Recent docu-dramas such as KIDS and GIRLS TOWN score very big on presentation values and the way current society is told in a realistic manner. ALL OVER ME is pretty much like the rest of them. This one is another look at adolescent problems, but it delivers a frightening message about young teenage girls who are addicted to drugs, alcohol, alternative music, vulgarity, and homosexuality. Its moody and gritty urban setting makes the pleasure even scarier. Every bit of strong attention to detail is well done and well acted, although some may be offended by teenage lesbianism thrown into this thing. I doubt that many of us would feel embarrassed about it, since issues like this has creeped slowly into the mainstream. For me, GIRLS TOWN was better at delivering a rich docu-like account of youths doing all the wrong moves, but ALL OVER ME is another solid example of society gone bad. Pretty disturbing, but that's the whole truth!
Review of All Over Me
All Over Me
(1997)
Another finely provocative look at scary urban culture in the mid-90s.
27 December 1998