All Over Me was a movie with a message. Ultimately a sweet girl with bad self-esteem issues decides to venture outside of her little fishbowl after accepting the advice of a kind new neighbor. She slowly realizes she's worth more than the manipulative and abusive friendship she's been in way too long.
It's full of 90s subculture: the music, the clothes, the whole package. It also includes the two things that were truly terrifying about growing up gay in the 90s, the huge wave of drugs that hit during the time period (that wiped out more than its fair share of musicians in the process) and the overlooked but rampant (and violent) homophobia.
This was my generation. When it came out, movies about gay characters were few and far between. I saw it when I was 17 and it just blew me away. Also if there are any L Word fans out there, it gives you the chance to see a very young Leisha Hailey, from back in her Murmurs days.
Review of All Over Me
