When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring musical. Thus ensues a love triangle loosely based upon Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", where Berke is only to find himself getting over Allison and beginning to fall for Kelly.
Kirsten Dunst
Kelly Woods
Ben Foster
Berke Landers
Melissa Sagemiller
Allison McAllister
Sisqó
Dennis Wallace
Shane West
Bentley 'Striker' Scrumfeld
Colin Hanks
Felix Woods
Swoosie Kurtz
Beverly Landers
Ed Begley Jr.
Frank Landers
Zoe Saldaña
Maggie
Mila Kunis
Basin
Martin Short
Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
Carmen Electra
Mistress Moira
Dov Tiefenbach
Little Steve
Vitamin C
Vitamin C
Kylie Bax
Dora Lynn Tisdale
Coolio
Coolio
Christopher Jacot
Peter Wong
Jeanie Calleja
Jessica
Park Bench
Chook
Daniel Enright
Grendan
Andrew McGillivray
Hugh Spicer
Megan Fahlenbock
Shirin Kellysa
Jonathan Whittaker
Coach Hibble
Shawn Roberts
Colin
Sadie LeBlanc
Jamilla
Jordan Madley
Corrine
Ravi Steve
Del Molden, Jr.
Tommy O'Haver
Love Matters Director
Reuben Thompson
E.M.T.
Roger McKeen
Cop #1
Chris Benson
Cop #2
Albert Chung
Trombonist
Antoinette Delond
Stripper #1
Krista Leis
Stripper #2
Judy Stoimenov
Stripper #3
Larissa Gomes
Stripper #4
Jeffery Wong
Attendant / Fairie
Shawn Fernandez
Attendant / Fairie
Catherine Hernandez
Attendant / Fairie
Lindsay Cole
Janice Loughlen
Delores Etienne
Sweet Old Lady
Danny Truelove
Little Boy in Restaurant
Jack Thomas Babcock
Love Scud Boy Band Member #1
Michael Coristine
Love Scud Boy Band Member #2
Christine Nowland
Dancer
Brent Bushell
Dancer
Amy Todd
Dancer
Troy P. Liddell
Dancer
Josh Feldman
Dancer
Louis Paquette
Dancer
Jesse Robb
Dancer
Jenn Butler
Dancer
Mario Castillo
Dancer
Michael Boisvert
Dancer
Krista Martins
Dancer
Patrick Patterson
Dancer
Chloe Randle-Reis
Dancer
Diane Fabian
Dancer
Brad Garrick
Dancer
Jamie Holmes
Dancer
Rukiya Bernard
Girl with Tampons in Hair (uncredited)
Ho Pak-Kwong
Old Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Michael Kremko
Guy in Restaurant (uncredited)
Jennifer Vey
Blind Flower Girl (uncredited)
Director
Tommy O'Haver
Writer
R. Lee Fleming Jr.
May 19, 2023
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**_Snappy comedy revolving around a Shakespearian high school play_**
A senior (Ben Foster) loses his childhood sweetheart (Melissa Sagemiller) and so joins the school play to win her back despite his lack of theatrical talent. The play is a musical version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in which the teen has to deal with the hyper drama teacher (Martin Short) as he gets to know his best friend’s sister (Kirsten Dunst).
"Get Over It” (2001) is an energetic and innovative teen comedy with good camaraderie and the unique scenario of a Shakespearian play marked by that updated 60's-type aesthetic of the period. The amusing lines, mostly by Short’s character, are so rapid-fire you’ll have to see the movie a second or third time just to get ’em all. I also appreciate the ‘cool’ edge minus the over-the-top sleaze of flicks like the (puke-inducing) “American Pie” series.
Mila Kunis is also on hand in a peripheral role, but she never did anything for me, nor did Dunst or Sagemiller, but they’re all winsome enough. And Jeanie Calleja is notable as the assistant of the drama teacher, Jessica; plus there are some females on the fringes worth a mention. Speaking of which, statuesque Kylie Bax appears in an amusing side role and Carmen Electra has a bit part.
On the masculine side of things, Short pretty much carries the movie with his over-the-top charisma. Moreover, Colin Hanks and Sisqó are likable as the protagonist’s best friends while Shane West is effective as the arrogant rival.
Remember the high school play in “Dead Poets Society”? Now imagine if the entire movie revolved around that with a wildly witty tone and fast pacing. That’s this movie. It took me a while to catch a grip with its uniqueness but, once I did, I savored it.
The film runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot in Ontario at Mississauga (Port Credit) and nearby Toronto.
GRADE: B
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$22,000,000.00
Revenue:
$19,900,366.00