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Hartman (Thomas Hayden Church) feigns surprise as Mary (Sandra Bullock) puts the moves on Steve (Bradley Cooper) in “All About Steve.” |
I’m not sure exactly when I decided that “All About Steve” must be the stupidest romantic comedy I’ve seen in the past three months.
It might have been when Sandra Bullock’s character, Mary Horowitz, runs across a field and “falls” into an open mine, when she clearly could see the giant hole before she fell.
Or it might have been when Mary reveals her inner feelings, dreams and desires to her best friend, a hamster named Carol.
Or it might have been when a woman who’s had surgery to remove a latent phallic appendage rubs up against co-star Bradley Cooper and asks him, “Can you feel my scar?”
But I’m guessing it probably really happened when “All About Steve” began treating intelligence as a handicap, and smart people as social pariahs. (Read more…)