Diagonaldi Very well executed

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Eric Stevenson This was by no means terrible, but I was underwhelmed by it. I think the main flaw is that the crude jokes were really annoying. We didn't need to have all this stuff about guy's butts being shown and women accidentally losing their bras. That really did weigh it down. Also, some of these characters (especially the leader teacher) can be pretty annoying. With all that being said, it certainly had its good points. I'll give it credit for having a story about the actual play in the actual movie that's reenacting the actual play. That was pretty interesting.We even get this nice "September" dance number at the very end. Still, the bad definitely outweighed the good. I liked how I could recognize Kirsten Dunst. With me watching more and more movies all the time, I can recognize more actors and actresses. I even found the main character to be pretty likable. I guess it was too short. When you make a Shakespeare adaptation, it should probably be more epic. I guess it's mostly harmless. I realize that I'm not into teen movies at all. **

Python Hyena Get Over It (2001): Dir: Tommy O'Haver / Cast: Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Shane West, Martin Short: Opens with Ben Foster dumped by his girlfriend and the hilarity that follows as the song and dance that emerges behind him with dancer popping into frame. Title suggests carrying on with life after a crisis. Ben Foster tries to win back his girlfriend from a sleazy hunk so he joins the Shakespearian play of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Kirsten Dunst assists him. Director Tommy O'Haver does a fine job at combining reality with Shakespearian dream sequences. Despite its formula structure its climax is quite funny. Foster is hilarious as the love lost teenager bent on venturing into the realms of Shakespeare to prove himself but we know how this concludes. Fetching Dunst is well cast as his eventual love. She is his best friend's sister and she agrees to assist him with the play. Melissa Sagemiller plays Foster's ex-girlfriend who embarks upon the play but will see the error of her ways. Shane West steals scenes as the new boyfriend who will obviously cause division between Foster and Sagemiller but his climatic scene during the play is most amusing. Martin Short brings another level of hilarity as a drama teacher who struggles to pull this all together. Relating Shakespeare and modern romance allow for an intriguing comedy. Score: 8 / 10

Computer_Stud And yet we have another movie where a boy loves girl, girl loves boy back, girl gets bored with boy, boy gets dumped, girl finds another guy, and boy tries to win back the heart of girl until boy later falls for another girl in the process. This formula in teen movies has been played over and over again, so why waste your time watching another one? What makes this movie different from others of this genre are the actors and seeing them perform roles that they have never done before and somehow pulling it off. First, we have Ben Foster, a name that immediately makes you think of all the socially awkward rejects and enraged psychos that he has played during his short career. Here, he gets to play a different role as the clueless basketball jock Berke Landers, who is desperately trying to win back his sexy ex-girlfriend Allison McAllister by entering into the school theatre production that she has chosen to take part in. Although a skeptical casting choice, Foster pulls off the role with the right amount of finesse, making Berke cool enough to see why a stunning beauty like Allison would fall for him while at the same time making him not so cool so we understand why Allison might have gotten bored with him (something teen idol Freddie Prinze, Jr. would have a hard time doing). With his right combination of average good looks, low-key charisma, and competitive attitude, Foster ultimately convinced me as the lovestruck teen protagonist.Another against type performance is given by Kirsten Dunst. She plays Kelly Woods, the younger sister of Berke's best friend Felix, who is desperately trying to get the attention of Berke, who is too busy trying to woo his ex. Usually playing the sought-after, popular teen queen, Kirsten Dunst is now the under-appreciated, unnoticed girl, despite her everpresent attractiveness both on the outside and inside. Dunst gets to downplay her engaging screen presence in order to allow love object Foster to be the focus of the film and does so successfully.In addition to the two leads, we have Colin Hanks, whose nerdy and studious characters in Roswell and Orange County are forgotten by his performance here as party animal and fellow jock Felix Woods, who is both helping Berke forget about Allison and keeping other guys from hitting on his kid sister. Hanks provides a lot of the comedy, channeling some of his father's zany comedic appeal from the early part of his career in the 1980s.Meanwhile, we have Shane West and Sisqo playing away from their usual entertainment personas. Niceguy Shane West of Once and Again and Whatever It Takes plays the teen villain as Bentley "Striker" Scrumfeld, the British heartthrob and school's new theatre buff who "dazzles his way" into Allison's fancies. Singer Sisqo, who is known for his sexually-charged dance performances and seductive R&B lyrical vocals, plays the timid Dennis Wallace, another friend of Berke and basketball star trying to muster up the courage to ask out Kelly's friend Basin, played surprisingly sweet by Mila Kunis, an actress known for playing less friendly characters on screen. Added to the mix are Berke's hilariously liberal parents, played with comic delight by serious, dramatic actors Ed Begley, Jr. and Swoosie Kurtz.The only other main character not cast against type is Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates, the egocentric drama coach trying to keep the play from being a total disaster. Dr. Oates is played unsurprisingly over-the-top by Martin Short, but unlike in most of his comedies, I found Short to be quite funny here.Don't expect anything new or surprising in the storyline and don't expect the jokes to be too original, but do expect to be surprised by the actors playing the roles and enjoy their performances. If you follow this formula, you are in for a quite a treat.

disdressed12 it thought the first half of this film was pretty good.instead of being your standard teen romantic comedy,it actually had some slapstick thrown in,some of which was quite amusing.to me,that was kinda different for this genre.at least it was something i hadn't seen before.not that that means anything.and the movie also had a bit of a musical bent to it,which i liked.sure,most of the movie is fairly predictable.but then most movies are,at least to a point.anyway,the movie moves along fairly well for the first 45 minutes or so.but then it gets really bogged down.you kinda know how things are gonna end up,but it seemed to take forever to get there.as a result,i just wanted it to finally end.for me,because of the slow(and to me,boring)second half, i can only give Get Over It a 5/10