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Peyton Reed

Peyton Reed
Peyton Reed (born 3 July 1964) is an American television and film director.

Reed was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reed directed the motion pictures Bring It On, Down With Love, and The Break-Up; all comedy films. He has also acted in small roles in some films including his own and has written a few original songs for his soundtracks. He has also produced a few music videos.

Most recently Reed directed Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey. Yes Man is an adaptation of Danny Wallace's autobiography about his decision to say "yes" to whatever offer, invitation, challenge, and opportunity that are presented to him.



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Peyton Reed - what members say


  • Down With Love
  • Down With Love review by zozrat from Nottinghamshire
    Rated - 2.0 stars Pillow talk 16 April 2004
    ...rong side of Miss Novack. Let the battle of the sexes commence… Director Peyton Reed created a real curiosity, a modern film approached exactly as if it was an earl...   Read customer review
  • Yes Man
  • Yes Man review by MFCProductions from Halesowen
    Rated - 3.0 stars Maybe Man... 16 May 2010
    ...ters and commits everything to it. This is no exception. Under the direction of Peyton Reed (The Break Up) we are taken through the change in Carl’s life, and in some ways...   Read customer review

Peyton Reed - filmography


  • Yes Man - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Zooey Deschanel,  Terence Stamp
    Director: Peyton Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Peyton Reed directs this comedy based on the memoir by Danny Wallace. Jim Carrey stars as Carl Allen, who signs up for a self-help programme that challenges him to spend a year saying 'yes' to every question or proposal that comes his way. This simple pretext soon results in Carl's life taking off ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 10,697 members
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  • Yes Man on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Zooey Deschanel,  Bradley Cooper
    Director: Peyton Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Carl Allen's life is going nowhere--the operative word being "no"--until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything--and anything. Unleashing the power of "YES" begins to transform Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 59,048 members
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  • The Break-Up on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio,  John Michael Higgins,  Vince Vaughn
    Director: Peyton Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest "why can't you do this one little thing for me?" argument, art dealer Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend, Gary, who hosts bus tours of Chicago. What follows is a series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and underminings, suggested by the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 58,559 members
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  • Down With Love (2003)
    Starring: Sarah Paulson,  Renee Zellweger,  David Hyde Pierce
    Director: Peyton Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A homage to the rom-coms of the 1960s - especially the Doris Day/Rock Hudson vehicles. Small-town librarian, Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) arrives in New York City with big plans and decides to write a novel that embraces feminist views ahead of their time (remember this is set in the 1960s), ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 17,725 members
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  • Bring It On on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Eliza Dushku,  Kirsten Dunst,  Gabrielle Union
    Director: Peyton Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It's the national cheerleader championships and the Toro team from Rancho High are preparing to win the competition for the sixth year in a row. The problem is that they have been saddled with a routine stolen from the Clovers, an up-and-coming team from East Compton who are struggling to get the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 9,968 members
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Peyton Reed facts

5 most recent films

Yes Man - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Yes Man - 3.5 stars
The Break-Up - 3.0 stars
The Break-Up - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Down With Love - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Yes Man - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Yes Man - 3.5 stars
Bring It On - 3.5 stars
The Break-Up - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Break-Up - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Down With Love - 2.5 stars
The Break-Up - 3.0 stars
The Break-Up - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Bring It On - 3.5 stars
Yes Man - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Michael Higgins - 5 times - show films
Sasha Alexander - 3 times - show films
Rocky Carroll - 3 times - show films
Molly Sims - 3 times - show films
Luis Guzman - 3 times - show films