After one short date, a brilliant crossword constructor decides that a CNN cameraman is her true love. Because the cameraman's job takes him hither and yon, she crisscrosses the country, turning up at media events as she tries to convince him they are perfect for each other.
Packaged as a romantic comedy but devoid of comedy or romance, this baffling train wreck stars Sandra Bullock as a tediously kooky constructor of crossword puzzles for a Sacramento newspaper.
– Cliff Doerksen,
Chicago Reader,
21 Sep 2009
rotten:
Mary is a memorable comic creation for all the wrong reasons: glibly written, offensively characterised and bizarrely dressed, she's the classic screwball ditz taken to grotesque and at times unwatchable extremes.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
15 Jan 2010
rotten:
Just when it seems All About Steve couldn't grow any more insufferable, it turns strangely sentimental.
– Christy Lemire,
Associated Press,
28 May 2013
rotten:
Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy review.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
28 May 2013
rotten:
All About Steve is a messy assemblage of clumsy sight gags, winking reaction shots and disingenuous populist genuflection to the idea that there's no such thing as normal. We all see a little bit of Mary in ourselves, don't we? Don't we?