The Tao of Steve (2000) (original) (raw)
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Original title
The Tao of Steve
Year
2000
Running time
87 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
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Genre
Comedy. Romance | Independent Film (US)
Synopsis
In his early 30s, the beer-bellied Dex has things figured out. He's widely read in philosophy, he's studied Steve McQueen the prototypical cool American hero, and he's distilled Buddhism and Taoism into three laws that make him a hit with women: don't express desire, do something heroic in front of her, then retreat. A part-time job with young children, beer, guys, Frisbee golf, pool, poker, his dog Astro, and sex: what could be missing? Then, at his ten-year college reunion, Dex meets Syd, and the "Tao of Steve" may not be enough to get him what he wants. Plus, Syd remembers something important that Dex has forgotten. Can a cool smart guy, 50 pounds overweight, find his bliss?
Awards
2000: Sundance: Special Jury Prize (Donal Logue, for outstanding performance)
Critics' reviews
- "A constant, idiosyncratic pleasure that leaves us eager to see what the Goodmans and Logue will do next."
- "One of the year's most winning performances, Logue's Dex will grow on you as he stumbles toward emotional fullness."
- "It's the kind of film you feel like watching twice -- not because you found it that engaging to begin with, but because you didn't, and everyone else did."
- "So adorable you don't ever mind that the story's so slight it's in danger of shriveling up and blowing away, or that it drags a little in the middle."
- "Can any American filmmaker other than the Farrellys make a rom-com in which the principals engage in activities apart from the tiresomely tireless dissection of rom?"
- "This quirky, winning sleeper from first-time director Jenniphr Goodman has its pokey moments, but it's no insult to say that it is as pleasantly easygoing as its slacker hero."
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