Bullock's Mary Horowitz is a cruciverbalist - a crossword puzzle constructor. Her brain spins at warp speed with an endless stream of arcane information. She can come up with the perfect word - and dozens with the same meaning - at a moment's notice, but "normal" behavior eludes her. For Mary, nothing is typical, especially relationships. When she is set up on a blind date with handsome cable-news cameraman Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry is undeniable - that Steve is "the one." Steve, on the other hand, thinks Mary is crazy. Mary, who just knows she's found her soul mate, decides to do anything and go anywhere to be with him. She begins to pursue Steve relentlessly as he crisscrosses the country, covering breaking news stories. Mary's escalating infatuation with Steve is encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes (Thomas Haden Church), who enjoys torturing his insolent cameraman at every opportunity. With Mary never far behind and Hartman urging her on, Steve becomes increasingly unhinged.But when Mary becomes embroiled in the news story of the year, Steve and Hartman begin to see her differently. Hartman is plagued by guilt, knowing his game of one-upmanship with Steve has placed her squarely in harms way, while Steve is feeling his own pangs of remorse at his callous behavior. Despite the media storm surrounding her, Mary with her upbeat, unaffected manner brings together a small community of new friends. And all who encounter Mary will realize that sometimes the ones who don't fit in are the ones who really stand out.Any time that a movie is willing to overexplain what their movie is about (see the above description I found for the movie), it tends to be a really really really bad sign. This movie is no exception to that. This is a really crappy movie. Its pointless. Its corny. Its garbage. This is also a prime of example of a movie studio turning crap in to gold based on circumstances. This movie was supposed to come out almost a year ago, but got shelved. I'm 99.9% sure that its because the movie didn't test well with audiences. Then Sandra Bullock made a huge comeback in The Proposal (although I think the credit for that should go to Ryan Reynolds) and Bradley Cooper was the hottest new star of the summer after The Hangover. So, the studio gets to repackage this movie as starring "the girl from The Proposal" and "the guy from The Hangover" when this movie was actually made before either of those actors did the aforementioned quality movies. And the piece of garbage that is All About Steve benefits off of the success of the other two. However, the people that get screwed are us. Needless to say, I saw one critic write "I saw All About Steve so that you don't have to" as his headline. That quote is beyond spot on.
I definitely would not recommend anyone check out this movie. I actually think the two stars should sue the studio for slander at how their names are being used to sell this garbage and probably putting a damper on the great buzz they had coming off their last movies.
