Head Over Heels (2001)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers (WGA):

John J. Strauss (story) &
Ed Decter (story) ...

Release Date:

2 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Four supermodel roommates. One regular girl. The guy next door doesn't stand a chance.

Plot:

A young woman is attracted to a man despite her thinking she's seen him kill someone.

Plot Keywords:

Model | Love | Art Restoration | Beautiful Woman | Fashion Model

Cast

Monica Potter	...	Amanda
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Jim Winston
Shalom Harlow	...	Jade
Ivana Milicevic	...	Roxana
Sarah Murdoch	...	Candi (as Sarah O'Hare)
Tomiko Fraser	...	Holly
China Chow	...	Lisa
Jay Brazeau	...	Halloran / Strukov
Stanley DeSantis	...	Alfredo
Erin-Marie Dykeman	...	10 Year-Old Amanda
James D. Kirk	...	Tommy (as James Kirk)
Elysa Hogg	...	Tommy's Girlfriend
Kristina Lewis	...	17 Year-Old Amanda
Ben Silverman	...	Charlie
Sam MacMillan	...	Charlie's Date

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (#37485) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Germany:12 (w) | Ireland:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (cut) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Jim Winston has a chance to display his throwing knife skills early in the film, only to apparently miss what he is aiming at. Later on, it is revealed he actually hit a fly dead center, his true target. This sequence is taken nearly verbatim from _Guo chan Ling Ling Qi (1994)_.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Russian man with the beard visits the models' apartment, a girl answers the door with a book on her head. As she talks, it begins to slide to the left of her head, the camera angle then changes to a view over her left shoulder, her arm never moves, but in the next shot the book is perfectly balanced atop the center of her head.

Quotes:

Candi: Don't envy us. We're struggling.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion (#2.15)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Head Over Heels

romantic comedy,screwball comedy,farce,all rolled into one

this is one of the better romantic comedies i've seen in a while.for one thing,it has quite a few laughs.but i think that's because it's also a farce and a screwball comedy.i liked the slapstick scenes they threw in.i thought they were very effective.the dialogue in the movie is also great.there are some very witty scenes.it's also a mystery movie of sorts.Monica Potter and Freddie Prinze Jr.play the two leads in the film.both are instantly likable,(at least in this movie,at any rate)as are their characters.i don't feel this is your standard romantic comedy.it has other dimensions to it,which you'll notice when you watch it.i expected the movie to be average,mildly amusing fluff,but i'm glad i was wrong.there are a few moments where it is a bit slow,but for the most part,things flow along at a decent enough pace.for me,Head over Heels is a 7/10.