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JamesG · 09-06-2009, 06:09 AM

Movie Reviews: All About Steve
4 September 2009 1:28 PM, PDT

All About Steve, starring Sandra Bullock as a crossword-puzzle constructor for a local paper, is generating some of the most caustic comments of the year -- many of them ideally suited for crossword puzzles.

"Toothless and tasteless" is the way Claudia Puig describes it in USA Today.

Manohla Dargis in the New York Times uses the word "inert" to describe the filmmaking on display here.

Kyle Smith in the New York Times warns: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy review," then describes the movie as "grotesquely unfunny," "brain-stranglingly witless," "a deeply unpleasant, bottomless well of cringe induction," and then the kicker: "It may be the worst Bullock movie I've seen, and I've seen Speed 2: Cruise Control."

Peter Howell in the Toronto Star comments that the film should "have gone straight to DVD -- or even better, to landfill."

But Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune produces perhaps the best put-down of them all: "There's nothing wrong with All About Steve that a rewrite couldn't fix," he writes, "as long as the rewrite involved a different writer, a different character and a different story."

-IMDB News

comedyfreak · 09-06-2009, 02:37 PM

Movie goers once again said, FU to the critics. The numbers are in and Steve came in at number 2. I went and seen Halloween 2 last night. When are ya posting the totals? I know you can't wait.

PlayOn · 09-06-2009, 06:05 PM

I never listen/read the reviews. I believe it should be up to the person if a movie is good or isn't. To itch is own.

Jude The Obscure · 09-06-2009, 06:48 PM

oh Brandon, that is one funny typo! "To itch is own"

09-06-2009, 06:09 AM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,140	Movie Reviews: "All About Steve" Movie Reviews: All About Steve 4 September 2009 1:28 PM, PDT All About Steve, starring Sandra Bullock as a crossword-puzzle constructor for a local paper, is generating some of the most caustic comments of the year -- many of them ideally suited for crossword puzzles. "Toothless and tasteless" is the way Claudia Puig describes it in USA Today. Manohla Dargis in the New York Times uses the word "inert" to describe the filmmaking on display here. Kyle Smith in the New York Times warns: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy review," then describes the movie as "grotesquely unfunny," "brain-stranglingly witless," "a deeply unpleasant, bottomless well of cringe induction," and then the kicker: "It may be the worst Bullock movie I've seen, and I've seen Speed 2: Cruise Control." Peter Howell in the Toronto Star comments that the film should "have gone straight to DVD -- or even better, to landfill." But Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune produces perhaps the best put-down of them all: "There's nothing wrong with All About Steve that a rewrite couldn't fix," he writes, "as long as the rewrite involved a different writer, a different character and a different story." -IMDB News

09-06-2009, 02:37 PM	#2
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,060	Movie goers once again said, FU to the critics. The numbers are in and Steve came in at number 2. I went and seen Halloween 2 last night. When are ya posting the totals? I know you can't wait.
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09-06-2009, 06:05 PM	#3
PlayOn ADHD: what I have not who I am Senior Member Join Date: Jun 17, 2006 Location: I'll never tell. :p Posts: 2,745	I never listen/read the reviews. I believe it should be up to the person if a movie is good or isn't. To itch is own.
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09-06-2009, 06:48 PM	#4
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	oh Brandon, that is one funny typo! "To itch is own"