All Over Me

R

Released Apr 25, 1996

1h 30m

Drama

List

87%

Tomatometer

30 Reviews

71%

Audience Score

2,500+ Ratings

Claude (Alison Folland) is a young musician living in New York City's tough Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. She finds herself falling in love with her best friend, Ellen (Tara Subkoff), and although Ellen shows that she might be interested, Ellen is also involved in a relationship with a man named Mark (Cole Hauser). What starts as a tense love triangle soon turns dangerous when Claude realizes that Mark may have had a hand in the murder of her neighbor, Luke (Pat Briggs).

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Critics Consensus

All Over Me takes a serious, sensitive approach to teen lives and romantic relationships that are all too often ignored or misunderstood.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+

Sep 7, 2011

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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.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 29, 2006

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Manohla Dargis

L.A. Weekly

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

Oct 3, 2002

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Mark J. Huisman

The Advocate

Despite some pacing problems, Sichel draws first-rate performances from her cast. Credit must also go to screenwriter Sylvia Sichel, Alex's sister, for creating such interesting characters.

Jun 7, 2022

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Michael Atkinson

Spin

Scrupulously realistic and acutely observed.

Apr 18, 2022

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Jas Keimig

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

The movie documents the nuances in girl friendship at a fragile age that sometimes revels in syrupy, afterschool special type drama. But it's a gay, riot grrrl-light teen flick.

Dec 9, 2021

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Steve D

Not enough riot girl far too much stilted dialog.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/19/23

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Audience Member

This could have been one of those horrible boring indie films where youths are horrible to each other and die in stupid ways a la Ken Park. If it were not for the fact this film is actually good. The characters' arcs are emotionally verisimilitudinous, their actions feel true, and the stakes feel real. The film somehow simultaneously lulled me into a false sense of security while keeping me on edge throughout, keeping me interested until the last frame.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

A coming of age story focusing on friendship. Story is interesting, but nothing special, good performances from the young cast and an appearance by Leisha Hailey.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

I don't regret having watched this movie for a second

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

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!!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

this had felt like "indie-painful" in the first ten minutes of its opening but ok, good that i gave it a fair chance cos it wasn't so bad. quite a sincere effort actually and though not one of those must -sees I'd go round recommending mates, it did 'growing up pains' rather well.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Claude

Tara Subkoff

Ellen

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Synopsis

Claude (Alison Folland) is a young musician living in New York City's tough Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. She finds herself falling in love with her best friend, Ellen (Tara Subkoff), and although Ellen shows that she might be interested, Ellen is also involved in a relationship with a man named Mark (Cole Hauser). What starts as a tense love triangle soon turns dangerous when Claude realizes that Mark may have had a hand in the murder of her neighbor, Luke (Pat Briggs).

Director: Alex Sichel
Producer: Dolly Hall
Screenwriter: Sylvia Sichel
Distributor: Fine Line Features
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 1996, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jun 14, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $286.0K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Ultra-Stereo, Surround