All Over The Guy

Comedy, Romance

Dan Bucatinsky	Eli
Richard Ruccolo	Tom
Doris Roberts	Esther
Michael Harris	Gary
Sasha Alexander	Jackie Samantha Gold
Adam Goldberg	Brett
Blaise Garza	Young Tom
Joanna Kerns	Lydia
Nicolas Surovy	Jim
Matthew Poage	Bartender
Sasha Alexander (II)
Lisa Kudrow
Christina Ricci
Andrea Martin

Director	Julie Davis
Producer	Dan Bucatinsky; Susan Dietz; Caroline Aaron
Writer	Dan Bucatinsky

"Oh, I hate that movie!" The outburst of contempt the characters feel toward the clichés of In and Out announces All Over the Guy as a gay romantic comedy with a difference. That difference, apparently, is that gay men can suffer the same neurotic commitment problems and kooky conflicts on the way to true love as straight couples. Prissy control freak Dan Bucatinsky (who also scripted) and macho alcoholic Richard Ruccolo recover from a train wreck of a blind date to find common ground in traumatic childhood stories, and spend the rest of the film breaking up between smart remarks. There's a snap to Bucatinsky's dialogue and an entertaining lilt to Julie Davis's direction, but the characters never become more than caricatures. Token straight couple Sasha Alexander and Adam Goldberg are far more fun, and Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow make memorable cameos. --Sean Axmaker