Get Over It (2001)

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 | Singer | Play | Dancer | Love Triangle

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:

The Itch

A pleasing, entertaining musical teen comedy.

GET OVER IT (2001) Rating: 8/10

I'll start this review by saying making a musical comedy for teens is a very hard thing to do. Not only to teens in general dislike musicals, but teen comedies with the Shakespeare theme are really growing old and it would be a hard job to come up with something that is fresh and new. Get Over It, a zany and fresh film, does not disappoint. This is a likeable musical that not only teens will enjoy. I'm sure all audiences will find a few qualities and maybe some will love the movie. I found it to be a cutesy, extremely fast (sometimes too fast) and well-built flick. The chemistry between the two leads – Kirsten Dunst and Ben Foster – is very believable and although predictable, the love story is well put-together and generally likeable. The acting is even better. Ben Foster is a strong newcomer and Kirsten Dunst once again proves she is the queen of teen movies, although she better lose that angle soon or she'll be up for Prom Queen once more! However, Martin Short steals the show. Almost every word that came out of his mouth was hilarious to me. I was in a fit laughing. Great characterisation there Martin. Does he realise though that is the second film that he has been in that involves fairies? Maybe he likes the fluttering phonies. The movie does use recycled jokes in places, which disappointed me. However, most of the humour is solid, strong and fresh, so don't worry, even if we have seen a girl fly over a car before while she's running, you'll still laugh. This movie has a great soundtrack, some very cool ideas, great sets, is very funny, romantic and highly enjoyable with some excellent acting and accents. Get Over It is well worth your time; it's not a hard movie to enjoy.