The problem isn't the concept or the genre, the problem is the execution. Aside from a few sight gags "Down with Love" is virtually humorless.
Conceptually the film appears an homage to the great romantic comedies of the '60s. While most critical references speak of the string of films Doris Day made with Rock Hudson, at the time Hollywood was pumping out examples of the genre as fast as it could.
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