Head Over Heels

Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 2, 2001

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27	METASCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews

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Robert K. Elder

This otherwise predictable romantic comedy does have several genuinely funny scenes, thanks to Monica Potter's comic delivery and charm.

Mr. ShowbizCody Clark

As romantic comedies go, this is definitely not one you'd take to the altar, but you might enjoy having a cup of coffee with it.

Sean Axmaker

The script is soggy and sloppy and Waters is no master of suspense, but he does have a pair of engaging stars flirting in a world of chic New York glamour. Read full review

Film.comRobert Horton

This lightweight concoction can't justify a trip out to the multiplex, unless you're a girl between the ages of 12 and 17, but it does provide a launching pad for a group of attractive people. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Although Head Over Heels moves swiftly, has an appealing cast and a serviceably diverting plot, it is nevertheless hard to fall head over heels over it. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

When the women are onscreen and their relationship is on display, Head Over Heels trips merrily along. But every time the focus shifts to Prinze, the film suffers from a bad case of fallen arches.

Shawn Levy

Freddie Prinze Jr. gives cute a bad name.

Mike Clark

At least the models' avarice and teasing provide a chuckle or two, as their dates line up panting at the door. Purely by default, their contribution makes this a slightly better working-woman romance than "The Wedding Planner." Read full review

Caleb Crain

Head Over Heels is dopey but nontoxic. If you are 17, there are worse date movies. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Here's my favorite part: It's only 87 minutes long. But for the most part, this movie is just another bland, fair-to-middling vehicle for two emerging, fledgling stars. Read full review

Lael Loewenstein

A mildly amusing trifle. Read full review

Steven Rea

A bubble-brained comedy with as much bearing on the real world as a Pokemon cartoon.

Roger Ebert

Opens with 15 funny minutes and then goes dead in the water. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Bland to dismal. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Exists in a realm beyond sense, and induces in the viewer a trancelike state, leaving the mind free to ponder the mysteries of the universe. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece

If you try to imagine a breezy Cary Grant movie in which Grant makes penis and fart jokes, you'll have some idea just how wretched it is. Read full review

Lisa Alspector

More of the abundant sight gags and slips of the tongue originate in bathrooms and bedrooms than are actually set there. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Head Over Heels whitewashes the originality and, well, weirdness Waters showed in his first film, although it's impossibe to imagine anything starring young poster-pups Potter and Prinze Jr. could be particularly edgy. Read full review

Sara Wildberger

It really is terrible the way films are being marketed to teens. They deserve decent movies, but instead they get glop like Head Over Heels. There ought to be a law.

Lou Lumenick

The "Prinze" of terrible movies is back - in what might charitably be called "Rear Window" for morons.

Jay Carr

A lame romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor comedic.

Mick LaSalle

It's as close to nothing as anything could be while still being something. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Although rumor and marketing indicate that this is meant to be a comedy, there's little that's funny here. Read full review

David Sterritt

This romantic comedy is so awfully misjudged and ineptly executed in every department that, while it isn't quite a contender for the "so bad it's good" category, this critic was nonetheless dabbing tears of laughter from his eyes. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Thekind of misfire that makes you understand why every waiter, parking valet and sushi delivery boy in Beverly Hills has a screenplay under his waistband. Read full review