The night this movie opened, my best friend and I braved a rainy and frigid Friday night in early February to see it, and it was well worth the 40 minute drive (we thought the free movie passes my friend had for that particular theater were good for Friday nights--we were wrong). Because of that, and I was short on cash, she offered to buy snacks.
Amanda Pierce,a romance-starved woman, moves into a "model" apartment and spots the man of her dreams living in the apartment across from the one she lives in, but is afraid when she thinks she sees him brutally murder someone in the apartment. But that won't stop Amanda, no matter what. Dashing Jim Winston (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a fashion designer, is really an FBI Agent named Bob Smoot, who is undercover in the apartment, and begins to romance Amanda, and the two find they have fallen head over heels in love. The definition of "head over heels in love" is when you love someone enough to go weak in the knees when you see them. At first sight, Amanda collapses on her jelly-like knees, and Jim falls for her too.
This was a GREAT movie, and I'm shocked it didn't do better in the theater. My best friend and I left gushing over how great it was, while all the younger girls leaving were not saying much about it. In my opinion, it was probably not a movie for younger teenagers (I was 18 when I first saw this). This was a great vehicle for Prinze, who was playing his first adult role after a string of excellent teen movies, among the better that I've seen. It was romantic and a much cuter film than many younger girls would appreciate. I'm beyond teen films (they don't spark my interest, never have), with the exception of "The Breakfast Club," (my favorite teen flick), "St. Elmo's Fire," "16 Candles," "She's All That," and "Down to You." The plot of this film never lags in interest, and kept me interested. I was almost disappointed when it was over, but loved watching Jim/Bob and Amanda together--it was too cute.
My favorite parts of "Head Over Heels" was when Amanda first met Jim, and how she collapsed on her knees (and he says something so cute--"Maybe you should get those knees checked"), when Amanda goes to the party all fancied up, and Jim isn't into the whole party crowd, and the scene where he comes into his apartment and takes the huge power crap while the models are hiding in his bathtub. Yikes! My best friend and I were laughing the loudest during this part!
All in all, this was a great film, and should have been given more of a chance to shine. Freddie Prinze Jr.'s first adult role proved to work for him (he'd go on to play several more adult roles between then and now, including my personal favorite Freddie movie "Scooby Doo"), and Monica Potter was excellent as Amanda. This was a cool movie, and she be given a chance by anyone. See this film, you'll fall "head over heels" in love with it!
Amanda Pierce,a romance-starved woman, moves into a "model" apartment and spots the man of her dreams living in the apartment across from the one she lives in, but is afraid when she thinks she sees him brutally murder someone in the apartment. But that won't stop Amanda, no matter what. Dashing Jim Winston (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a fashion designer, is really an FBI Agent named Bob Smoot, who is undercover in the apartment, and begins to romance Amanda, and the two find they have fallen head over heels in love. The definition of "head over heels in love" is when you love someone enough to go weak in the knees when you see them. At first sight, Amanda collapses on her jelly-like knees, and Jim falls for her too.
This was a GREAT movie, and I'm shocked it didn't do better in the theater. My best friend and I left gushing over how great it was, while all the younger girls leaving were not saying much about it. In my opinion, it was probably not a movie for younger teenagers (I was 18 when I first saw this). This was a great vehicle for Prinze, who was playing his first adult role after a string of excellent teen movies, among the better that I've seen. It was romantic and a much cuter film than many younger girls would appreciate. I'm beyond teen films (they don't spark my interest, never have), with the exception of "The Breakfast Club," (my favorite teen flick), "St. Elmo's Fire," "16 Candles," "She's All That," and "Down to You." The plot of this film never lags in interest, and kept me interested. I was almost disappointed when it was over, but loved watching Jim/Bob and Amanda together--it was too cute.
My favorite parts of "Head Over Heels" was when Amanda first met Jim, and how she collapsed on her knees (and he says something so cute--"Maybe you should get those knees checked"), when Amanda goes to the party all fancied up, and Jim isn't into the whole party crowd, and the scene where he comes into his apartment and takes the huge power crap while the models are hiding in his bathtub. Yikes! My best friend and I were laughing the loudest during this part!
All in all, this was a great film, and should have been given more of a chance to shine. Freddie Prinze Jr.'s first adult role proved to work for him (he'd go on to play several more adult roles between then and now, including my personal favorite Freddie movie "Scooby Doo"), and Monica Potter was excellent as Amanda. This was a cool movie, and she be given a chance by anyone. See this film, you'll fall "head over heels" in love with it!