Love this movie, its funny, its witty, its got a fantastic setting! The story goes when Nancy Brown, a secretary, falls for Mr. Block (I think that's how you spell it), her employer. However, Nancy is geeky and is dismissed, in many ways. She's not looked at twice and literally dismissed (I think, didn't catch the first part). Anyway, she vows to get Mr. Block so she becomes Barbara Novak. Barbara Novak is a country girl and writes the feminist book "Down With Love". Down With Love states the boundaries, the rules of love a woman should abide by. That includes equal rights, standing up to men and not being push overs instead of the housewife who did all the cleaning and cooking, didn't have a bright future.

Before her book became a bestseller, she tried to meet with Mr. Block countless times. However, each time, Mr. Block would stand her up as he went off with another woman for "private time". Enough is enough and Barbara then ceases to contact Mr. Block vowing to get his attention. Her editor and friend, Vicky, then takes her to see her book sales. They find only a single book on the shelf in a store and Barbara is dissapointed. Vicky then manages a show to air a segment to promote the book.

It becomes an instant hit with women across the globe and Mr. Block finally notices her, especially when Barbara disreputes him on TV. Mr. Block then comes up with a plan to uncover Barbara in a scandalous story by showing her to go against her own rules of love. After coming up with a pseudo character and managing to court her, he goes in for the kill. However, Vicky learns of the plot and comes in to stop Barbara from being exposed. Barbara is aware of what is happening and goes to let everything be recorded on the tape Mr. Block had set up to record their encounter for his expose. She tells him everything, from Nancy Brown to Barbara Novak, knowing he would come up with a plan to expose him.

After she tells him everything, the PI he hired calls to tell him Barbara Novak doesn't exist. She is a person called Nancy Brown. However, Mr. Block then says that he has fallen for Barbara. In a surprise twist, she says yes but then rejects him. Over the next few weeks, Mr. Block pursues her with no luck. He learns that Barbara has set up her own corporation and goes to be interviewed to become a secretary. She is rather cold towards him and dismisses him early on. In contrast to an earlier occurance, he counts to four waiting for Barbara to appear from behind him and call out for him. As he counts on to six, he realises he doesn't have the power he did before. As the elevator doors open though, Barbara is in there waiting for him and they go on to marry and co-author a book together.

I like the setting which is between the 1920s and 1940s. It has that oldish feel to it and if I'm not wrong, that's when women in America campaigned for more rights such as the rights to vote in elections. The story is fitting. And I think that the screen writer must have had such foresight to look at the setting and utilise it for the story. Awesome.