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.
