There I sat, in the movie auditorium
with about 800 seats, and between my fingers and toes I
could count the number of people there to see "Down to You."
I didn't even need to question if my thumbs should be
counted as fingers because the end ratio of people there
went something like this: Me, sitting by myself as usual; to
the left of me, in the same row, three girls approximately
ten to twelve years old; about six rows up from me was a
group of four girls, I'd say mid-teens; about fifteen rows
up from me were two girls, again mid-teens; and finally, a
row in front of me to the left was the family contingent
with mom, dad, and their two daughters. Enough about the
audience, but seeing "Down to You" was more like being at a
private screening than having to deal with a theater filled
with annoying people. The movie.
Basically "Down to You" tells the story of two people who
fall in love and realize it ain't always that easy to make
it work. You've got Freddie Prinze Jr. as Al, the not really
knowing what he wants to do with his life but he think it
will have to do with cooking, and then you've got Julia
Stiles as Imogen, the now really knowing what she wants to
do with her life but she thinks it will have to do with art.
They're in college, she's a freshman, he's a sophomore (I
think - it really doesn't matter except for the fact that it
puts both of them drinking underage for a lot of the movie -
ain't college great!), and they fall in love. Al's got a
goofy family led by Henry Winkler as the host of a cooking
show, and we never meet Imogen's family. In any case, they
meet, fall in love, have a lot of sex, she tests their love
by going to France for the summer, she comes back, they have
more sex, she thinks she might be pregnant, Al tries to do
the right think but Imogen pushes him away, they question
their relationship especially when he calls her a bitch and
she calls him an old man, she cheats on him, he's pissed,
they break up, but it's a love story so you know it can't
end that way, and they live happily ever after.
Alright, sure, I gave away a lot of the movie, but hey,
it's not as if you're sitting there thinking this will be
anything new in a love story, because, well, it isn't. And
that's not saying the movie is that bad, it just isn't that
good, and it's not because our lead characters don't flash
their googly-eye smiles at each other enough, but maybe it's
because the love story is so normal that it doesn't hit any
new ground. Weird friends, weird families, not knowing where
your life is taking you, but the one thing I guess this
movie does have is the happy ending because usually,
especially after her cheating on him and moving away, well I
think that would be the more natural ending than the happy
one.
In any case the movie is alright but probably more as a
rental and more for older teens. There's lots of talk about
sex although no one gets naked, and the jokes are kinda the
crude variety. But after seeing too many serious or thinking
movies I did enjoy "Down to You" more than I think I should
have, but I still can't get the rating higher than 2 1/2
stars out of 5. I like Julia Stiles. I think she's got a
good future in front of her and all the teenage girls are
finding Freddie just dreamy. They both just needed a better
story.
That's it for this one! I'm The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
