All of Me Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		3.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		3.5
Overall		3.5

All of Me Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman June 9, 2025

Note: This is now the second month in a row that Lionsgate Limited is offering a 1080 disc branded with the Vestron Video Collector's Series imprint, which may suggest this could now be the sole online purchasing venue for the long running series.

If your social media feed has been anything like mine lately, you've probably seen a passing reference or two if not an outright post about the impending Freakier Friday, which is due in a couple of months as this review is being written, and which reunites Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as body swapping mother and daughter. As several supplements on this disc get into, "body swap" comedies were something of a subgenre in the eighties in particular, though there are certainly antecedents galore dating back to the silent era. In that regard it's probably salient to note that the first Freaky Friday actually came out in 1976 and the Jamie Lee Curtis / Lindsay Lohan version which has now sparked the above mentioned sequel didn't appear until 2003, well after the "craze" of eighties efforts. If many of these stories tend to focus on "generational switcheroos", so to speak, there are also several films where genders are traded, including everything from the little remembered 1940 American film Turnabout to the probably equally unknown 2017 anime Your Name. What makes All of Me so thrillingly provocative, however, perhaps especially to modern day sensibilities, is the fact that Phil Alden Robinson's frequently laugh out loud screenplay actually posits two "souls" vying for dominance in one body. As the title of a supplement on this disc announces, hilarity ensues.

It might be jokingly (?) suggested that folks of perhaps surprisingly variant belief systems may feel the need to "cancel" parts of All of Me, and it must be stated overtly that anyone with an aversion to comic takes on "masculine" or "feminine" modes of reaction should probably stay far, far away from this film, since some of the absolutely gonzo physical humor in particular results from the juxtaposition of uptight attorney Roger Cobb (Steve Martin) suddenly experiencing the interloping of the soul of even more uptight heiress Edwina Cutwater (Lily Tomlin) into his consciousness after a mystical transference engineered by goofy guru Prahka Lasa (Richard Libertini) goes spectacularly wrong. Edwina has been bedridden for most of her life, and has been facing her imminent demise, with the result being she has hired Prahka Lasa to "transmit" her soul into a willing receptor, Terry Hoskins (Victoria Tennant), to achieve something close to eternal (or at least longer) life. Once Edwina ends up "inside" Roger, though, chaos quickly ripples through the narrative, as the warring influences battling it out for control of Roger's body and mind have to learn to "work together", especially once it turns out that supposedly dumb blond Terry is anything but.

In terms of reactions from those who might generally term themselves as either liberal or conservative, as some of the supplements on this disc at least allude to, liberal types might be "outraged" by some of the perceived negativity surrounding Roger becoming "effeminate" when Edwina takes over, while conservative types might be equally "outraged" at the thought of a character who is, per an overt characterization on a supplement, a prime example of at least "gender fluidity" if not outright "transsexualism". Those with actual perspective and (more importantly) senses of humor will find All of Me to be both smartly written a lot of the time and also just ebulliently silly in terms of some of its physical schtick, something that Martin of course is particularly adept at conveying.

All of Me Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

All of Me is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series imprint with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. The Vestron Video series has never really offered much in the way of technical information on their releases, and that's once again the case here, with the typical (and generic) "digitally restored" as its sole descriptor. If I had to guess, my hunch is this may be an older master, or if not the source element has some baked in issues, as it has a number of noticeable quality fluctuations. These include both an intermittently mottled looking accounting of grain as well as color timing that is often curiously skewed toward yellows or oranges, frequently making flesh tones either pretty jaundiced or feverish/flushed in appearance. Outdoor material probably understandably pops the best, and there are some appealingly blue skies at times, but even some of these scenes look rough and dated (note how brown the scene with Martin getting clocked with the "soul bowl" is, for just one example). Detail levels are generally at least decent, and some close-ups can offer good find detail. There are recurrent if very minor signs of age related wear and tear. My score is 3.25.

All of Me Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

All of Me features an enjoyable LPCM 2.0 track. With Reiner and Martin collaborating, the music is at least occasionally diagetic with some supposedly "live" performances, and those moments as well as the pastiche filled underscore resonate very well. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English and Spanish subtitles are available.

All of Me Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Audio Commentary with Film Historian Joe Ramoni


• Back in the Bowl (HD; 25:57) is an interview with screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson.


• Bodies Behaving Badly (HD; 28:21) is a video essay by film critic Cerise Howard.


• Hilarity Ensues (HD; 16:32) is a video essay by Hollywood historian Staci Layne Wilson.


• Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:35)


• Teaser Trailer (HD; 1:29)


• TV Spots (HD; 2:12)


• Still Gallery (HD; 7:18)

Packaging features a slipcover.

All of Me Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

In what was definitely a freaky day of some sort for me, years ago I awakened and stumbled through my early morning internet feed to find that none other than the inimitable Carl Reiner (or perhaps to be more realistic, whoever was managing his social media cohort) had sent me a friend request. No matter who sent it, it was Reiner's "official" presence on that platform, and it was therefore a memorably gobsmacking moment, and as a result I got to tell Mr. Reiner on what I think was his 95th birthday "only 1905 more to go", in reference to his iconic comedy pairing with Mel Brooks on The 2,000 Year Old Man, to which someone associated with his account responded with a laugh emoji. I'm not ashamed to admit I'm taking that response to my grave as a major life achievement. While Reiner's touch is unmistakable, this is really a showcase for Steve Martin in particular, and in my estimation he knocks it out of the park. I wish video had been a bit more "digitally restored", but audio is fine and the supplements very appealing. With caveats noted, Recommended.