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:

murder witness | apartment building | art restoration | apartment | binoculars | 

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Taglines:

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

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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 USA:

$4,804,595, 4 February 2001

Gross USA:

$10,424,470

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,127,022

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

Shalom Harlow has said that she used to live in an environment much like the one Jade, Roxanna, Candi, Holly, and Amanda live in.

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Goofs

When Amanda moves into the apartment, Jade, Roxanna, Holly and Candi run up to her to convince her to lend Jade her top. All four models are topless, but by the time that they get to the front door, they all have their tops on, and their new tops are different from the ones they were trying on before.

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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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Alternate Versions

11 seconds were cut by the distributor from the UK version to secure a "12" rating.

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Connections

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

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Soundtracks

Life Is A Rollercoaster
Written by Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels
Performed by Ronan Keating
Courtesy of Universal International Music, B.V.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Stereotypical and silly, but still in all good fun

Oh, come on, people, was it really that irritating to you? Now, I admit, in no way is this movie Oscar material or the best movie of 2001, but learn to have a little fun. Are you really telling me that you couldn't laugh at the models? They took the movie and made it into a fun ditzy comedy. Basically, it's incredibly predictable, but Freddie Prinze, Jr. is a "fashion" business man who falls for Monica and she does as well. But as she states that she has bad judgment of men, there is a terrible thing she witnesses in an apartment with her "model" roommates and see him commit a murder! Together they investigate to find out if she is going to have a murderer boyfriend or live happily ever after, you make the guess.

5/10