The film tells the story two New York college kids, Alfred, played by Freddie Prinze, Jr., and Imogen, played by Julia Stiles, who find love early on, then have to deal with the consequences when the newness wears off and the romance becomes a bit strained. While the film may seem like a cheesy teen romance movie that is fun to watch with a significant other, I found myself apologizing for taking an evening away with this film. While Prinze and Stiles put on decent individual performances, it is hard to see exactly why these two develop the feelings for eachother that they do. The romance hits a sour note after an incomprehensible scene in which a friend has Alfred sip from two glasses of wine and quess which represents each of two possible paths his character might face. Albert is told that his guess as to which glass represented which path was wrong? How? Why? The film can't be bogged down with such trifle matters.

To the film's credit, it does have a couple of good scenes. After employing the hokey talking-directly-to-the-audience trick, a college age Alfred actually enters the scene at the end of an anecdote about an 11 year old Imogen and interacts with her, and vice versa. Also, the film features Henry Winkler playing yet another eccentric character -this time, Alfred's famous chef father (though those scarred by "The Waterboy" will be happy to know that Winkler does not display any tatoos in this film). Winkler's character suggests that he and Alfred work together on a new reality-based cooking show called "Cooks" in which, employing all the thematic elements of the show "Cops" they would bust into a house guerrila style, hold the inhabitants at gun point and cook them dinner. Suffice it to say, this is the highlight of the film.

The Picture
Down to You is presented in anamorphic widescreen presentation with an aspect ratio if 1.85:1. There are no major imperfections perceptible in the film and the the colors and skin tones seem quite accurate.

The Sound
The DVD is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. The sound is crisp and clear and the viewer need not adjust the volume at any time throughout the film to be able to fully hear it. The film is mainly dialogue driven and the dialogue of the film technically sounds good.

Bonus Materials
The bonus materials on this DVD are quite sparse. In addition to trailers for 10 Things I Hate About You and She's All That, the DVD features the music video for the song "It All Comes Down to You" by Billie Myers and featuring Prinze and Stiles in the video, a short behind the scenes look at the making of the movie set to music and a short feature on the making of the music video. None of these are actually worth watching or add to the film. The music video is not bad, but is not such a good song or video that one would likely revisit it.

Final Thoughts
Even fans of this genre will likely find this film to be sub-par at best. Both Prinze and Stiles are far better actors than this film might suggest and the incongruous plot and annoying supporting characters, including Selma Blair add little to the film. Please do not see this movie.