John Brooks Once you get a real grip of what this film will be about, some 30min into it, you think to yourself "oh no, how in the world are they going to move on from that now ?". The premise is so silly it feels best suited for a short cartoonish sketch at best. It just so happens it's a full Steve Martin starring, Reiner silverscreener.So it manages to do well, Martin doing particularly well at his absolutely clownesque role, while Tomlin has no issue going all-out emotional wreck, which can only be saluted from an acting perspective.There are funny moments, a couple of really funny moments, things like the Indian guru guy and his obsession with repeating what others say at all times, Martin being two people at the same time in a situational comedic perspective (just the way he'll move around in the film at times)... and the plot does actually do alright holding up together, which is a feat, although being such a silly notion to start with, it does drag on a bit.But this surely isn't the best Martin-Reiner, and although they maybe should've thought about it a bit more, it's still a watchable absurd-type comedy.5.5/10.

BA_Harrison Put all thoughts of Sgt. Bilko and The Pink Panther out of your mind: let us remember Steve Martin when he was at the top of his game, an uproariously funny comic with his own special brand of zany physical humour. All Of Me, directed by Carl Reiner, sees Martin starring as Roger Cobb, a struggling lawyer who unwittingly becomes host to the spirit of recently deceased millionairess Edwina Cutwater (Lily Tomlin) after her plan to transmigrate her soul into the body of stableman's daughter Terry (Victoria Tennant) goes terribly wrong.With Edwina controlling one half of Roger's body, the silver haired comedian is given ample opportunity to showcase his wacky style of comedy and does so with gusto; the result is a memorable central performance from Martin in a consistently funny film that also sees co-star Tomlin on fine form as the lonely rich woman who, in death, learns to enjoy life and who finally makes a friend.Breezy direction from Reiner ensures a lively pace, the action accompanied by a suitably jazzy score, with comedy highlights including Roger visiting the men's room with a little help from Edwina (tap tap), a hilarious courtroom scene wherein Edwina takes control while Roger sleeps, and a wonderfully silly bedroom scene where Roger attempts to have sex with Terry while Edwina is taking a nap.

cosmorados Edwina Cutwater (Lily Tomlin) is an evil sick millionaire who has hired Roger Cobb's (Steve martin) legal firm to take care of her affairs as she prepares to travel by the ancient power of a mystic into the body of a woman who has volunteered to be the host for Edwina's soul when she dies. Still with us so far? Good, because it all goes horribly wrong as Edwina's soul is bounced into the cut-throat lawyer Cobb. Fortunately for Cobb she only inhabits half of his body meaning that he is him on one side and her on the other, with both of them able to hear each other's thoughts.In this completely forgotten gem of a comedy Steve Martin gives the most physical performance of his career as he has to adequately portray a man whose body is split into two people, and the great thing is, that at no point does the illusion wear off. Steve performs both roles superbly well and there are a ton of good lines in this film that the tiny quote section here doesn't do justice to (My personal favourite "What Century is this?" Lily Tomlin is equally good as the soul of Edwina and there combined strength's as comedy performers are used well.As you can tell from my above comments the script has a ton of great lines and there is a great piece of comedy in every scene, from the beginning intro looking at Roger's life as a lawyer to his first scene with Victoria Tennant when she places his hand on her while analysing him, to the great courtroom confrontation. The ending at the party is magnificent and rounds off the piece more than satisfactorily.The only downside to this entire film is that the direction is a bit TV movie-ish as a lot of films looked before camera's started working again from Ghostbusters onwards (Why do films in the early eighties look like this? Answers please?) That aside it is a very good comedy film that truly leaves you wanting to buy a vest! Nuff said!

jc-osms Amusing Steve Martin romp from his early golden era (which stopped for me abruptly at the super-schmaltzy "Parenthood") which while it raises a lot of smiles and, yes, a few belly laughs, misses out on the hurt-your-sides invocations of "Roxanne" and especially "The Man With Two Brains" Here Steve surrenders himself to the most ludicrous plot since, well, "The Man With Two Brains" and has a ball particularly with the physical humour of the piece (I'm sure you can imagine). Perhaps the reason it doesn't quite match up to "Brains" is that the verbal humour is less dexterous, possibly attributable to the fact that Martin wasn't the writer of the piece. That said, there are funny scenes a plenty, particularly the courtroom scene where Edwina takes over and the first bedroom scene with Victoria Tennent (again where Edwina takes over!). Lily Tomlin, whilst less funny with the physical humour (not unnaturally given that most of her scenes are played reflected in mirrors of various shapes and sizes) is a fine comic foil for our hero, although you never really doubt that she has a heart of gold underneath her cold heart exterior. After literally, all the horse-play is over, they all end up happily ever after and he gets the girl, as so many of Martin's early comedies do, no doubt deliberately reminiscent of course of the early B & W comedies of Chaplin, Keaton etc. What a shame he got serious in his older age (c.f. Woody Allen). Give me obvious laugh-fests like this any day, especially thinking of some of the turkeys he's served up in the last few years...