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Down to You

January 01, 1970

For the Joni Mitchell song, see Down to You (song).

Down to You is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Kris Isacsson, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles as young lovers who meet in college and go through the ups and downs of a relationship. Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth, Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson, Lucie Arnaz, and Henry Winkler play supporting roles. Isacsson's first and only theatrical feature film, Down to You paired Prinze and Stiles a year after their respective starring roles in the successful high school-set romantic comedies She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You. Despite being the second-highest grossing film at the domestic box office its opening weekend, the film received poor response from critics and failed to recoup its $35 million budget.

Down to You
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKris Isacsson
Written byKris Isacsson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert D. Yeoman
Edited byStephen A. Rotter
Music byEdmund Choi
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release date
  • January 21, 2000 (2000-01-21)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$35 million[1]
Box office$24.4 million[1]

Plot edit

While attending college in New York City, sophomore Al and freshman Imogen begin dating. After three months they have fallen in love. Imogen, an aspiring artist, arranges a private showing at an art gallery for Al's birthday, after which the two have sex for the first time.

Al's roommate Monk, who has become a pornographic film actor and director, tells him that love is illusory and fleeting, and Monk's co-star Cyrus flirts with Al. Al loses a bet and must perform as an extra in one of Monk's films. This causes an argument between him and Imogen, who wants to spend time with him before she goes to France for the summer. He abandons the film in favor of spending the night with her.

While in France, Imogen is asked by her cousin if she and Al will marry. This unnerves her as she is only nineteen, and she acts differently toward Al on her return. His father, who hosts a cooking show, wants to do a father-and-son show after Al graduates, but Al would rather pursue his dream of becoming a chef of French cuisine.

Concerned that he and Imogen are drifting apart, Al arranges a picnic in the countryside; on the way back, she drives drunk and crashes into a tree. Seeing the accident as a sign, they try to improve their relationship. Though they seem happy, Monk predicts it is a precursor to a breakup.

When Imogen declines to have sex one night, Al feels emasculated and has a sexual fantasy about Cyrus. Imogen fears that she may be pregnant, and though she turns out not to be, this further strains their relationship. At one of Monk's parties, Cyrus tries to seduce Al, but he declines.

Meanwhile, Imogen spends time with musician acquaintance Jim; when Al learns she has agreed to design Jim's album cover, they argue and she leaves upset. The next day, she confesses she had sex with Jim afterward. After a tearful breakup, she moves to San Francisco to finish school.

Al graduates but becomes depressed. Monk is too preoccupied with his new work as an author and lecturer to comfort him, and their friendship dissolves. After a period of isolation, Al starts dating again and has a casual relationship with Cyrus, but she eventually moves away. He enrolls in the French Culinary Institute but feels unmotivated and drops out, and is reduced to bar-hopping with his single friend Eddie. Drunk and missing Imogen, he tries to purge himself of his feelings for her by drinking a bottle of her shampoo, resulting in his hospitalization.

Al's parents throw a party with his friends to lift his spirits. Monk apologizes to Al, and they mend their friendship. Imogen appears, and they spend time catching up; she has become a cover artist for a San Francisco-based book publisher. She confesses that she misses him, and gives him a book titled Down to You with her cover artwork depicting the two of them in love. They rekindle their romance, deciding that they met too young but can start over. Al takes a job at a four-star restaurant in San Francisco and surprises Imogen with a romantic evening.

Cast edit

Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel appear as themselves in a sequence in which Al imagines himself being made fun of on The Man Show. Additional minor roles are played by Zay Harding and Lauren German as a lovestruck couple, Chloe Hunter as one of Al's high school girlfriends, Bradley Pierce as one of Imogen's high school boyfriends, Lola Glaudini as a woman Al goes on a date with, Alexia Landeau as Imogen's cousin, Susan Blommaert as a psychiatrist, Frank Wood as a doctor, Joanna P. Adler as a woman who gives Eddie a nipple piercing, and Mark Blum as a television host interviewing Monk.

