Review of All About Steve (2009) by Aleksi M — 09 Jun 2010

Okay, so Sandra Bullock is a nerdy crossword manufactor for a local newspaper who hasn't had a man in a long time. In fact, I don't think that she has ever had a boyfriend and I'm not surprised. She has absolutley no social skills and is kind of... weird.

Well everything changes when her parents hook him up with a man named Steve who is working for a news channel as a cameraman. She of course instantly falls in love with him because he's a handsome guy, but he doesn't get her because she's kind of... weird.

So then she starts to stalk him because she doesn't understand that Steve doesn't like her, and even goes on the road and follows his news team around. Steve of course tries to run away from her because she's well.. weird.

Oh god even writing about that plot makes me want to punch the guy responsible. In what conference room did they think that making this film was nescessary? I mean who thought that they would like to see this film? Haven't we seen enough of this crap already?! Well apparently they thought: No! because this film was made.

The first thing that will strike you as horrible is the grand leading lady herself, Sandra Bullock. What on earth was she trying to do here? Her character is obnoxious, annoying and hyper active, and I dare you to find any redeeming qualities about her. I dare you. It doesn't help that Sandra Bullock herself is terrible as playing that terrible character. In a film like this the main characters have to work! If we're supposed to feel for these people you have to make them likeable!

This film is just full of annoying scenes. For example, the scene where she talks to a class about her job. Those kids are total assholes and not in the way that kids really are. I mean don't be mistaken, kids are assholes, but no kid would react like that to her speach. Just a minor thing but it bugged me alright! And also I forgot to mention, she talks to her guineapig... Seriously.

Okay here's the biggest flaw in the film. Are you ready? It's not funny! I mean you can forgive a lot in a bad comedy if there's at least a few scenes that make you smile or laugh. There isn't any of them in here. All the gags that they attempt? FAIL! Even the subtle little jokes in the background? FAIL! Every joke by Sandra Bullock? DOUBLE FAIL!

This film wss painful to sit through, and it doesn't help that wonderful actors like Thomas Hayden Church and Bradley Cooper are involved, they save nothing.

This film attempts to make some filosophical statements about life by comparing it to a crossword puzzle. There are a lot of metaphors and comparisons that make absolutely no sense. And even if they made sense, who wants to hear about crossword puzzles anyway? No one! They are not that interresting and it seems that the people who make them aren't either.

Overall, there's basically no redeeming value in this film. The only good thing that came out of it was a scene involving a dead horse, and that only made me laugh because the gag was so stupid and desperate. This is a good candidate for the list of the worst films of the year. By the way if you're wondering why I still gave this film 20%, let me explain. I save the 10% rating for the films that are actually harmful while being horrible. At least this film was harmless. It just sucked!