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It’s been six months since we featured the first trailer for All About Steve, a romantic comedy that was actually supposed to be released last March. 20th Century Fox was smart to delay it six months because, in the interim, its two leads have transformed their careers. Brad Cooper went from that guy in Wedding Crashers to the star of The Hangover and Sandra Bullock has gone from has-been romantic comedy lead to the star of the sixth highest grossing romantic comedy of all time (and her personal biggest hit), The Proposal (topping the box-office receipts of even Speed).

The problem, however, is that the trailer for All About Steve (which is now due for release over Labor Day) looks like one of those straight-to-DVD movies that actors make early in the careers before their career takes off that a studio drags off the shelf to capitalize on the star’s sudden popularity. It looks like a movie starring that guy from Wedding Crashers and a has-been romantic comedy lead.

Fortunately, Labor Day weekend is one of the slowest movie weekends of the year, and for the sake of both Bullock and Cooper, All About Steve will fly under the radar and not cause any permanent damage to their newly minted A-status. It looks positively dreadful, though I’ll concede the seat-belt scene is kind of funny. Unfortunately, if that’s the best you can offer in the trailer, there’s not much hope for your movie.



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Comments

This is a comedy? I though it was a remake of The Other Sister.

Posted by: Some Guy at August 13, 2009 10:56 AM

I've heard that this was a modest hit in Purgatory.

Posted by: TSF at August 13, 2009 10:57 AM

I have to admit, I did enjoy watching Sandra Bullock falling into an open mineshaft. But probably not for the reasons the filmmakers intended.

On another note, Sandy. Baby. Fire your hair and makeup people. By that I mean, set them on fire so they can never do . . . whatever it is they did to you in this movie ever again.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at August 13, 2009 11:12 AM

Speaking of, TSF, I watched Sweet Home Alabama last night which I believe also saw mild success in Purgatory.

Posted by: becks at August 13, 2009 11:14 AM

I saw this trailer at the theater last night, and I was more than horrified at Sandra Bullock's appearance. Firstly, she looks anorexic. Secondly, the hair. My Jesopus, the hair! She looks ridiculous and the movie looks awful, bad, stupid, pointless, mindless and embarrassing to all involved.

Posted by: Cindy at August 13, 2009 11:21 AM

Good to know!
And thousands of sincere and serious tall people I met on ___Tallloving C om___ are the most amazing people I ever met! they care nothing but real love and chemistry! that's what we are looking for in today's world!

Posted by: keny at August 13, 2009 11:21 AM

Headbadger. The only explanation for Sandra Bullock's hair.

Posted by: jM at August 13, 2009 11:32 AM

Posted by: jM at August 13, 2009 11:32 AM

*coffeenose*

Posted by: branded at August 13, 2009 11:39 AM

Christ, this looks like shit.

Also, who would I get in contact with if I wanted studios to stop the movie poster design trend of "It's a comedy, so we'll silo out the actors, plop a radial gradient behind them, and what the hell, let's use Helvetica, Avenir, or Futura. If it's 'quirky' we'll use a font that looks like the hand writing of Michael J. Fox."?

Posted by: henchman for hire at August 13, 2009 11:57 AM

God, she looks awful! What the fuck happened?

Posted by: Caspar at August 13, 2009 12:26 PM

Two chortles from the trailer (seatbelt & mineshaft) + hotness of Bradley Cooper + Beth Grant (she doubts your committment to Sparkle Motion!) = probably perfectly watchable, as these things go. Not something you'd seek out, but I've seen some fairly awful movies in my time, and I doubt this would find a place among them.

Posted by: Shay at August 13, 2009 12:50 PM

Holy shit. Did she steal Brett Michaels' weave?

And man...Bradley Cooper does nothing for me. It's like I forget he's there seconds after I've looked at him.

Posted by: figgy at August 13, 2009 1:02 PM

Thank you figgy. I cannot understand people thinking he's attractive in the least.

Posted by: Cindy at August 13, 2009 2:57 PM

3 words when i saw this trailer. what the fuck.

Posted by: robin at August 13, 2009 3:23 PM

I´m devastated....I just looked up the Hangover-review, hoping to read a funny as hell "agentbadhead-insults-the-movie-until-it-cries"-review, but I found phrases like "Funniest movie of the year"....and now I watch this adoring and funny looking trailer and see you people drag it through the mud. Why does everybody hate Sandra Bullock so much? Even if you don´t like her, it´s obvious that she has more timing and subtleness than Zach Galifianakis (which is not sooo hard). I mean, compare her amazingly crumpled face in the seatbelt-scene, and Zach Galifianakis asking if Caesar really inhabited the Caesar´s Palace....sorry, but how lame can a joke be....

A part of my love for Pajiba died today. R.I.P.

Posted by: Zean-Chris at August 13, 2009 4:44 PM

Oh, my God - Figgy and Cindy, my family. I don't think he is cute AT ALL. Seriously.

Posted by: samantha t at August 13, 2009 4:59 PM

I'm with Zean-Chris on this one. Ok, maybe Sandra Bullock doesn't always pick the best of movies, but I love her comedic timing. She can do physical comedy, has changeable and funny facial expressions, and seems perfectly witty. An indie movie or two would probably do her some good, but she's cool enough in my book. And her hair doesn't bother me here as much as it does in the upcoming The Blind Side.

Posted by: nutmeag at August 13, 2009 5:33 PM

Even the voice-over guy is bush league.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at August 13, 2009 5:38 PM

Whee! Bradley Cooper is the fug.

Posted by: Cindy at August 13, 2009 9:58 PM

Dunno... for me he'll always be that guy from Alias, and nothing much more.

And yes, Sandy: hire that makeover team from Miss Congeniality, or give a call to one of the Ty... CrazyMcRibsTyTy or Ty Pennington, whatever.
But fix it!

Posted by: Zeebedida at August 14, 2009 5:53 AM

Oh dear godtopus. I'm that tragic girl who loves romantic comedies, but this looks like a total steaming pile. Is that how quirky, individual girls are supposed to act? Cause...you know...I like to think of myself as mildly quirky and individual, but there's no way I would let anyone do that to my hair.

Posted by: redfeathers at August 14, 2009 6:14 AM

I think this movie looks decent. I just became a fan of All About Steve on facebook- bit.ly/yOiIw

Posted by: lana at August 14, 2009 4:45 PM

Ha, you know a movie sucks when the freaking spambot is only selling it as 'decent'. Nothing says 'must-see' like pure adequacy.

Posted by: kelly at August 15, 2009 11:43 AM





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