Get Over It (2001)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Tommy O'Haver

Writer:

R. Lee Fleming Jr.

Stars:

Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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 endues 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.

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | play | singer | dancer | high school | 

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Taglines:

Get Dumped. Get Pumped. Get Even.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some crude/sexual humor, teen drinking and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Get Over It!

Filming Locations:

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£887,133 (UK) (8 June 2001)

Gross:

£3,541,124 (UK) (13 July 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax International, Ignite Entertainment, Keshan

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

During the intermission, when Allison is trying to convince Berke to to get back with her, Kelly walks in to hear the conversation. Her hair is in a completely different style and color.

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Quotes

Dr. Desmond Forest Oates: [interrupting Kelly's song] Time. Time.
[music stops]
Dr. Desmond Forest Oates: It's just not very good. I could lie to you, but I would do you a disservice, because it's-it's just bad.

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Crazy Credits

During the opening credits, Vitamin C ('Colleen Fitzpatrick' ) performs Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" as people dance around Ben Foster. The walk down the street (and all the dancing) is in one continuous shot.

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Connections

Spoofs The Matrix (1999)

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Soundtracks

"September"
Written by Maurice White, Al McKay and Allee Willis
Performed by Sisqó and Colleen Fitzpatrick (as Vitamin C)
Sisqo appears courtesy of Def Soul Records
Vitamin C appears courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

User Reviews

A pleasing, entertaining musical teen comedy.

GET OVER IT (2001) Rating: 8/10

I'll start this review by saying making a musical comedy for teens is a very hard thing to do. Not only to teens in general dislike musicals, but teen comedies with the Shakespeare theme are really growing old and it would be a hard job to come up with something that is fresh and new. Get Over It, a zany and fresh film, does not disappoint. This is a likeable musical that not only teens will enjoy. I'm sure all audiences will find a few qualities and maybe some will love the movie. I found it to be a cutesy, extremely fast (sometimes too fast) and well-built flick. The chemistry between the two leads – Kirsten Dunst and Ben Foster – is very believable and although predictable, the love story is well put-together and generally likeable. The acting is even better. Ben Foster is a strong newcomer and Kirsten Dunst once again proves she is the queen of teen movies, although she better lose that angle soon or she'll be up for Prom Queen once more! However, Martin Short steals the show. Almost every word that came out of his mouth was hilarious to me. I was in a fit laughing. Great characterisation there Martin. Does he realise though that is the second film that he has been in that involves fairies? Maybe he likes the fluttering phonies. The movie does use recycled jokes in places, which disappointed me. However, most of the humour is solid, strong and fresh, so don't worry, even if we have seen a girl fly over a car before while she's running, you'll still laugh. This movie has a great soundtrack, some very cool ideas, great sets, is very funny, romantic and highly enjoyable with some excellent acting and accents. Get Over It is well worth your time; it's not a hard movie to enjoy.