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All Over Me (1997)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:21

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: ALL OVER ME is an intense, naturalistic portrait of a changing friendship between two teenage girls, set in New York's gritty Hell's Kitchen. The symbiotic, loving relationship between riot-grrrl... ALL OVER ME is an intense, naturalistic portrait of a changing friendship between two teenage girls, set in New York's gritty Hell's Kitchen. The symbiotic, loving relationship between riot-grrrl teens Ellen and Claude degrades after Ellen begins dating a rough-hewn, mean-spirited older boy, and Claude tries on a lesbian identity with the help of a new gay male friend. The movie is suffused with alternative music-scene bit parts and cameos, including Leisha Hailey (of the Murmurs) and Mary Timony (of Helium). [More]

Starring: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Shawn Hatosy, Cole Hauser

Starring: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Shawn Hatosy, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz, Pat Briggs, Leisha Hailey, Mary Timony

Director: Alex Sichel

Director: Alex Sichel
Screenwriter: Sylvia Sichel

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Jun 14, 2005

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  • In a world that expects you to fit in, sometimes you have to stand out. In this acclaimed indie hit, young Claude (BOYS DON'T CRY's Alison Foland) and her best friend Ellen (FREEWAY's Tara Subkoff) experience life, love, laughter, and tears growing up on the mean streets of New York. Hot cast includes Pat Briggs (lead singer of the band Psychotica) and Cole Hauser (PITCH BLACK) Rocking soundtrack featuring Patti Smith, Ani DiFranco and Babes in Toyland
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    Though the main charcater is lesbian, Sichel's gritty youth melodrama is so rich in ideas amd so roght in its texture that it goes beyond a coming-out ot even a lesbian-themed story.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    06/29/06
    Emanuel Levy
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    Variety
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    06/24/06
    Geoff Andrew
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    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/06/05
    Film Threat

    transcends its occasional operatic moments by providing plenty of soft-spoken reality

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    07/28/05
    Don Willmott
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    No review available.

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    07/14/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    07/30/03
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    No review available.

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    02/05/03
    Mark Palermo
    Mark Palermo
    Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

    This picture should be required viewing for all teens.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/08/02
    Ron Wells
    Ron Wells
    Film Threat

    Given great lyrical force by Folland, it comes closer to unlocking the secret lives of girls than any other recent American movie.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    10/03/02
    Manohla Dargis
    Manohla Dargis
    L.A. Weekly

    Foland ... gives a marvelously expressive, poignant performance as Claude.

    Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
    01/09/02
    Stephen Farber
    Stephen Farber
    Movieline

    Sichel is just great with her cast.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    02/14/01
    Kevin Thomas
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    Los Angeles Times
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    A walk on the mild side.

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    01/01/00
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    I do think the Sichels got right much of the awkwardness of teenage transitions into adulthood and of the comfort girls find in the company of other equally confused and hormonally distressed girls.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Barbara Shulgasser
    Barbara Shulgasser
    San Francisco Examiner

    Sichel strips her story to the essential, offering a film that's tough, compassionate and true.

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    Edward Guthmann
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    San Francisco Chronicle
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    N/R

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    Greg Muskewitz
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    Part of the reason All Over Me possesses such a stark sense of realism is because of the keenly-observed, unaffected performances of the lead actors.

    Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    James Berardinelli
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    A confident first feature.

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    Janet Maslin
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    Alex and Sylvia Sichel have taken a familiar coming-of-age story, something that might work as an Afterschool Special, and given it the contour, grit and white-hot energy of something much more.

    Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Joe Baltake
    Joe Baltake
    Sacramento Bee

    Less successful at portraying indecision than it is at inducing boredom.

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