All About Steve (2009)

Convinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

Director:

Phil Traill

Writer:

Kim Barker

Stars:

Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sandra Bullock	...	Mary Horowitz
Thomas Haden Church	...	Hartman
Bradley Cooper	...	Steve
Ken Jeong	...	Angus
DJ Qualls	...	Howard
Howard Hesseman	...	Mr. Horowitz
Keith David	...	Corbitt
Beth Grant	...	Mrs. Horowitz
Katy Mixon	...	Elizabeth
M.C. Gainey	...	Norm the Truck Driver
Holmes Osborne	...	Soloman
Delaney Hamilton	...	Little Deaf Girl
Jason Jones	...	Vasquez
Carlos Gómez	...	Rescue Supervisor (as Carlos Gomez)
George Sharperson	...	Rescuer

Storyline

Mary Horowitz writes crossword puzzles for the Sacramento Herald. She's loquacious to a fault. When kids at a career day make fun of her for being single, she accepts a blind date with Steve, the cameraman for a CNN-like news network. Within minutes she decides he's the man for her. He's quickly put off by her constant verbiage and over-the-top advances; he makes an off-hand remark about going on the road with her, and splits. She's moonstruck, writes a sappy crossword puzzle, loses her job, and decides to follow him as the news team crisscrosses the Southwest; Steve's team eggs her on. Then she falls in a mine shaft, and she and Steve become a story; is it a love story?

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Plot Keywords:

woman initiating sex | interrupted sex | sex scene | asperger's syndrome | fired from the job | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content including innuendos

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish French American Sign Language

Release Date:

4 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alocada obsesión

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,058,106, 6 September 2009, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$33,860,010, 6 December 2009

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox 2000 Pictures,Radar Pictures,Dune Entertainment III

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2006 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

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Goofs

One of the many problems with Howard's car is that, "reverse doesn't work," but when we first see the car in the hospital parking lot it has obviously been reversed into its spot.

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Quotes

Mary Horowitz: I think you mean, am I conscious? Not, am I conscience?
[People Chuckling]
Mary Horowitz: 'Conscious' means alert and awake. 'Conscience' is your inner morality gauge... you know, the thing that stops you from doing bad things... e.g., killing, stealing, harming helpless animals and whatnot.
Vasquez: Can we leave her down there?
Mary Horowitz: To answer your question, yes, I am conscious. My leg is bleeding, though I'll probably live. Yours truly, Mary Horowitz. P.S. Did anyone lose a little deaf girl? I found one. She's fine, other ...

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Episode #24.1 (2009)

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Soundtracks

Hawaiian Jam
Traditional
Arranged by Gerard K. Marino (as Gerard Marino)
Performed by Sam Ako
Courtesy of RipTide Music, Inc.

User Reviews

Awkward Comedy: "There is a method in the Madness"

Written In True Mary Horowitz Style:

Did you ever wonder HOW a Real person with a completely separate "Public" identity feels - say Charles Lindbergh whose child was stolen or Martin Luther King, Jr. whose front porch was bombed? There are Crazy people in this world - UTTERLY out of their mind crazy, mean and destructive...

• then there people like Mary: Kind, Gentle, Dorky and always trying to figure things out - yet still trying to find real love - just like everyone else. I thought Ms. Bullock's film was very compassionate, considerate and caring - An Excellent Comedy with Heart!

The scene where the two friends show how many people Mary touched in a positive way, compared to how many the newscaster touched in a negative way was priceless and showed Mary's true nature and thus her true value. Something that Mary had to learn for herself and DOES.

Learning to value yourself is a hard lesson and some people like, Marilyn Monroe, never quite get it and give up (but are so vain they take pictures before they do) and other's like the self-abdicated King of England get it right the first time - when true love hits them between the eye - yet still late in life (age 42):

"But you must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King (of England) as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love." - Edward the VIII

The sad fact is that many of us are late bloomers and in this world ... Thank you Ms. Bullock for always having a Heart of Gold. I'd rather live in the same category as Edward the 8th any day. Truly, "Thank You."

In addition, thank you Cast for making it funnier than heck - the "dead horse" getting up was PRICELESS so was the newscaster's spin doctoring - I almost split my side!!!!