(2001)
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Brian J. Dillard
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.
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Get Over It! (2001)