Reception edit

Down to You opened at number 2 at the US box office and made $7.6 million in its opening weekend, behind Next Friday. It went on to gross $24.4 million worldwide, below its $35 million budget.[1] The film received negative reviews from critics. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it an "F" grade, calling the dialogue "embarrassing in its coy and wistful hungry-heart neuroticism" while criticizing the lead actors' performances and Isacsson's writing: "Making his first feature, writer-director Kris Isacsson treats the most squishy-sincere rituals of first love with a quivering sense of discovery. Obviously, it's a discovery to him. For the audience, it's like watching the dreckiest of teen puppy courtships trying to pass itself off as Annie Hall."[2] In The New York Times, A. O. Scott described it as "scrubbed, wholesome and bland", opining that Isacsson "seems aware that a feature film requires narrative complication: not even really good-looking people can be happy all the time. But he flees from anything that might involve real human emotion, or for that matter any credible human activity other than looking good."[3] Brendan Kelly of Variety wrote that "Prinze and Stiles have genuine screen charisma to spare, and there's something oddly appealing about this mushy romantic tale, but first-time feature writer-director Kris Isacsson doesn't have the skills to raise it far above its formulaic foundation."[4]

On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 3% approval rating based on 61 reviews, with an average score of 3.3/10.[5] The website's critics consensus reads, "Down to You is ruined by a bland, by-the-numbers plot and an awful script."[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 13 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[6]

Soundtrack edit

Down to You: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Soundtrack album
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2000 (2000-01-18)

A soundtrack album was released simultaneously with the film, featuring twelve songs from the soundtrack.[7] William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave it two stars out of five in an unfavorable review, describing some songs and artists as similar-sounding imitations of more well-known ones from other recent romantic comedy soundtracks.[7] He singled out Belle Perez as "the poster child for all this weightless pop/rock, following up her earnest greeting with 'This is me/Life should be/Fun for everyone.' Indeed, it should, and if you're in your late teens, maybe it is. But much of the Down to You soundtrack tries to be ingenuous and only manages to be callow."[7] He singled out the closing track, Sam Phillips' "I Need Love", as a highlight, but opined that it made the rest of the album seem even less impressive in comparison.[7]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."It All Comes Down to You"Dianne WarrenBillie Myers4:36
2."The Garden of You and I" (from Kismet, 1998)Ginger MackenzieGinger Mackenzie2:35
3."Free to Go" (from One Part Lullaby, 1999)Lou Barlow, Wally GagelThe Folk Implosion3:32
4."Shine on Me" (from Free Expression, 1999)Paul Chastain, Ric MenckVelvet Crush1:56
5."Stay"Kevin Bents, Patrick Daugherty, Deanna KirkDeanna Kirk3:45
6."Silver Lining" (from The Rockfords, 2000)Chris Friel, Rick Friel, Mike McCready, Danny NewcombThe Rockfords4:24
7."Hello World" (from Hello World, 2000)Belle Perez, Jim SoulierBelle Perez3:15
8."Vagabond Angel"Miranda Lee RichardsMiranda Lee Richards4:04
9."I Must Have Done Something Right"Chris Glenn, Fred SpigelmanFormosa3:39
10."Spun Out" (from Spun Out, 1999)Greg Stoddard, Brian StewartPsychic Rain4:18
11."Didn't Mean to Do You Harm"Jimmy Harry, Craig WedrenJimmy Harry, Craig Wedren3:22
12."I Need Love" (from Martinis & Bikinis, 1994)Sam PhillipsSam Phillips3:39

Additional songs used in the film but not included on the soundtrack album include:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Down to You". Box Office Mojo. from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  2. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2000-01-28). . Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2001-05-07. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  3. ^ Scott, A. O. (2000-01-22). "Film Review; Cake Is Her World, and What a Small World That Is". The New York Times. from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  4. ^ Kelly, Brendan (2000-01-24). . variety.com. Variety. Archived from the original on 2003-09-19. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  5. ^ a b "Down to You". Rotten Tomatoes. from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ "Down to You". metacritic.com. Metacritic. from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  7. ^ a b c d Ruhlmann, William. "Review: Down to You: Original Soundtrack". allmusic.com. AllMusic. from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24.

