Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

MartinHafer Dex (Donal Logue) is an underachieving guy who LIKES to be an underachiever. He works part-time...just enough to meet his basic needs. And what are his basic needs? Scoring with women, smoking pot and eating....and that's about all there is to him. Some guys would find him pretty funny....I just felt like he was shallow and pitiful--especially considering his age. Through the course of the film, he has rather anonymous physical relations with lots of women (if I use the common three letter word for this, IMDB flags the review!). and one is a married one and so he isn't the sort of fellow you would normally admire. But, oddly, his completely selfish view of life is challenged and he finds himself wanting to be more for a particularly woman.If you can look past how unlikable Dex can be or if you find him funny, you'll enjoy the film a lot more than others will find it. As for me, I enjoyed some of the acting but felt the change in Dex through the course of the film seemed too abrupt AND I just didn't care much about him. Mildly interesting but probably NOT a good date film.

Galicius The only reason we saw most of it is that we dozed off and on through half of it. Normally when we end up with a dog of a film we simply stop watching it. When we had enough of this sorry story we were lucky it suddenly and somewhat surprisingly ended. Plain obnoxious. A fat guy has all sorts of women swooning over him. Supposedly because he displays such a detached attitude and is so non-possessive. He's a mentor to a younger friend throughout the film. We couldn't figure out what could attract women to this fatty. Nobody does much in this idyllic Santa Fe except mostly party, open the refrigerator, eat and drink. Nobody does much work. Didn't get this one at all. Don't bother.

Michael Margetis Dex: Look at me. Look at me, okay? Technically, I shouldn't be getting laid, but I do. And do you know why, Dave? Because when I'm hanging out with a woman, that's all I'm doing is hanging out, talking, listening. I'm not sitting there thinking about how to get in bed with her. And this completely confuses them because they're saying "Wait a minute. I'm so much better looking than this guy. Isn't he attracted to me?" The basic principle: We pursue that which retreats from us.I have to say I was very disappointed in 'The Tao of Steve'. I had heard rave reviews from people I know telling me to see this movie. When I finally got around to renting it, I was very disappointing. The movie wasn't groundbreaking or interesting, but sadly very formulaic. The best aspect about the film is without a doubt Donal Logue's performance. Logue, a very underrated comedic performer, gets his chance to shine as Dex, the fat but charismatic ladies man who follows a strict code known as the 'tao of Steve' to get chicks. When he falls for one he rekindles a friendship with at a high school reunion, he suddenly starts questioning his unethical way of dealing with females. Besides Logue's fantastic performance, there's not much to love about this movie. Grade: B-

bob the moo Dex is a ladies man who has a Zen-like art of seduction under his belt. So despite the fact that his belt has expanded since his best days in high school, he generally still has that going for him even if he has generally underachieved in everything else. Basing his rules around the approach of Steve (Steve being the embodiment of American male cool) Dex has managed to get into more beds than his looks really should have allowed him to and generally he is happy despite being a slacker in his late twenties. When he meets Syd though he finds himself feeling a bit more than normal (which is nothing) and genuinely liking her as a friend. Will she make him look again at his approach to life?The title should at least give you some idea of the type of film this is going to be because it manages to sound cool and interesting and a bit hip without really doing a lot – which pretty much sums up the appeal of this as a film. The story is essentially quite a nice romance but it is set in a post-modern word of slackers who have relaxed jobs, relaxed morals, relaxed approaches to life, relaxed houses and generally just shoot the breeze about nothing. I suppose it will depend a bit on your age but, as some in his late twenties (at least, at the time of writing I am) I suppose I am target audience and I must admit it quite won me over. The story doesn't really go to any depth and, at the end of the day it does just what you expect it to do in terms of how it ends but it manages to get passed all this by having the same relaxed attitude of the characters.I'm sure it was not as easy to put together as it appeared but the film moves nicely along with a lot of pop culture references, slacker humour and a touch of genuine humanity in the romance. It wasn't the most convincing story or scenario but I was so happy to just buy into the cool nature of the world within the film that I forgave it perhaps a bit too easily for this. The direction helps because it all looks sunny and chilled, while the use of music is cool without being too obvious. The cast also help and, in particular, sterling work from Logue who manages to take a fat, sexist womaniser and make him into a character who has those characteristics but still managed to make me like him and care where his story went. Goodman gave a good performance and, like Logue, she came over very natural (probably helped by being the writer). Although these two carry the majority of the film the support cast are still pretty good and enjoyably fill in the film and match the mood.Overall a chilled and enjoyable little comedy that drew me in despite being slight and not having that much to it. Probably best watched by older members of the slacker generation or those that have grown up but still look back affectionately, this is quite fun and quite charming even if these qualities are covering up a multitude of sins in the background.