Down With Love (2003 Josh’s Pick)

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2003 features Josh’s personal pick, Peyton Reed’s Down With Love. Directed by Peyton Reed from a script by Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake and starring Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson and David Hyde Pierce, Down With Love was a minor box-office success and has since become a cult classic.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/down-with-love-2003), Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle (https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Up-with-Down-Behind-retro-fluff-look-is-a-2647963.php), and Manohla Dargis in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-16-et-dargis16-story.html).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2003 installment featuring our foreign film pick, Fernando Meirelles’ City of God.