Ayelet Kaznelson, Craig D. Lafayette, David Aaron Baker

In his college days Dex (Donal Logue) was a slim, cool, smooth-talking ladies' man. A decade later he's an overweight, underachieving kindergarten teacher, but he's honed his pick-up technique into a ...( read more  read more... )way of life--a mix of zen, tough-guy cool, and college philosophy he and his buddies call "the Tao of Steve," named after the manly triad of Steve Austin (a.k.a. the Six Million Dollar Man), Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord's unflappable cop on Hawaii Five-0), and the king of all Steves: Steve McQueen. Santa Fe is populated with his one-night stands, but then he runs into Syd (Greer Goodman), a smart, sexy old classmate with an arsenal of sharp retorts, at a college reunion.

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R, 87 min.

Directed by: Jenniphr Goodman

Release Date: August 4, 2000

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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2001

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  • May 16, 2009
    Above average comedy with an original script. Movie has a lot of philosophical references and humor which is central to the protagonist's essence, using philosophy and knowledge to sleep with women.

    Downfalls of the movie are casting, some of the acting is bad but the lead acto...( read more)r from Grounded for Life delivers. Shot in New Mexico which makes the settings more interesting and open. Good overall film.
  • February 11, 2008
    Donal Logue from TV's "Grounded for Life" stars in this mediocre flick.
  • July 10, 2007
    This is the story of Dex --a once hot, now overweight, out of shape, smart but totally without ambition, ladies man who is still picking up chicks with his philosophy called the Tao of Steve. But he meets up with one woman at a college reunion who doesn't fall for his smooth line...( read more)s, which makes him want her even more. It's familiar ground, but Donal Logue as Dex does a good job at making Dex seem both sympathetic and a total jerk. He seems a natural for the role, like he might actually live his life like this. I liked this a lot, and hated it too. Why? Because I found Dex funny and charming and smart, and I can see my stupid ass falling for all the tricks of the trade Dex uses to get women. All his speeches on philosophy could stir my libido as well as my brain. But I hope my common sense would eventually kick in and I'd tell his cocky, underachieving self to take a hike.
  • November 29, 2006
    Very well written. My favorite scene when the two characters who seem to hate eachother. One uses a word and the other responds with i've always liked that word. The other says me too. They find for moment common ground in something so small.
  • March 23, 2006
    A mediocre movie I saw on HBO without nudity. Pretty funny at least.
  • October 7, 2009
    O this is a good one alot of people I know dont like to but as a teen it made me feel like I could pick up the hotties, I think any chubby teen male would look up to Steve and his ver. of TAOism.
  • August 17, 2009
    This movie thinks it's being funny while cleverly dancing around stereotypes, but in fact it runs smack into a bunch of them by the end. If you can stomach looking at this gross guy the entire movie, you may ultimate decide, as I did, that what this world needs is a movie where t...( read more)he incorrigible lothario catches a disease and dies, rather than finally meeting his match in some amazing woman, setting aside his wayward youth, and settling down to live happily ever after.
  • June 14, 2009
    In his college days Dex (Donal Logue) was a slim, cool, smooth-talking ladies' man. A decade later he's an overweight, underachieving kindergarten teacher, but he's honed his pick-up technique into a way of life--a mix of zen, tough-guy cool, and college philosophy he and his bud...( read more)dies call "the Tao of Steve," named after the manly triad of Steve Austin (a.k.a. the Six Million Dollar Man), Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord's unflappable cop on Hawaii Five-0), and the king of all Steves: Steve McQueen. Santa Fe is populated with his one-night stands, but then he runs into Syd (Greer Goodman), a smart, sexy old classmate with an arsenal of sharp retorts, at a college reunion.
  • June 12, 2009
    A very cute, romantic comedy about a man who fancies himself a casanova, but finally meets a woman who can see through all his tricks and lies to who he really is underneath. All the characters are great in this movie, loved the soundtrack as well and thought this was very cleve...( read more)r and well-written.
  • May 29, 2009
    witty and romantic :) Ahead of it's time. Great for men and women.

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