Head Over Heels (2001)

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

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers:

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

Stars:

Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze Jr., Shalom Harlow

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 Kirk	...	Tommy
Elysa Hogg	...	Tommy's Girlfriend
Kristina Lewis	...	17 Year-Old Amanda
Ben Silverman	...	Charlie
Sam MacMillan	...	Charlie's Date

Storyline

Amanda Pierce is from Iowa and works as a restorer of Renaissance paintings for the New York Metropolitan Museum. She has just finished another frustrating relationship, when she found her boy-friend with a model on her bed. She decides to move and share a flat with four stupid but nice super-models. She meets Jim Winston, who lives in front of her window. She falls in love with him. One day, she sees Jim killing a woman - Megan O'Brien - through her window and Amanda and her four roommates decide to investigate what really happened.

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Plot Keywords:

model | love | bare chested male | lesbian interest | fashion model | 

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Taglines:

Unleash your inner model.

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Genres:

Comedy | Mystery | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Universal Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

2 February 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Folles de lui

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,804,595 (USA) (2 February 2001)

Gross:

$10,397,365 (USA) (2 March 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Robert Simonds Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Claire Danes was originally set to play the lead role of Amanda Pierce, but dropped out at the last moment. Monica Potter, who'd already been signed on for a smaller role, was moved into Amanda's part as a result.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Amanda: New York City. Home to 8 million people. Roughly half of whom are men. Which means half of the city is genetically predisposed to lie to the other half.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

"Head Over Heels"
Written by Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine
Performed by The Go-Gos (as The Go-Go's)
Courtesy of IRS Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

User Reviews

Great Mid-week fodder

I picked this up from a free trial of a movie channel on a random Wednesday evening. I thought it was perfect.

The film has a wide range of comedy from witty sarcasm to toilet humour. The characters (especially the models) are blatant stereotypes but they are not portrayed in a malicious way allowing you to get attached to them. The plot is fairly basic ( a mix of 'Shes all that' and 'Rear Window') but has just enough substance to keep you from drifting off.

Sterling performance from Monica Porter, production, lighting, sound track etc. all to standard.

Don't expect to have your mind blown or injure yourself laughing. Do expect a good solid rom-com you can relax and grin too.