Crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz (Sandra Bullock) is smart, pretty – and a natural disaster that shakes news cameraman Steve (Bradley Cooper) to the core. Set up on a blind date with Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry is undeniable and just knows she’s found her soulmate. She decides to do anything and go anywhere to be with him. Mary’s escalating infatuation is encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes (Thomas Hayden Church) who enjoys torturing his insolent cameraman at every opportunity. As the news team crisscrosses the country covering breaking news stories, Steve becomes increasingly unhinged as Mary trails them. But when the overzealous Mary becomes embroiled in the news story of the year, Steve and Hartman begin to see her differently. Hartman is plagued by guilt knowing his game of one-upmanship with Steve has placed her squarely in harms way while Steve is feeling his own pangs of remorse at his callous behavior. Despite the media storm surrounding her, Mary with her upbeat unaffected manner not only brings everyone together but finds her own oddball friends and discovers her true place in the world.
The movie “All About Steve” was originally scheduled for a March 6, 2009 theatrical release, but was pushed back to see if either/both the film’s stars, Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper’s summer films were hits at the movie box office. Well, “The Hangover,” starring Bradley Cooper, is the highest grossing R-rated comedy ever, with over $270 million in the U.S. alone. And Sandra Bullock’s “The Proposal,” with over $160 million, is Sandra Bullock’s highest grossing movie, ever.
