Well before Peyton Reed began making Ant-Man movies, he subverted the modern rom-com with his lesser-discussed 2003 film Down with Love.
While many are familiar with Reed’s knack for subversion within the McU’s Ant-Man branch, followers of the director know that he’s been toppling cinematic tropes long before he subverted the superhero genre through fashioning a low-key heist comedy to tell its smallest story for its smallest hero.
From Yes Man to Bring It On, Peyton Reed loves to turn a genre on its head.
There’s no better film to illustrate this than Down with Love, a film that’s not discussed nearly as much as it should be.
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