Get Over It Synopsis: A high school senior’s girlfriend breaks up with him. His friends try to make him think of something else. His friend’s sister Kelly helps him with the school musical. Spending time with Kelly has an effect.
After Berke’s girlfriend, Allison, breaks up with him, he will go to any lengths to win her back. His plan is complicated because Allison is now dating Striker, a guy who used to be (or still is?) in a boy band. Kelly, the sister of Berke’s best friend Felix, offers to help Berke when he joins the school musical based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream to get close to Allison again. Shenanigans ensue.
Get Over It is one of those early 2000s teen comedies I remember opening in theaters, but it is one I have never seen. I like Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst, so I thought… why not? It has a stacked cast of “before they were famous” people like Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana.
I wonder why Sisqo is on nearly every poster when his character isn’t a main character… did the Thong Song come out around this time, and they were capitalizing on his popularity? It would have made more sense to have Allison there… but I digress.
Get Over It is…. silly. But in that somewhat endearing way that cheesy teen comedies can get away with? That doesn’t mean it was a good movie because it wasn’t. It wasn’t godawful either, just… bad. I can appreciate over-the-top humor, but it doesn’t work here.
In one scene, Berke goes on a date with a gorgeous Australian exchange student who, it turns out, has incredibly bad luck. Okay, this could be funny, but it goes so far beyond funny into Too Much! and immediately takes you out of any chance of this movie being plausible.
A modernized retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Get Over It lacks the magic and chemistry that made 10 Things I Hate About You so successful. Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst have grown into incredible actors, but this script doesn’t do them any favors, and I didn’t feel much chemistry between their characters. Their friends and Allison’s new love interest, played by Shane West, are one-dimensional stock characters designed to throw out the occasional bit of wisdom or humor. Still, there aren’t many jokes that stick the landing.
I watched Get Over It at the beginning of June, and it took me until today to finish this review, mostly because I was uninspired by it, and I didn’t really know what to say about it. Martin Short is humorous as the drama teacher, and I did laugh a bit at how horrible the actual musical was – yes, it was supposed to be bad, thankfully- but that’s the extent of my enjoyment! There are so many better teen movies out there to watch from this era, so I suggest skipping this one. If you’re in the mood for a modernized teen comedy based on a classic, go with Clueless or 10 Things.
Watched: 06/02/2023
Notable Song: September by Sisqo
