freddie ( she all that ) prinze jr. and and julia ( 10 thing i hate about you ) stile be attend a new york city college when they discover each other one night in a trendy bar and experience love at first sight . not long after imogen ( stile ) and al ( prinze ) shack up and the anxiety of living together take a toll on the tingle of the true love that they felt when they first meet . their relationship run aground when imogen fear that she be pregnant . later and they split up when imogen have a one night stand with another student that resemble late legendary musician jim morrison . a few year pas and and imogen and al rekindle the old flame or tingle a they refer to them about their first love . the surprise be few and far between in this romance a the spark . the major flaw in writer and director kris iascsson directorial debut be that his character lack vitality and and their story skirt conflict . nothing unique happen in this breezy but thoroughly predictable boy win girl and boy loses girl and and boy win girl back plot . essentially and down to you qualifies a a lite and twentysomething version of the bruce willis and michelle pfeiffer soaper the story of u without the sizzle . if comedy broadens character and drama sharpen it . the story of u deal with the ups and down of a relationship . nothing that either imogen or al do in down to you be calculate to make u feel either love or hate for them . indeed and prinze and stile be a cute but just as plastic a barbie and ken doll . they go through the motion without ever show any genuine emotion . you know a movie be in trouble when the supporting character be more interesting than the protagonist . henry winkler of fonz fame from happy day have a field day a freddie loony father and chef ray and and he steal every scene he have with his rambunctious wit . the best scene in down to you concern a father and son tv show that chef ray pitch to al . chef ray want to produce cook and a gourmet parody of the gritty reality base fox tv show cop where al and he invade home with a platoon of cook at random and conjure up meal from scratch for the surprised occupant . the second best scene occur when al dream about be a guest on a macho male talk show segment where tough guy ridicule his sensitive man routine . this be the close thing to genuine comedy that iascsson come up with here and especially when one of the guy warn al to cross your leg because your panty be show . actually and al let imogen wear the pant in their relationship . she step out on al and and he throw a tantrum when she tell himself about her infidelity . thing would have be hot have al catch imogen in the sack with her lover and but then down to you would have get pretty raunchy . al and imogen friend provide some welcome relief with their comic antic . al pal monk ( zak orth of in and out ) a porno star and director and supply the frat lecture to everybody about the necessity for hot and sweaty sex . monk probably display more character development than anybody else in down to you . the next time that we see him and monk have turn into an orson welles type auteur and be make shakespeare movie . in a slight and throwaway role and lucy arnaz and the real life daughter of lucille ball and play al mother . freshman writer and director kris iascsson do everything that he can to keep thing light and effervescent without descend into harsh reality . he make even more mistake by tell down to you in a series of flashback with both character address the audience directlyin other word and break the fourth wallas in either ferris bueller day off or annie hall . freddie prinze jr. and julia stile appear to be stoop in down to you after score respectively in win comedy such a she all that and 10 thing i hate about you . unless you have never see a teenage romantic comedy and skip this weepie . oh and yes and at least and the soundtrack be worth buying and even if the movie vanishes from your memory the next day .