
Mary Horowitz writes crossword puzzles for the Sacramento Herald. She's loquacious to a fault. When kids at a Career Day make fun of her for being single, she accepts a blind date with Steve, the cameraman for a CNN-like news network. Within minutes she decides he's the man for her. Quickly put off by her constant verbiage and over-the-top advances, he makes an off-hand remark about going on the road with her, then splits. Moonstruck, she writes a sappy crossword puzzle, lose... (Full plot summary below)
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Mary Horowitz writes crossword puzzles for the Sacramento Herald. She's loquacious to a fault. When kids at a Career Day make fun of her for being single, she accepts a blind date with Steve, the cameraman for a CNN-like news network. Within minutes she decides he's the man for her. Quickly put off by her constant verbiage and over-the-top advances, he makes an off-hand remark about going on the road with her, then splits. Moonstruck, she writes a sappy crossword puzzle, loses her job, and decides to follow him as the news team crisscrosses the Southwest; Steve's team eggs her on. Then she falls into a mine shaft, and she and Steve become a story. It a love story?
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| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Corey HallMary's supposed to be a plucky free spirit, but mostly she's a chatty bore who's emotionally clueless. |
| About.comRebecca MurrayAll About Steve is offensive, absurd and pointless. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongA screwball comedy missing more than a few crucial screws. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickIf it didn't come from a major studio, I would think the film is a satire of romantic comedies, or at least some kind of avant-garde experiment in testing the limits of audience identification |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekOne might be tempted to call it perfectly dreadful if it didn't seem inappropriate to utter the word 'perfect' anywhere within miles of it. |
| Seanax.comSean AxmakerThere's not much to All About Steve but it's a part Bullock does well: the tomboy, the goofball, the cute but weird ugly duckling... |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunIt's a sort of anti-romance romantic comedy, and though uneven, it's a lot smarter than most films in the genre. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinHow do you make a movie about a protagonist so profoundly irritating that even her loved ones barely tolerate her? And how do you avoid annoying audiences to the point of distraction in the process? |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark PfeifferAll About Steve is constructed as a romantic comedy, but Mary's tireless, stalker-like behavior suggests that this ought to be a horror film. |
| Cinemalogue.comRubin SafayaWere you thinking "deaf kids", "sinkhole"? No? I defy you to write a dumber screenplay. |