External links edit

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For the Joni Mitchell song see Down to You song Down to You is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Kris Isacsson starring Freddie Prinze Jr and Julia Stiles as young lovers who meet in college and go through the ups and downs of a relationship Selma Blair Shawn Hatosy Zak Orth Ashton Kutcher Rosario Dawson Lucie Arnaz and Henry Winkler play supporting roles Isacsson s first and only theatrical feature film Down to You paired Prinze and Stiles a year after their respective starring roles in the successful high school set romantic comedies She s All That and 10 Things I Hate About You Despite being the second highest grossing film at the domestic box office its opening weekend the film received poor response from critics and failed to recoup its 35 million budget Down to YouTheatrical release posterDirected byKris IsacssonWritten byKris IsacssonProduced byJason Kliot Joana VicenteStarringFreddie Prinze Jr Julia Stiles Selma Blair Shawn Hatosy Zak Orth Ashton Kutcher Rosario Dawson Lucie Arnaz Henry WinklerCinematographyRobert D YeomanEdited byStephen A RotterMusic byEdmund ChoiDistributed byMiramax FilmsRelease dateJanuary 21 2000 2000 01 21 Running time92 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesEnglish FrenchBudget 35 million 1 Box office 24 4 million 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Soundtrack 4 1 Track listing 5 References 6 External linksPlot editWhile attending college in New York City sophomore Al and freshman Imogen begin dating After three months they have fallen in love Imogen an aspiring artist arranges a private showing at an art gallery for Al s birthday after which the two have sex for the first time Al s roommate Monk who has become a pornographic film actor and director tells him that love is illusory and fleeting and Monk s co star Cyrus flirts with Al Al loses a bet and must perform as an extra in one of Monk s films This causes an argument between him and Imogen who wants to spend time with him before she goes to France for the summer He abandons the film in favor of spending the night with her While in France Imogen is asked by her cousin if she and Al will marry This unnerves her as she is only nineteen and she acts differently toward Al on her return His father who hosts a cooking show wants to do a father and son show after Al graduates but Al would rather pursue his dream of becoming a chef of French cuisine Concerned that he and Imogen are drifting apart Al arranges a picnic in the countryside on the way back she drives drunk and crashes into a tree Seeing the accident as a sign they try to improve their relationship Though they seem happy Monk predicts it is a precursor to a breakup When Imogen declines to have sex one night Al feels emasculated and has a sexual fantasy about Cyrus Imogen fears that she may be pregnant and though she turns out not to be this further strains their relationship At one of Monk s parties Cyrus tries to seduce Al but he declines Meanwhile Imogen spends time with musician acquaintance Jim when Al learns she has agreed to design Jim s album cover they argue and she leaves upset The next day she confesses she had sex with Jim afterward After a tearful breakup she moves to San Francisco to finish school Al graduates but becomes depressed Monk is too preoccupied with his new work as an author and lecturer to comfort him and their friendship dissolves After a period of isolation Al starts dating again and has a casual relationship with Cyrus but she eventually moves away He enrolls in the French Culinary Institute but feels unmotivated and drops out and is reduced to bar hopping with his single friend Eddie Drunk and missing Imogen he tries to purge himself of his feelings for her by drinking a bottle of her shampoo resulting in his hospitalization Al s parents throw a party with his friends to lift his spirits Monk apologizes to Al and they mend their friendship Imogen appears and they spend time catching up she has become a cover artist for a San Francisco based book publisher She confesses that she misses him and gives him a book titled Down to You with her cover artwork depicting the two of them in love They rekindle their romance deciding that they met too young but can start over Al takes a job at a four star restaurant in San Francisco and surprises Imogen with a romantic evening Cast editFreddie Prinze Jr as Alfred Al Connelly Julia Stiles as Imogen Selma Blair as Cyrus an MIT dropout turned pornographic film actress Shawn Hatosy as Eddie Hicks one of Al s roommates Zak Orth as Monk Jablonski Al s other roommate Ashton Kutcher as Jim Morrison a musician who dresses and acts like his namesake Jim Morrison of the Doors Rosario Dawson as Lana Imogen s friend and later roommate Lucie Arnaz as Judy Connelly Al s mother Henry Winkler as Chef Ray Connelly Al s father Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel appear as themselves in a sequence in which Al imagines himself being made fun of on The Man Show Additional minor roles are played by Zay Harding and Lauren German as a lovestruck couple Chloe Hunter as one of Al s high school girlfriends Bradley Pierce as one of Imogen s high school boyfriends Lola Glaudini as a woman Al goes on a date with Alexia Landeau as Imogen s cousin Susan Blommaert as a psychiatrist Frank Wood as a doctor Joanna P Adler as a woman who gives Eddie a nipple piercing and Mark Blum as a television host interviewing Monk Reception editDown to You opened at number 2 at the US box office and made 7 6 million in its opening weekend behind Next Friday It went on to gross 24 4 million worldwide below its 35 million