ALL OVER THE GUY (AOTG) is one of the better, funnier and more crowd-pleasing independent titles to be released via an American distributor in 2001. As a film festival programmer who's viewed more than 300 submitted movies in the past year, AOTG ranks up there with the best of them in the "gay comedy" genre, and which should appeal to the majority of "straight" movie-goers, too. It's a "feel-good" date movie, well-directed and exceptionally well-acted (particularly Richard Rucollo, in a role that's a far departure from his former TWO GUYS AND A GIRL TV-Series persona), which deserves to become a break-out hit during its theatrical run. Featuring guest cameos by Lisa Kudrow, Christina Ricci and Doris Roberts, AOTG is foremost a comedic love story between two twenty-something men in search of "the one." And more impressively, a film whose light tone, upbeat score and clever one-liners are a welcome departure from this year's crop of "brooding and complex gay issues" movies which are currently circulating the cineplexes and festivals. Make no mistake: This film is pure entertainment for entertainment's sake, much in the same vein as I THINK I DO, RELAX...IT'S JUST SEX and BIG EDEN. And sometimes, if it's this well done, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Review of All Over the Guy
