All About Steve

For those of you who know me, you know how hard it is for me to not be 100% in love with a Sandy Bullock movie. I'll be honest, All About Steve looked awful. I was not so secretly hoping it would be quietly released straight to DVD and bypass any theatrical embarrassment. Aside from the delayed release date and the unfunny previews, I could smell Steve a mile away because of its writer - Kim Barker. This is the woman who was responsible for the colossal waste of time that was License to Wed. Who gave her another writing job? What kind of actors would agree to be in a movie written by this person? Do they not use imdb? Do they not do research? On what planet is the phrase "from the writer of License to Wed" a good thing? Whew. Now that I've gotten all of that off of my chest, let me say that All About Steve is not entirely awful, although the things that are wrong with it, I blame on the uneven screenplay. I found the character of Mary Horowitz (Bullock) to often be annoying. And why does she have a lisp? What purpose does that serve? Steve is the kind of movie that's silly and just wants to make you smile and feel good about who you are....and for the most part, mildly succeeds.

Oh, and I saw Extract again. :)