Now I know him from the intimate side.—Dear, now we all know him from the intimate side: you forgot to put down the curtains. The romantic comedy with elements of the spy detective Upside Down is the second directorial work of Mark Waters. Not everyone has a specific name. His first film - the comedy "The House Where They Say Yes" - ended in complete failure and a Worst New Star nomination for Tory Spelling's Golden Raspberry Anti-Award. But then Waters things went uphill: in 2004, he introduces everyone to Rachel McAdams in the school comedy Mean Girls, in 2005, the viewer with a fading heart watches the relationship between the characters Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in the mystic-romantic comedy with elements of the melodrama “Between Heaven and Earth”, in 2009, many are worried about the hero-alphonse Matthew McConaughey in another mystic-romantic comedy with all the same elements under the melodrama. The truth is that the latest film of Waters is depressing: the vampire thriller on the best-selling novel “Vampire Academy” with our Danila Kozlovsky is downright disappointing.
So, with the director met, still he has good films, why not become so and the film “upside down” with Monica Potter and Freddie Prince Jr. in the lead roles? In general, the picture is stitched through with naivety and there is nothing to expect here, but on the other hand, "Upside down" allows you to have a good time if the soul requires something light, unloading and pleasant. The script was written by David Kidd and Ron Burch, who will then work on the family comedy “Yours, Mine and Ours” and will not hear about their new work, but we will wait. The script is based on the story of John J. Strauss and Ed Decter, another tightly working duo (one of their joint films – “Everything is crazy about Mary”). Agree that the writers are also good and know their business in the movie, designed for family viewing in a relaxed atmosphere, when you really want not to bother and look simple, but kind.
So, the main character of the film Amanda works as a restorer at the museum and says that she hates men. And there’s a reason, because the moment we meet her, she finds her boyfriend in bed with another (by the way, the guy in this episode is played by Timothy Oliphant, the future “Hitman”). Amanda moves into a new apartment, which is already rented by four stunning and long-legged models (this is a separate topic for conversation!). And the neighbor is a charming guy, in which it is impossible to find a flaw. Suddenly, Amanda sees this guy...killing another girl! All the detective methods that Amanda and his model girlfriend know are used. As I promised, I’ll tell you a little about the four. They are actually played by professional models (Canadian Shalom Harlow, Bosnian Ivana Milicevic, Englishwoman Sarah O’Hare and African-American Tomiko Fraser). This international is hard to look away. Let their images are stuffed with stereotypes about the brainlessness of models, but they heroically (albeit on the verge of recklessness) help Amanda, become her real friends. It’s nice to watch, well, they concentrate a good part of the film on themselves, diversifying it.
Now, as for the main characters of "Upside Down." The role of unlucky Amanda in the affairs of Amor plays Monica Potter, starring in multi-genre films, not always, however, in the first roles, but she left the most favorable impression after the films “Healer Adams” and “And the Spider Came.” In the comedy Upside Down, she is inferior in effect to her on-screen neighbors, but in the game she is naturally stronger. It was especially funny when her legs were broken. And in general, Amanda turned out to be a nice Potter. The male shoulder on the set was set by Freddie Prince Jr., who by the beginning of the zeros became a sex symbol after the thriller “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and the successful romantic comedy in the genre of “teensplotation”. "It's all her." In "Upside Down" Prince Jr. again shows why he is so loved by teenage girls: attractive, charming, kind, handsome, in general, really Prince, not a prince on a white horse, but with a healthy dog, all striving to climb to Amanda under the skirt. And that’s not all – in “Upside Down” the hero of Freddie Prince Jr. “double bottom”, his fans should cheer up.
Absolutely unstressful film, which can be put at any time when you are doing something specific, but also to be more interesting occupation you can also watch a movie. There are several successful scenes, there are moments that cause laughter (if not laughter, then a smile, which is also good), there are good actors in the lead roles, I will not repeat that in the main male role of Freddie Prince Jr. (humour), and there are four wonderful models, which at the end of the film will be lucky, as well as Amanda, and the men will have someone to look at in this easy summer film. Good to see you!
6 out of 10