Review of All Over the Guy (2001) by Emilie R — 24 Jun 2007

This is one of my favourite movies.

I really enjoyed this movie and hired by chance off the new release section of our video shop. I can watch this movie over and over again and it leaves you with a warm feeling inside.

I liked the fact that two people who at first don't seem to connect or mesh at all can find love - just like in the real world. People in relationships don't stay that way because they are the same, it is the difference in people that attracts you to them - otherwise I suggest you go out and get yourself a clone.

Eli was wonderfully witty and says all the things you wish you had come up with in retrospect. I didn't think of him as a neurotic homosexual, I saw him as a neurotic Jew. It comes with the territory, sexuality has nothing to do with it.

How can you say that Richard Ruccolo is too distracting because he's not the leading man? That's the whole point of the bloody movie! The story would have been complete sap if it had been played the other way around as it has been suggested.

I thought it wasn't a movie about gay politics, it was a movie about gay relationships without being sappy like The Sum of Us. It is a wonderful movie about people who find each other when they least expect it. There is no preaching about gay rights, it's a relaxed, well written movie that leaves you with a warm glow.