Get Over It (2001)

Director:

Tommy O'Haver

Writer (WGA):

R. Lee Fleming Jr. (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Split Happens...

Plot:

When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison...

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Play | Dancer | High School | Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kirsten Dunst	...	Kelly Woods
Ben Foster	...	Berke Landers
Melissa Sagemiller	...	Allison McAllister
Sisqó	...	Dennis Wallace
Shane West	...	Bentley 'Striker' Scrumfeld
Colin Hanks	...	Felix Woods
Zoe Saldana	...	Maggie (as Zoë Saldana)
Mila Kunis	...	Basin
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Beverly Landers
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Frank Landers
Martin Short	...	Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
Carmen Electra	...	Mistress Moira
Colleen Fitzpatrick	...	Herself (as Vitamin C)
Coolio	...	Himself
Christopher Jacot	...	Peter Wong

Also Known As:

Get Over It! (USA) (promotional title)
Getting Over Allison (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some crude/sexual humor, teen drinking and language. (edited from R-rated version)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) (certificate #38063) | Malaysia:18SX (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Ignite Entertainment

Trivia:

Late singer and actress Aaliyah was considered to play the role of Maggie in the film, but the part was given to Zoe Saldana.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the opening number of the show at the end of the film, Kelly's character Helena sings that she loves Burke's character Lysander, when in the original play, Midsummer Night's Dream, Helena loves Demitrius.

Quotes:

Dr. Desmond Forest Oates: What direction do you think "left" is? See, because if you go with your instinct and reverse it, I think we have something happening. How difficult is this? I'm so alone, I think.
Jessica: I am trying. You are intimidating me.
Dr. Desmond Forest Oates: Well you are FRIGHTENING me. You understand that? How do you get dressed in the morning? Do you have people come in, or do you just lie in state?

Movie Connections:

References Bring It On (2000)

Soundtrack:

The Itch

Pretty good

Burke (Ben Foster) is dumped by Allison (Melissa Sagemiller). She then starts dating obnoxious English boy Striker (Shane West). Burke tries out for a school play--a rock version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"--just to be near Allison. He's totally unaware that his best friend's little sister (Kirsten Dunst) is attracted to him. Guess how it turns out?

Aside from two flashes of nudity and an astounding amount of swearing for a PG-13 movie, this is a cute and harmless teen movie. It's definetely better than writer/director Tommy O'Haver's last film ("Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss").

I'll list the bad and good things about this movie: The bad: Foster is way too nerdy to be likable; West's imitation of an English accent is hysterically bad; Martin Short is really REALLY irritating as the school drama coach and some jokes are real groaners.

The good: Dunst is very good and stops the show when she sings "Dream of Me"; the songs and dances aren't half bad and full of color and energy; Sagemiller is beautiful and very appealing; West (accent aside) is really handsome and hunky and dir. O'Haver has a real flair for directing dance & music numbers--he should really do a musical next.

So--an OK teen film.