DOWN WITH LOVE
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Down with Love is a lavish, cleverly-written tribute to the comedies made by Doris Day and Rock Hudson during the late 50's and early 60's, most specifically, a nod to their first outing Pillow Talk, the film which redefined Doris' career and earned her first and only Oscar nomination.
In this smart lampoon of that movie, Renee Zellweger shines as Barbara Novak, a small town girl who writes a best selling book, comes to Manhattan to promote it and gets involved with a playboy writer named Catcher Block (Ewan MacGregor) who keeps avoiding her until he sees her and then pretends to be someone else to romance her. Anyone who has ever seen Pillow Talk will recognize this plot line and this story is a perfect send up of it. The director here even utilizes the split screen technique introduced in Pillow Talk to put Barbara and Catcher in even more compromising positions than Rock and Doris shared.
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David Hyde Pierce channels Tony Randall brilliantly and Sarah Poulson is no Thelma Ritter, but she does provide some grins as Barbara's gal pal.
The film is beautifully mounted with Oscar-worthy sets and costumes. The costumes especially were robbed of an Oscar. A delightful romantic comedy that recalls a wonderful time gone by in cinema history. If you liked Pillow Talk, you'll love Down with Love.
Down with Love is a lavish, cleverly-written tribute to the comedies made by Doris Day and Rock Hudson during the late 50's and early 60's, most specifically, a nod to their first outing Pillow Talk, the film which redefined Doris' career and earned her first and only Oscar nomination.
In this smart lampoon of that movie, Renee Zellweger shines as Barbara Novak, a small town girl who writes a best selling book, comes to Manhattan to promote it and gets involved with a playboy writer named Catcher Block (Ewan MacGregor) who keeps avoiding her until he sees her and then pretends to be someone else to romance her. Anyone who has ever seen Pillow Talk will recognize this plot line and this story is a perfect send up of it. The director here even utilizes the split screen technique introduced in Pillow Talk to put Barbara and Catcher in even more compromising positions than Rock and Doris shared.
David Hyde Pierce channels Tony Randall brilliantly and Sarah Poulson is no Thelma Ritter, but she does provide some grins as Barbara's gal pal.
The film is beautifully mounted with Oscar-worthy sets and costumes. The costumes especially were robbed of an Oscar. A delightful romantic comedy that recalls a wonderful time gone by in cinema history. If you liked Pillow Talk, you'll love Down with Love.
Last edited by Gideon58; 06-27-16 at 09:25 PM.