This Big Apple-based omantic comedy charts the tumultuous relationship between liberal arts student and budding chef Al (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and his first girlfriend, Imogen (Julia Stiles), a self-possessed freshman who wants to become an artist. After meeting in a bar, the pair jump into a giddy, passionate affair thats grown-up enough to include face time between the young lovers and Als DJ mom and TV-chef dad (Henry Winkler). After a summer abroad, however, Imogen feels like the relationship is robbing her of her youth, and the couple must struggle with romantic and domestic growing pains. Meanwhile, their wacky friends -- who include porn stars (Selma Blair and Zak Orth), stoners (Rosario Dawson), a mullet-haired lunkhead (Shawn Hatosy), and a Jim Morrison look-alike named Jim Morrison (Ashton Kutcher) -- provide laughs, advice, and sexual temptation. The debut film from writer/director Kris Isacsson, the een-themed Down to You marked a change of pace for normally grown-up Miramax Films. In addition to a slew of recent ock and pop, the film prominently features music from such downtown New York fixtures of the past decade as Deee-Lite (Groove is in the Heart) and Cibo Matto (Moonchild). ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
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