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All Over the Guy
Lions Gate Films Inc.


8.0

based on 20 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for strong sexual content and language

Starring Dan Bucatinsky, Richard Ruccolo, Adam Goldberg, Sasha Alexander, Tony Abatemarco, and Joanna Kerns

A contemporary romantic comedy about the quest to find the 'one' when the 'one' doesn't know he's the 'one.' (Lions Gate Films)

GENRE(S):	Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Dan Bucatinsky
DIRECTED BY:	Julie Davis
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: December 18, 2001 Video: December 18, 2001 Theatrical: August 10, 2001
RUNNING TIME:	92 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Washington Post Desson Thomson

The movie's entertaining for some wickedly funny situations and witticisms.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

While both leads are appealing enough, it's the stuff on the sidelines that keeps All Over the Guy entertaining.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Surprisingly, this didactic and self-consciously clever romantic comedy isn't annoying -- it's refreshing, moving, and at times quite funny.

Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan

Davis, with a nicely turned and witty screenplay from Bucatinsky, freshens up the familiar predicament by having her two lovers recount the affair to a stranger.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A romantic comedy of wit and substance that actor-writer Dan Bucatinsky and director Julie Davis have moved gracefully from stage to screen with a change of title and sexual orientation.

Variety Joe Leydon

Lightweight but likable romantic comedy about two mismatched gay singletons who are, of course, made for each other.

Chicago Tribune Loren King

Snappy but sappy romantic comedy.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

It's still trite and a little too cutesy for its own good. Gay or straight, the cliches remain, but not to a stultifying degree.

Austin Chronicle Steve Davis

A delight when its comic elements are in high gear.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

The film leaves an acrid taste with the viewer who sits through its long and winding tale of tortured courtship.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

This modest picture is distinguished by some marvelously bitchy dialogue.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Little more than a screenful of boy meets boy, boy meets baggage, boy loses baggage.

San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris

If you want to watch a gaggle of pretty faux-neurotic people hang out and throw quips, you're probably better off watching "Friends."

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

The redeeming features of All Over the Guy are the consistently engaging performances and some genuinely funny dialogue.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

May be free of gay stereotypes, but it's absolutely riddled with romantic cliches. It's hard to see the progress in that.

The New York Times Dave Kehr

Some kind of equality has been achieved when it is impossible to distinguish heterosexual clichés from homosexual ones.

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

Sitcom humor substitutes for wit, and tedious angst supplies the drama.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The movie means well, but neither its emotions nor its performances ring very true.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Indulges in some of the crudest Jewish stereotypes seen in a recent movie, right down to the crack about every Jewish girl having a nose job.

Village Voice Edward Crouse

A painfully earnest case of generic romance spiced with queerness.

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Allen K. gave it a2:
Oh god. Dialogue could have been read as a monologue. Everyone sounded exactly the same. Awful.

Oliver N. gave it a 10:
I loved it, very touching!

Art gave it a 9:
Very enjoyable film. And....isn't that what we want a film to be?

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All Over the Guy Lions Gate Films Inc.

All Over the Guy
Lions Gate Films Inc.