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Down with Love

Down with Love
Down with Love.jpg
Down with Love movie poster
Directed by Peyton Reed
Produced by Dan Jinks
Bruce Cohen
Written by Eve Ahlert
Dennis Drake
Starring Renée Zellweger
Ewan McGregor
Sarah Paulson
David Hyde Pierce
Music by Marc Shaiman
Cinematography Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by Larry Bock
Production
company
Fox 2000 Pictures
Regency Enterprises
Jinks/Cohen Company
Mediastream Dritte Film
Epsilon
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 9, 2003 (2003-05-09) (New York)
  • May 16, 2003 (2003-05-16) (US wide)
  • August 14, 2003 (2003-08-14) (AUS)
  • October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) (UK & IRL)
Running time
94 minutes
Country United States
Germany
Language English
Budget $35 million
Box office $39.5 million

Down with Love is a 2003 romantic comedy film. It was directed by Peyton Reed and stars Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson and David Hyde Pierce.

The story follows a woman who advocates female independence in combat with a lothario and the patriarchal, even male chauvinist society of the 1950s and early 1960s. The film is a pastiche of the sex comedies that were popular in the era in which Down with Love is set, in particular the three films that starred Doris Day and Rock Hudson: 1959's Pillow Talk, 1961's Lover Come Back and 1964's Send Me No Flowers.

In early 1960s New York City, Barbara Novak arrives in town at Banner House to present her new work, Down with Love, a book the intent of which is to free women from love, teach them to enjoy sex without commitment, and to replace the need for a man with things such as chocolate. Following her rules would, she believes, help to give women a boost in the workplace and in the world in general.

The men who run Banner House refuse to support the book. The only way Vikki Hiller, Barbara's editor, can find to promote the book is for Barbara to meet Catcher Block – a successful writer for the magazine Know and a notorious "ladies' man, man's man, man about town" – but he avoids her repeatedly by postponing their dates until she gets fed up, insults him, and walks out.

Catcher's boss and best friend, Peter MacMannus, and Vikki take a liking to one another. However, their relationship revolves around Barbara and Catcher, and neither is brave enough to express their feelings for the other. Peter feels overshadowed by Catcher's strong personality, and Vikki wants to see emotional commitment in her lover. She even assumes Peter must be gay due to his perceived lack of interest.


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