All Over the Guy (2001)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Julie Davis

Writer:

Dan Bucatinsky (writer)

Release Date:

7 March 2002 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

4 friends, 2 couples. Twice as much to lie about in the morning.

Plot:

"All Over The Guy" is a contemporary romantic comedy about the quest to find the "one" when "the one"...

Plot Keywords:

Blind Date | Alcoholic | Gay Friend | Gay Bar | Parent Child Relationship

Cast

Dan Bucatinsky	...	Eli Wyckoff
Richard Ruccolo	...	Tom
Sasha Alexander	...	Jackie Samantha Gold
Adam Goldberg	...	Brett Miles Sanford
Andrea Martin	...	Dr. Ellen Wyckoff
Joanna Kerns	...	Lydia
Christina Ricci	...	Rayna Wyckoff
Lisa Kudrow	...	Marie
Doris Roberts	...	Esther
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Abatemarco	...	Dr. David Wyckoff
Julie Claire	...	Lizz
Ben Foreman	...	Young Eli
Sydney Foreman	...	Young Rayna
Chris Gann	...	Stripper (as Christian Gann)
Blaise Garza	...	Young Tom
Michael Harris	...	Gary
Bev Land	...	Mitch
Donnie Land	...	Pizza Guy
Thea Mann	...	Donna
Matthew Poage	...	Bartender
Nicolas Surovy	...	Jim
Nicole Tocantins	...	Rachael
Caroline Williams	...	Waitress (as Caroline Hope Williams)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

The name of the producer of the movie, Juan A. Mas, is used in the police report that Tom reads to Eli.

Goofs:

Continuity: The morning after Eli and Tom's first night together, Eli is covered by a blanket. In the next shot, Eli is wearing knee-length shorts and is not covered by a blanket.

Quotes:

[discussing Eli's bad date with Tom the previous night]
Eli Wyckoff: He kept saying, "You do the math," even when it made no sense sense. What a turn-off.
Brett Miles Sanford: What's the turn-on? According to your mother you haven't had a hard-on since she first took you to see THE NUTCRACKER at the Jewish Community Center in first grade.
Eli Wyckoff: Stop talking to my mother about my sex life.
Brett Miles Sanford: What sex life?
Eli Wyckoff: I have one!
Brett Miles Sanford: Uh huh, right.
[makes jerking off motions]
Eli Wyckoff: Ok, y'know, it counts. I spent 10 years learning which buttons to push, now I just have to look at myself and I cum.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

Soundtrack:

I've Been Waiting

He gets it just right!

This film is much more than it seems. True to Dan Bucatinsky's vision, it showcases many of the emotional states that any coming together relationship must travel through. That's what really got me, especially the second time around. I could be watching any couple of any gender, any race, any age. I loved that. It showed me myself at various times of my own life. The actors know what they are talking about and we pick up the tiny changes of facial expressions that demonstrate this. The photography is complementary and inventive. We see the first kiss over the shoulder; the vodka falling into oversized "martini" glasses. Ya gotta watch it more than once and you'll catch all this. Kudos to the director, Julie Davis, the well chosen cast (beautiful and funny) and to Dan for everything else. I wish you all great success from here on in! (Dan: Vassar, wow!)