budget 1 The film received negative reviews from critics Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it an F grade calling the dialogue embarrassing in its coy and wistful hungry heart neuroticism while criticizing the lead actors performances and Isacsson s writing Making his first feature writer director Kris Isacsson treats the most squishy sincere rituals of first love with a quivering sense of discovery Obviously it s a discovery to him For the audience it s like watching the dreckiest of teen puppy courtships trying to pass itself off as Annie Hall 2 In The New York Times A O Scott described it as scrubbed wholesome and bland opining that Isacsson seems aware that a feature film requires narrative complication not even really good looking people can be happy all the time But he flees from anything that might involve real human emotion or for that matter any credible human activity other than looking good 3 Brendan Kelly of Variety wrote that Prinze and Stiles have genuine screen charisma to spare and there s something oddly appealing about this mushy romantic tale but first time feature writer director Kris Isacsson doesn t have the skills to raise it far above its formulaic foundation 4 On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 3 approval rating based on 61 reviews with an average score of 3 3 10 5 The website s critics consensus reads Down to You is ruined by a bland by the numbers plot and an awful script 5 Metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned the film a score of 13 out of 100 based on 21 critics indicating overwhelming dislike 6 Soundtrack editDown to You Music from the Miramax Motion PictureSoundtrack albumReleasedJanuary 18 2000 2000 01 18 A soundtrack album was released simultaneously with the film featuring twelve songs from the soundtrack 7 William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave it two stars out of five in an unfavorable review describing some songs and artists as similar sounding imitations of more well known ones from other recent romantic comedy soundtracks 7 He singled out Belle Perez as the poster child for all this weightless pop rock following up her earnest greeting with This is me Life should be Fun for everyone Indeed it should and if you re in your late teens maybe it is But much of the Down to You soundtrack tries to be ingenuous and only manages to be callow 7 He singled out the closing track Sam Phillips I Need Love as a highlight but opined that it made the rest of the album seem even less impressive in comparison 7 Track listing edit No TitleWriter s PerformerLength1 It All Comes Down to You Dianne WarrenBillie Myers4 362 The Garden of You and I from Kismet 1998 Ginger MackenzieGinger Mackenzie2 353 Free to Go from One Part Lullaby 1999 Lou Barlow Wally GagelThe Folk Implosion3 324 Shine on Me from Free Expression 1999 Paul Chastain Ric MenckVelvet Crush1 565 Stay Kevin Bents Patrick Daugherty Deanna KirkDeanna Kirk3 456 Silver Lining from The Rockfords 2000 Chris Friel Rick Friel Mike McCready Danny NewcombThe Rockfords4 247 Hello World from Hello World 2000 Belle Perez Jim SoulierBelle Perez3 158 Vagabond Angel Miranda Lee RichardsMiranda Lee Richards4 049 I Must Have Done Something Right Chris Glenn Fred SpigelmanFormosa3 3910 Spun Out from Spun Out 1999 Greg Stoddard Brian StewartPsychic Rain4 1811 Didn t Mean to Do You Harm Jimmy Harry Craig WedrenJimmy Harry Craig Wedren3 2212 I Need Love from Martinis amp Bikinis 1994 Sam PhillipsSam Phillips3 39 Additional songs used in the film but not included on the soundtrack album include Young Americans by David Bowie Moonchild by Cibo Matto Groove Is in the Heart by Deee Lite Ready for a Fall by P J Olsson Junction City by Big Lazy Is There Something on Your Mind by the Drowners Here I Go Again by Whitesnake Heat of the Moment by Asia Mickey by Toni Basil My Little Corner of the World by Yo La Tengo When I Fall in Love Let s Stay Together by Al Green I Know a Girl by Settie Bye Bye by Marcy Playground New Deli by Andrew Dorfmam Marching Through Georgia Black Balloon by Goo Goo Dolls Bad Boys by Inner Circle Koto Magic by John Leach Corazon Salvaje by Ramon Fernandez Smile by Vitamin C The Devil Made Me Sing to You by Craig Wedren Girl Stop by Arcenius Bryant Nervous Breakthrough by Luscious Jackson Lullaby of Clubland by Everything but the Girl Don t Go There by Arcenius Bryant and John Schnall Lady Shave by GusGus You re Nobody till Somebody Loves You by James Darren Can t Get Enough of Your Love Babe by Barry WhiteReferences edit a b c Down to You Box Office Mojo Archived from the original on 2016 03 11 Retrieved 2016 03 10 Gleiberman Owen 2000 01 28 Down to You Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on 2001 05 07 Retrieved 2019 06 24 Scott A O 2000 01 22 Film Review Cake Is Her World and What a Small World That Is The New York Times Archived from the original on 2019 06 24 Retrieved 2019 06 24 Kelly Brendan 2000 01 24 Down to You variety com Variety Archived from the original on 2003 09 19 Retrieved 2019 06 24 a b Down to You Rotten Tomatoes Archived from the original on 2020 07 26 Retrieved 2020 04 20 Down to You metacritic com Metacritic Archived from the original on 2016 07 09 Retrieved 2016 03 10 a b c d Ruhlmann William Review Down to You Original Soundtrack allmusic com AllMusic Archived from the original on 2019 06 24 Retrieved 2019 06 24 External links editOfficial website Down to You at IMDb nbsp Down to You at Rotten Tomatoes Down to You at Box Office Mojo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Down to You amp oldid 1190937067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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