Get Over It (2001)

To me, this movie is perfection.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Excellent but underrated film

There is not much that makes "Get Over It" stand out amongst other teen movies released around the same time period. The main plot point, about a boy being dumped by his girlfriend, who then begins dating a minor celebrity who happens to be a douche bag, had interestingly enough been a subplot in another high school comedy released two years earlier: "She's All That" (1999).Even more interestingly, this movie's screenwriter, R. Lee Fleming, Jr., actually wrote the screenplay to "She's All That". Although he doesn't have to worry about being sued for copyright infringement, it really shows laziness on his part that "Get Over It" doesn't do more to add originality to a hackneyed story involving young, unrequited love.In all fairness, though, Fleming actually wrote the screenplay to "Get Over It" before "She's All That" according to interviews. Still, there are other elements of this movie that feel mercilessly ripped from other teen comedies.Most notably, the love story within this movie loosely follows the non-supernatural plot line to William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", which, not coincidentally, happens to be the play in which the movie's characters participate. A little too reminiscent of "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999), wouldn't you say? Recycled teen movie trends aside, a movie called "Get Over It" should effectively make the audience feel for the protagonist who has just been dumped. The said protagonist is Berke Landers (Ben Foster), whose longtime girlfriend Alison (Melissa Sagemiller) breaks off their 16 month relationship.It's not because she's a bad person, or because she's fallen for someone else. She clearly explains that she just doesn't feel the same way about Berke anymore.Of course, breaking up is hard to do, and it hurts no matter what age you are. However, it's difficult to feel bad for Berke for these reasons.First, all you see of Berke and Alison's previous relationship is a montage of them making out. Sure, Melissa Sagemiller is pretty, but the film needed more vivid scenes reflecting the anecdotal happiness of their relationship.Second, other than Ben Foster's sulking expression, you get no indication from his acting how much this breakup really hurts him, or why and how he misses Alison. As good an actor as Foster is in movies like "Liberty Heights" (1999) and "3:10 To Yuma" (2007), he's not convincing enough here to play heartbroken. His expression is morose, but that's about it.Third, while Sagemiller seems to be (and play) a nice person, you don't get what it is about her that sets her apart from other girls, especially the many hot ones that exist in this movie (including then-unknown Zoe Saldana and Mila Kunis, who have supporting roles). Berke doesn't seem to explain that fact at any point in the movie, either, and it hurts his case.Finally, in the film's opening credits, you see Berke, departing Alison's house after she lay down the bad news, being followed by Vitamin C and an accompanying band as they lip synch Captain & Tennille's classic "Love Will Keep Us Together". Vitamin C mouths the song very well, but would feel less out-of-place in that scene if she were actually mocking Berke on his walk of shame.So Berke tries out for the spring play, a musical version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", specifically to spite Alison and Bentley (Shane West). Bentley is her jerk of a rebound boyfriend who is a former boy band member with a very phony British accent. When Kelly Woods (Kirsten Dunst), a cheerful, magnetic girl who happens to be the sister of Berke's best friend Felix (Colin Hanks), offers to help Berke with his lines, you pretty much know how the story is going to go.Kirsten Dunst gets top billing in this movie despite having fewer lines and scenes than Ben Foster, but she totally deserves it. She's a welcome presence on screen, and the only downside to her character is that you fall in love with her instantly, thereby making you wonder why Berke doesn't do the same sooner.Interestingly enough, Sisqo gets third billing after Dunst and Foster. Despite an energetic ending sequence where he and Vitamin C sing a rendition of Earth, Wind, & Fire's "September", Sisqo has a thankless role as the Token Black Guy. On the other hand, it's better to remember Sisqo from this movie than for his only hit, the atrocious "The Thong Song".While Foster is on emotional autopilot along with the love story, Dunst actively makes the best of her role. One of her best scenes is when she sings "Dream Of Me", a touching song her character wrote and included in the play against the wishes of Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates (Martin Short), the production's narcissistic director. Dunst is one of the few actresses and singers to make that song more heartbreaking and less cheesy, and she sells it."Get Over It" has its good moments, and the climactic final showing of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" lives up to more than the entire film ultimately does. It just could have been so much more if it had tried to differentiate itself plot-wise with "She's All That" and other teen films. As it is, it's worth at least bag of chips, but not much more that that.

