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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackA pleasant addition to the time-honored genre of terminally cute youth romance movies, roughly equivalent to staring at a saccharine greeting card for a while.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghNo one expects a light teen romance to be "Madame Bovary," but this is Colorforms filmmaking.
- 38Boston GlobeBoston GlobePrinze charming, but can't save movie.
- 30Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlA Boring Young Couple.
- 12New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickStinko movies often unwittingly critique themselves -- and the brain-dead romantic comedy Down to You (which Miramax understandably didn't screen in advance for critics) is no exception.
- 10Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorPrinze and Stiles regularly talk to the camera, but that doesn't make their characters self-aware.
- 10The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensExtremely good-looking people tend to be shallow, self-involved and not very bright. Let's call this statement what it is: a form of prejudice, a stereotype. It is, sadly, a stereotype that Down to You does everything in its power to promote.
- 0NewsweekTed GideonseNewsweekTed GideonseA disaster: dull, predictable, at times cringe-worthy.
- 0L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonOne of those puppy-love movies that make you feel like you're slowly drowning.
- 0Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFor the audience, it's like watching the dreckiest of teen puppy courtships trying to pass itself off as ''Annie Hall.'' La-de-blah.