Leading lady Monica Potter and her four model/actress female co-stars got to party in Vancouver "like a bunch of kids on summer vacation". They hit night spots non-stop while hottie Freddie Prinze Jr. worked on his role as a more adult, suave, dark mystery man; a big departure from his teen hunk parts in "She's All That" and "Down to You".

In HEAD OVER HEELS, AMANDA PIERCE (Monica Potter) is an art restorer at the Met in Manhattan. Sure she'll never find Mr. Right, she devotes her emotions to the paintings she repairs…to the point of swooning and getting weak in the knees when she sees one that really inspires her. While looking for a new apartment, she's knocked over in the lobby by a huge, amorous Great Dane and his "doggie sitter" JIM WINSTON, (Freddie Prinz Jr.) a fashion executive living in the building next door. For the first time a guy, not a painting, makes Amanda weak in the knees.

Moving in with four gorgeous models, Amanda is thrilled to learn that Jim lives right across the way, never closes his blinds and the girls can watch his every move! The models do a high fashion make-over on Amanda and they all crash Jim's party but he turns out to prefer her without all the paint and designer duds. The couple appears to hit it off until, later, during one of the "peeking at Jim" fests, Amanda is sure she sees him murder one of his female party guests! When the police find nothing wrong and no corpse, Amanda's sanity is questioned. Everyone already knows the models are "loopy" so case closed.

The girls turn fashion diva "Charlie's Angels" as they snoop and spy on Jim. Amanda continues the romance, all the while watching her back and learns that her honey isn't at all what he seems. The investigation throws the roommates into a high fashion world of crime that includes runways, back alleys and Russian diamond smugglers. In the end, of course, the couple is back together and "Head Over Heels".

This is modern Hollywood's attempt at copying one of those classic screwball action/romance comedies like "Bringing Up Baby" with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. It's a good try but it's kind of hard to accept Freddie as a suave grown up James Bond type who can throw knives on target and command "Arnold-style" Russian thugs. And what is with this new wham, bam, hit the dirt style of meet and greet in romantic comedies lately? Jennifer almost gets flattened by a dumpster in "Wedding Planner" and Monica here is bowled over by a Great Dane! Don't guys just meet gals at a party anymore? On the other hand, there are several good laughs and ewwwww-style bathroom jokes that are worth a chuckle. The models are gorgeous and Freddie looks hunky. Suspense and mystery is a nice addition to a film like this but this plot takes a limo-length backseat to the clothes, cute couple and slapstick and gets lost in the New York shuffle. Everything is wrapped up easily and before the audience knows what the heck happened.

If you go to this film hoping to see a buff Freddie or a cute and appealing Monica and some hot models, you won't be disappointed. If you were hoping to follow a mystery, unravel clues and enjoy the process, go read a good spy novel.

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