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A teenage lesbian comes-of-age in this drama. Claude (Alison Folland) is a raw-boned girl graduating from high school. She spends all the time she can with her beautiful friend Ellen (Tara Subkoff). E... read more read more...llen has lately gotten a new boyfriend, and has less time for their previous intimacy. Claude has a part-time job at a pizza joint in her multiracial neighborhood in New York City, and makes friends there, and in her neighborhood. Gay newcomer Luke, with whom she shares her dream of becoming a rock musician, is among her most recent acquaintances. Realizing finally that Ellen will not return her affections and that her own affections are lesbian in nature, she slowly develops the courage to act on her feelings, and she hesitantly goes to a lesbian bar, where she meets Lucy (Leisha Hailey), an older woman who can simultaneously offer her sexual guidance and help Claude with her musical aspirations. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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85% liked it

27 critics

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Alex Sichel

Release Date: April 25, 1997

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DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005

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Flixster Reviews (209)

  • romy861
    January 20, 2009
    romy861
    Loved this movie. Very moving and subtle. Great cast too. I'm surprised it wasn't more popular.
  • TribalGrrl
    May 17, 2012
    TribalGrrl
    Not the best lesbian movie I've seen but by far not the worst!! You can only try so hard and so much till you have no choice but to move on!!
  • thesouthernlady
    June 23, 2008
    thesouthernlady
    I don't like Claude's best friend in the movie. She becomes a hoe and her boyfriend kills a gay guy. This movie is messed up, but a good one. Watch it once, then you understand it.
  • rkacsala
    April 24, 2007
    rkacsala
    I love that movie! I enjoyed Allison Folland, Leisha Hailey, and Wilson Cruz! The soundtrack was awesome as well!
  • pattergr
    March 14, 2007
    pattergr
    And here we have a lesbian Nothing Happens film! Sarcasm aside, this was a good flick. I liked the realistic filming techniques and that the plot wasn't overwrought with drama. A good example of growing up gay.

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Emanuel Levy
June 29, 2006
Emanuel Levy, Variety

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

Kevin Thomas
February 14, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Sichel is just great with her cast. Full Review

Edward Guthmann
January 1, 2000
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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

Nell Bernstein
January 1, 2000
Nell Bernstein, Salon.com

It succeeds beautifully at capturing the inner life of girls. Full Review

Janet Maslin
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times

A confident first feature. Full Review

John Hartl
January 1, 2000
John Hartl, Film.com

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

Tom Keogh
January 1, 2000
Tom Keogh, Film.com

Its blunt reprocessing of contemporary sacred cows in film realism ... rings false, the work of a user opting out of the imagination business.

Joe Baltake
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

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

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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

Don Willmott
July 28, 2005
Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

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

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