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List Price: $19.97 | | Label: Genius Products (TVN)
Salesrank: 21596
Released: May 13, 2008 |
| Our Price: $2.99 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Latex and larceny meet in this sexy thriller about Alberta (Leelee Sobieski, Eyes Wide Shut), a small-town screw-up who escapes to Canada only to move in with a beautiful but tough dominatrix. Secretly taking on her roommate s identity, Alberta gets caught between half a million stolen dollars and the brutal thugs who want it back.
Walk All Over Me Reviews:
Not Very Sexy... or Good. 
2009-03-22 - In Walk All Over Me, D/S is far more ancillary to the plot and merely a means to an end for the two main female characters. When Alberta (Leelee Sobieski, looking like the lovechild of Helen Hunt and Chloë Sevigny) runs away from her dead-end life she arrives on the doorstep of Celene (Tricia Helfer), a Vancouver dominatrix. It doesn't take long until Alberta -- who's known for "jumping from one mess to another" -- dons some shiny leather boots and pretends to be Celene for a new client, Paul (Jacob Tierney). She inexplicably falls head over heels for him in a matter of minutes, shortly before learning that he's involved with some dangerous dudes from Ontario. This begins a convoluted plot involving stolen money, ruined expectations and bondage.
Despite the upscale lifestyle that Celene enjoys -- in her nurse, cop, or army outfits -- it's all artifice. The same can be said for the film's D/S quotient; it's used for the wacky factor as well as an aid in creating an uneasy blend of comedy and crime drama, revisiting the errors of Exit to Eden.
Celene has zero empathy for her clients and sees them as living cash machines. She could've been a spokesmodel or acted in community theater if the pay were better. Instead, she's using her vocation as a domme as a shortcut to her "life plan" of becoming an actress. The rare domme, Celene uses her real name and doesn't put up many barriers between herself and her clients. Perhaps because she's so superficial she has nothing to hide. There's little discussion of professionalism or the lack of sexual contact/intercourse involved with being a professional dominatrix. Even Alberta assumes that the trappings of domination -- floggers, feathers, leather masks, et cetera -- are merely accouterments of a prostitute. It's far easier to fathom that a man would pay for sex than to be debased at the behest of another person.
Be it sensual or sexual, D/S eludes explanation because much of it takes place above the neck and not below the waist. A wonderful alternative to copulation in diseased time (bodies clad head-to-toe in latex redefines "safe sex"); D/S is the most difficult sex play of all as it requires an active imagination.
Could any crooks be this stupid? 
2009-02-19 - Short Attention Span Summary:
1. Some girl somewhere is in an abusive relationship with a boyfriend. He owes some people some money and this prompts her to run away after losing. She gets on a bus and the driver does not charge her any money to board and she goes to her sister's house.
2. At the sister's house, we find out that the main character (Alberta) has a habit of messing up things.
3. She finds out that the sister is a dominatrix and tries to assume her identity in order to make some extra money.
4. As a result of assuming her sister's identity, Alberta gets into all sorts of trouble with some men who are looking for $500,000 that is missing.
5. Along the way, we get to see some really weird looking dominatrix tools of the trade.
6. Goofy Alberta and her sister play them men off one against the other and finally one of them ends up in jail and the other broken down.
Review:
This was one of the silliest movies that I've recently seen (and I've seen a lot). Can we really be expected to believe that: A) A man who was looking for $500,000 would have such reservations about killing someone that he thought stole from him? B) That any person who had that much money would hire two assistants that were that stupid/ fraught with issues? C) That a man would pull a gun inside of a store (in Canada) if he was going to kill someone?
I just don't think that people anywhere who can make that much money are that stupid.
Is there anyone that is willing to pay THAT much money to be dominated? (C$300 per hour)?
There were also some loose ends in this movie.
Final verdict: Save your money unless this is on the $2 rental shelf.
