Get Over It
2001
Director Tommy O'Haver's (BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS) sophomore effort is a breezy teen romance that injects a much needed jolt of wit and energy into an overworked genre. Ben Foster (FREAKS AND GEEKS) stars as Berke, a fairly nondescript basketball player whose romance with the beautiful Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) has .. Read more
| Starring | Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Sisqo, Shane West |
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| Director | Tommy O'Haver |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Get Over It
Director Tommy O'Haver's (BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS) sophomore effort is a breezy teen romance that injects a much needed jolt of wit and energy into an overworked genre. Ben Foster (FREAKS AND GEEKS) stars as Berke, a fairly nondescript basketball player whose romance with the beautiful Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) has made him the happiest man in school as well as the envy of his classmates. Unfortunately, Allison doesn't feel the same way and dumps him in the opening minutes of the film. Determined to win her back, Berke auditions for the high school play, "A Midsummer Night's Rockin' Dream," in which Allison has snagged the lead role. Thwarting his hopes of reconciliation is the guy that Allison just started dating, Striker (Shane West), a transfer student who heads a semi-famous boy band and sports a laughable European accent. Enlisting the help of his best friend's sister, Kelly (Kirsten Dunst), Berke tries to rehearse for the play and finds his emotions caught between his past with Allison and his burgeoning feelings for Kelly. Sweet and funny (especially during Martin Short's appearances as the play's name-dropping director), GET OVER IT is an excellent teen film bolstered by an exceptional cast.
| Starring | Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Sisqo, Shane West, Colin Hanks, Martin Short |
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| Director | Tommy O'Haver |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Jan 2002 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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The bland title does no favours to this better-than-average teen movie. Ben Foster, fresh from his terrific performance in Barry Levinson's excellent but hardly seen Liberty Heights, plays a teenager who's dumped by his longtime girlfriend. He signs up to join her in the school's musical version of A Midsummer Night's Dream in an attempt to win her back. He's aided and abetted by his best friend's younger sister. As she's played by the drop-dead gorgeous Kirsten Dunst, there are no prizes for guessing that maybe young Ben is making moon-eyes in the wrong direction. Daft thing is that it takes him the whole film to realise it. Smartly written and sassily acted, the film wisely avoids drawing too many parallels between its unrequited-love theme and that of Shakespeare's play. And, as a bonus, there's an inappropriate but entertaining cameo from Martin Short, as the play's campily neurotic producer.
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This high school movie sees scriptwriter R Lee Fleming Jr play loose variations on A Midsummer Night's Dream - a... read more on Time Out
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
build a bridge...
Well i have to say i really enjoyed this film. Its not oscar winning in any way but its a fun and funny film which ticks all the boxes i look for in a rom-com.
The story revolves around the school's very camp musical re-production of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and the dream sequences involving the film's characters (and a few fairies!) are just lovely.
If you like romantic comedies you are sure to like this film, go rent it! -
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Do Get Over It
If you ever feel like you want to see this film - GET OVER IT!!! It's rubbish, watched the first 20 minutes and no I couldn't bear to give it a chance!!
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Tom and Colin Hanks are to join up again for a new film, it has been reported. The dad and son duo will star alongside each other in the picture The Great Buck Howard. Colin will feature as a school leaver who decides to become a magician's assistant, while Tom will play the role of Colin's father. Kevin Kline has also been pegged to play the role of Buck Howard himself, an illusionist whose career is on the slide. The film will follow the magician's career and fall into decline. Tom and Colin... Read more
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