Get Over It! (2001)

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Directed by Tommy O'Haver.

Starring Kirsten Dunst, Martin Short, Ben Foster, Shane West, Colin Hanks, Sisqo, Melissa Sagemiller.

Ben Foster stars in this teenage comedy as Berke Landers, an average high schooler who has achieved high status by winning over Allison (Melissa Sagemiller), reputed to be the most popular and beautiful girl in his class. After an initially winning time, Allison finds herself drawn to the hot new guy in school, leaving Berke in the lurch. At the risk of ruining his unsteady reputation, Berke concocts a scheme for getting Allison back: he will join the school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and prove his romanticism to her. Realizing he needs an effective acting coach, he turns to Kelly (Kirsten Dunst), who was once the annoying little sister of a best friend and has suddenly blossomed into a grownup -- to whom Berke finds himself drawn. Berke must then decide if getting Allison back is the ultimate priority, as he falls for the more sensible Kelly, all while trying to maintain a credible presence both in school and in his new acting gig. Get Over It also features R&B singer Sisqo, comedian Martin Short, and Shane West in supporting roles. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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"First of all, I've never seen this piece of teensploitation. But come on, how hilarious is it that Sisqo is in this? Wow, there were a lot of bad movies coming out when I was in high school. And there's still a lot of bad movies coming out now, featuring pop stars that have no business acting. But The Thong Song? Super hilarious. " [More]

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"I'm all for the idea of unlikely leading men. Especially in comedies about teen romance, a phenomenon often determined by forces no greater than whose locker is next to yours. But give me someone better than Ben Foster, please. In Get Over It, Foster plays Berke, an average-looking, heartbroken high schooler with no discernible personality who has just been dumped by his gorgeous childhood sweetheart, Allison (Melissa Sagemiller). Allison claims that the spark between them is gone (extinguished, no doubt, by Berke's leaden disposition) and appears to be much happier dating the school's new hottie, Striker (Shane West), a member of an 'N Sync-like band that makes the girls swoon with hits such as "Love Scud." Berke discovers that both Allison and Striker will be trying out for their school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream -- have we seen this movie before? -- and enlists the talents of songwriter/thespian Kelly (Kirsten Dunst) to help him secure a pa ... " [More]

Review by All Movie Guide

All Movie Guide

is neutral about it.

This teen comedy features frothy Kirsten Dunst, star of the superlative Bring It On, but its by-the-books bawdiness and jokey attitude grace a less distinctive script and ensemble than the earlier film. Dunst is sweet and empathetic as romantic lead Kelly, but the story actually centers on the boy-loses-girl misadventures of Ben Foster's likable but generic Berke. In addition to the aforementioned Bring It On, the script also borrows elements from American Pie (big surprise) and She's All That (also scripted by R. Lee Fleming Jr.). The result is a compendium of gross-out and teen romance genre clichés that are watchable enough without making much of an impression. Tommy O'Haver, director of Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, brings lots of knowing camp to the scenes of Berke trying to win back his girlfriend by becoming a drama nerd. Swoosie Kurtz and Ed Begley Jr., meanwhile, actually make funnier too-permissive parents than Eugene Levy did in Pie and its sequel. But Martin Short way overplays a way underwritten riff on the frustrated artiste-drama-teacher archetype; just add Waiting for Guffman to the long list of films from which Get Over It tries, with lukewarm results, to borrow from. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

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