The Agony and The Ecstasy 
2008-07-18 - About a year ago I accused Leelee Sobieski's film `In A Dark Place' as being the most shameless fan service film ever. Now `Walk All Over Me' takes the prize.
Any film with a title and cover box like this that stars Leelee is enough to make one foam at the mouth in anticipation. So to answer that question, yes we do get see Leelee in sexy S&M outfits including Nazi erotica. (Let's revisit that scene in `Uprising.')
The plot: Leelee stars as a teenage Gerald Ford klutz living in rural Canada. On a whim she escapes to Vancouver to live with her (older sister?) Celine whom works as a dominatrix.
Leelee seeks to earn some extra money and works up the courage to meet one of Celine's clients Paul. But the night goes awry as criminals arrive at Paul's house looking for their stolen money.
Celine and Leelee end up getting long long long and drawn out stand off with the criminals. The dialogue and story for the last half of the film are very lacking, making us question, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? Why would someone make this story?
Why are we watching? Leelee really does pull this whole mess together. She is the entire film. In every scene. We love Leelee not only because she's gorgeous but because of the way she is. She plays extremely well as a klutz who fails at everything she does and just can't catch a break but at the same time she's beautiful and wearing leather and lace. The scene where she "dominates" Paul at a mall food court by simply asking him the buy her ice cream and then works up the courage to put collar on him are what make this film. It is unfortunate that the film is burdened by so many bad and boring characters.
The fan service is extremely heavy. We have to see Leelee bounce around in Nazi erotica and twirl her long hair in slow motion. When she runs in a push up bra, slow motion. How exactly was this sold to producers? "We want to make this bad screenplay into a movie that will feature Leelee Sobieski bouncing in slow motion." That would sell me. A special feature is audio commentary by the writer/director and Leelee.
The production quality is extremely high. The directing and music score very noteworthy.
what do you expect when the star is named LeeLee Sobieski ?
2008-07-02 - That is what you get. Nothing to brag about, hard to believe anybody can be that stupid. Even the deleted scene (1) was worthless. These is some skin in this movie so you would think the deleted scene had skin. Nope, a deleted 2 minute fight scene. The outtakes & stills were nothing worth watching as well.
The plot was almost believable but poorly written & directed. There really wasn't any BDSM in the movie.
I give this 2 stars only because LeeLee looks hot in the uniforms. Besides that, it doesn't have much going for it. Tricia Helfer looks much hotter in Battlestar Galactica.
Surprisingly funny, and surprisingly little sex
2008-06-22 - In one of the DVD special features, the director talks for a while about the human condition, the dramatic aspects of the story, and so forth. Then the interviewer asks what will get people to watch the movie. "Leelee Sobieski as a dominatrix. Tricia Helfer as a dominatrix," he says. At least he understood what movie he was making.
For a movie whose main selling point is the sex appeal of its stars, the titillation factor is surprisingly low and the script is surprisingly funny. Sobieski could easily coast on her looks but gives a convincing performance as a clumsy, dorky, walking disaster area. Helfer, best known as Cylon #6 in the TV series "Battlestar Galactica," shows that she really can act, even if she mostly needs to act exasperated with Sobieski's character. The script is sometimes a little clumsy, as in the scenes establishing Sobieski as a klutz, but it's not a major problem.
Curvy, pulchritudinous Sobieski clearly wins in the sex appeal department, even though skinny-chick Helfer is pretty and appeared in Playboy magazine. However, apart from S&M play-acting, neither displays anything you couldn't see on network television.
I did find the movie's S&M theme a little confusing. As a dominatrix, Sobieski's character goes on a date with a guy. He gives her money. She pushes him around for a while. And he doesn't get any sex. How is that different from most normal dates?
There was a minor problem with the sound. I had to turn the volume up to hear what the characters were saying. Not sure if the problem was with the film or with the DVD.
Overall, a funny movie with good performances and enjoyable eye candy. The S&M theme is really just an excuse for Sobieski and Helfer dress up and act out, but who cares? It's fun to watch.