I caught this on TV again last night and I was reminded of just how much fun it was to watch this movie. In the age where teen slapstick comedies are a pound for a dozen, Hollywood occasionally manages to get it just right and produce something with heart, like this one. The story is loosely based around The Bard's perhaps most popular comedy in that it also utilises a love square.Sure, the film is never going to win an Academy Award any time soon, but really, that's not what you're watching this film for, is it? It's light and fluffy, perfect for a night in with some friends and you can all get some laughs out of it. The casting was perfect; right down to Shane West's laughably abysmal accent. Ben Foster is definitely nerdy enough to play the "hapless loser" or so Berke calls himself, and you can't help but feel sorry for him as he tries so hard at every turn to win back his ex-girlfriend in vain. But sometimes you just want to scream at him for not seeing what's right in front of him: Kelly, played by the gorgeous Kirsten Dunst, the quintessential girl next door. However, the star of the show here is actually Martin Short, who manages to steal every scene he's in as a maniacal, completely OTT drama director. His lines are pure gold and he manages to accompany that with a crazed performance – "Pluck! You've got to PLUCK it!" What sets this film apart from all the rest is that it's a musical that works. The actual production at the end was fantastic, had some great energetic, toe-tapping numbers and O'Haver did a marvellous job directing it. This is exactly what High School Musical tried to be and failed. It's a shame that some of the production songs aren't on the OST because if carried out in full, I think they're good enough to fit onto an album in their own right. I know I would love to watch the final production in its entirety. Kirsten Dunst really surprised me with how good of a singer she is.So watch it, laugh out loud, and don't take it too seriously. It sure didn't.

I have rated this film high considering it is a run of the mill teenage flick. But I have reasons.The plot is fairly predictable and the characters two dimensional and there are no special effects or nudity or violence or anything truly note worthy at all. This is one of the two reasons I love this film. It doesn't try too hard to connect with some bizarre demographic of American youth or try to be overly funny or pound you relentlessly with some obscure social issue for you to add to the list of things you should feel guilty about. It is what Hollywood does best, a good old fashioned shallow love story where rich middle class teenagers follow their hearts in a squeaky clean high school that only exist in the movies. As an English horror/sc-fi/war movie fan it is great to switch off now and then to visit a place where jocks learn to respect nerds, extra curriculum activities are viewed as cool, and everyone has such wonderful teeth. A place where the biggest danger to your life is not being asked to the prom. I wish could have gone there. Also the opening sequence is one of the best crafted pieces of film that exist. Yes it is right up their with Apocalypse Now and the Cross of Iron! Not as dramatic but perfect, from the look on the boys face to the deliciously ironic sound track to the plethora of insanely happy-in-love people filling the back ground.Performances are what you would expect from this cast of seasoned pro's. Sound track is great (look out for love-scud)and the film has that lovely Hollywood glossy production to it.For a great little, bloodshed free, feel-good, keep-the-misus-happy film you cannot go far wrong from spending a fiver on this.

In the section for technical goofs under the heading continuity. the say that when Berke, Felix and Dennis are walking down the street before going into the music store that they walk by the same law office twice. this is not true actually they just walk by the second set of windows. you can tell because when they walk by the first time the doors are on the right side of the window and the second time the doors is on the left. in fact you can ever the part of the first window in the scene. i know IMDb is pretty good with getting accurate information so i figured this was worth a mention.as for the movie it's self i agree with the review. it really is just a fun and very entertaining movie to watch