Down With Love

2003 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Down with Love is an old-fashioned romantic comedy with a twist, starring Chicago’s Renée Zellweger and Moulin Rouge’s Ewan McGregor. Putting a hip spin on the golden age of the classic Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies, the film is the story of a spark-filled collision between a woman who has sworn off love and a ladies’ man who thinks he doesn’t need love. Barbara Novak (Zellweger) hits New York City with her new book Down with Love, a pre-feminist manifesto on saying “no” to love and “yes” to career, empowerment—and sex. As Barbara’s revolutionary tome rockets to the top of the bestseller charts, she becomes the target of ace journalist Catcher “Catch” Block (McGregor), ladies’ man/man’s man/man about town, who is determined to take her down.

Direction Peyton Reed

Cast Renée Zellweger · Ewan McGregor · David Hyde Pierce · Sarah Paulson · Tony Randall · Rachel Dratch · Jack Plotnick · John Aylward · Warren Munson · Matt Ross · Michael Ensign · Timothy Omundson · Jeri Ryan · Ivana Milicevic · Melissa George · Dorie Barton