Get Over It (2001)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Tommy O'Haver

Writer (WGA):

R. Lee Fleming Jr. (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Split Happens...

Plot:

When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison...

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Dancer | Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream | Singer | Play

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kirsten Dunst	...	Kelly Woods
Ben Foster	...	Berke Landers
Melissa Sagemiller	...	Allison McAllister
Sisqó	...	Dennis Wallace
Shane West	...	Bentley 'Striker' Scrumfeld
Colin Hanks	...	Felix Woods
Zoe Saldana	...	Maggie (as Zoë Saldana)
Mila Kunis	...	Basin
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Beverly Landers
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Frank Landers
Martin Short	...	Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
Carmen Electra	...	Mistress Moira
Colleen Fitzpatrick	...	Herself (as Vitamin C)
Coolio	...	Himself
Christopher Jacot	...	Peter Wong

Also Known As:

Get Over It! (USA) (promotional title)
Getting Over Allison (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some crude/sexual humor, teen drinking and language. (edited from R-rated version)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) (certificate #38063) | Malaysia:18SX (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Ignite Entertainment

Trivia:

Singer Sisqó made this movie just before he gained fame (briefly) for "The Thong Song".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the bench kissing scene, the editors decided to digitally remove the beer bottle from Kelly's hand. They didn't replace it with anything so it looks like she has a deformed claw for a hand when she walks to the bench and sits down. Later in the scene, the bottle is off to her left where there was no bottle before.

Quotes:

Dr. Desmond Forest Oates: [interrupting Kelly's song] Time. Time.
[music stops]
Dr. Desmond Forest Oates: It's just not very good. I could lie to you, but I would do you a disservice, because it's-it's just bad.

Movie Connections:

References Bring It On (2000)

Soundtrack:

Happiness (The Eat Me Edit)

It's fun to be a fairy!

OK, i picked this film to watch on a night in with the girls because it looked funny and it had Kirsten Dunst in it, and lets face it everyone loves her! But I have to say it has now become one of my favourite movies, its filled with funny dialogue, funky songs and jam packed with cool stars. I love Martin Short as the over dramatic Play director (being a drama student i have had directors very similar to him!)

The movie does constantly slip in and out of reality but the amazingly funny songs do hold it together and leave the the audience with the tunes stuck in there heads for days! With Vitamin C appearing in the opening sequence and the finale alongside Sisqo, it is hard not to fall in love with the music! I think it is clever that the movies narrative is based on Shakespeares "A midsummer nights dream" which is also the play that is performed in the finale of the movie. And Get over it could be used in schools to help desperate teenagers to understand the sometimes complex story lines of Shakespeares plays. Overall the movie fits the typical teen movie criteria, but at the same time it has some quirky gimmicks that are really funny. Its a perfect film to regain that feel good feeling after a rubbish day!