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Summary: one of my favorites
Review: Great moive. Excellent (not too well known) cast. Really enjoyable.
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Summary: Thank you
Review: I cant believe how much i love this movie. Any guy who wants to pick up chicks has to see this movie. I gaurentee that theses methods really do work. The funniest thing about this movie was the fact that it was so true. My girlfriend was in awe because of truth of the matter. throguh this movie i feel i understand womens labidos to an extent
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Summary: What a blast!
Review: I fully agree with another reviewer that, due to low budget, what would make an independent film enjoyable if not the basics: good dialogue, good acting, good direction. This movie got them all. I particularly loved the fast, witty dialogue that cracked me up every five minutes or so. Yesterday while watching "Vanilla Sky" up to the dramatic scene when a jealous Cameron Diaz drove off the road with her boyfriend on a suicidal spin, I burst out laughing as it occurred to me that "The Tao of Steve" had a similar scene, only Donald Logue never acted like a hysterical Tom Cruise, he simply asked his jealous mistress (Ayelet Kaznelson), "Does this side have an air bag?".... No offense Cruise or Crowe fans.... I know the two movies have nothing else in common; my point is, "Vanilla Sky" -- with a huge budget plus all the hot stars and sophisticated special effects -- was nothing but a failed attempt at being "deep", while "The Tao of Steve", with no such attempt or ambition, clearly hit the jackpot.
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Summary: something to pass the time
Review: i guess i was expecting the cinematic equivalent of -the tao of pooh-, which this is not. silly me.this is basically another movie about what men do to get women to have sex with them, along with a typical dysfunctional i'll-be-miserable-without-you love story.i did like the characters,acting,and the scenery,so that's something.it's a pleasant movie to kill some time.
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Summary: Boring......
Review: I had heard a lot of good things about this movie. I thought it was going to be good, funny, look at dating. I was hoping for a regular guys kinda of swingers. Instead, well it was just plain boring. I really wanted to like this film. No such luck.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I had heard this movie featured disc golf (that's FRISBEE) and was happy to see this game included and wanted more. But this movie is not "about" disc golf. It's about . . . well, a fat guy who seems to be a real lady killer. It may have had its moments, meaning I smiled some, but never really laughed out loud. If you're a 20-something, slacker male, you'll probably enjoy it. But it's the opposite of a chick flick and I think very overrated.
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Summary: A slow, tedious movie about a lumpish loser
Review: I rented this movie because a lot of people said it was sooooo good. It's not. It follows the exploits of a doofy guy who lives with a bunch of other slackers and dolts, and shows his semi-pathetic efforts to win back a woman he had an affair with long ago. It's not a horrible movie, but it isn't really very good, either.
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Summary: The Tao of Syeve
Review: I saw this movie for the second time last night and I was struck by a curious symmetry that totally escaped me the first time. While the core of the movie revolves around the simplistic Taoist rules for getting women employed by the hero, Dex, and their apparent destruction at the hands of "true love" with heroine Syd, there is a curious twist that actually reinforces the Tao of Steve.MAJOR SPOILER FOLLOWS....... Consider the actions of Syd. She: 1) loses her desire for Dex. (10 years of loathing after their one night stand took their toll.) 2) shows her excellence in his precense (playing the drums, remember?) and, then after an hour of screen time full of assorted machinations, she: 3) splits for New York! So the _real_ message is that the Tao of Steve can not only work for overweight men, but for women as well. In my view these characters had a long way to go before really falling in love and, in many respects, the movie ends just as the real story about that potential love is about to begin.
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Summary: A relic of the slacker era
Review: I suspect the reason for the obese lothario was to fool the audience into overlooking the genericness and over-familiarity of the story. The film is oddly anachronistic too. It seems like a relic of the early to mid 90's era when films like "Kicking and Screaming", "Slacker", "Singles", "Clerks", etc. were being made. Are there Gen-X'ers who still find literature and philosophy sexy? It seems to me that Donal Logue's Dex, no matter how likeable he is, would be quite the Stu when put up against all the management and finance graduates with their SUVs and cell-phones. However, the film is made with such enthusiasm and because it practically exudes goodwill, I allowed myself to be fooled and I found myself rooting for Dex. There's not many memorable moments, or even highlights for that matter, in the film. It's much like spending time with your dorky, goofy, slacker friends. It's inconsequential fun in-between the important stuff you've got to deal with in real life. Wait, I do remember one particular moment distinctly. There was one unexpected moment in which real pathos struck me and I think Goodman would have been better off if she had aborted Dex's story and instead followed the snubbed waitress Dex once slept with but whose name he has long forgotten. Come on, how many foxes get snubbed that severely by fat slobs with no stock portfolio?
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Summary: When Dating Gets Philosophical (based on theater release)
Review: Men and women and the romantic things that happen between them is often the topic of movies, but they don't usually contain references to Lao Tzu, Heidegger, and Groucho Marx. Donal Logue plays overweight kindergarten teacher Dex who possesses some incredibly unique views on dating. His philosophy or "Tao" is that of "Steve". He operates under the belief that the coolest men in our culture have been named Steve, the pinnacle of them being Steve McQueen. Sound crazy? It is. TAO OF STEVE has those characteristics that make movies like Swingers and Mallrats so appealing. It takes a look at dating and sex in a way you may not have heard before. It's funny and intelligent and a great first attempt at a feature film for newcomer Jenniphr Goodman. A refreshing, intellectual, romantic-comedy in the middle of low-brow humor like American Pie. Take a chance, you won't be dissapointed.
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