You Again (2010)

When a young woman realizes her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school, she sets out to expose the fiancée's true colors.

Director:

Andy Fickman

Writer:

Moe Jelline

Stars:

Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristen Bell	...	Marni
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Gail
Sigourney Weaver	...	Ramona
Odette Annable	...	Joanna (as Odette Yustman)
Victor Garber	...	Mark
Betty White	...	Grandma Bunny
James Wolk	...	Will (as Jimmy Wolk)
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Georgia
Sean Wing	...	Charlie
Kyle Bornheimer	...	Tim
Billy Unger	...	Ben
Christine Lakin	...	Taylor
Meagan Holder	...	Kendall
Patrick Duffy	...	Richie
Anna A. White	...	LouAnne (as Anna White)

Storyline

As a teenager Marni was the kind of girl no guy would go near and would be tormented by the mean girls, and no one was meaner to her than Joana the head cheerleader. Years later, she's a successful woman with a good job. When she goes home for her brother's wedding she discovers that her brother is marrying Joana. And he doesn't know what she did to Marni. When they meet she wants Joana to apologize for the way she treated her but Joana feigns ignorance. When Marni tells her mother, Gail about her and Joana, Gail tells her to try and put it behind her. But when Gail meets Joana's aunt Mona, it turns that she's her old friend Ramona who was her friend in high school whom she had falling out with with years ago, and Gail is unaware what caused it. Gail feels like Mona is trying to thumb her success in her face. When Marni learns that Joana does remember her she sets to expose her to her brother.

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Plot Keywords:

engagement | rivalry | singing in a car | two word title | female protagonist | 

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Taglines:

What doesn't kill you... is going to marry your brother.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief mild language and rude behavior

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

¡Otra vez tú!

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$8,407,513 (USA) (24 September 2010)

Gross:

$25,677,801 (USA) (10 December 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Frontier Pictures, Oops Doughnuts Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Marni Olsen learns that her brother is marrying her type-A cheerleader long dark haired high school tormentor, she is asked to please sit down by a flight attendant played by Jenna Leigh Green who portrayed the same character type on Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Libby Chessler.

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Goofs

Early in the movie, when Marni first finds out Joanna will be staying in her room, you can clearly see two twin beds. Later, when Will comes in to give Joanna the rose, there is only one large bed. The big bed is seen multiple times throughout the movie.

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Quotes

Marni: High school was a horror movie. This weekend is the sequel.

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Crazy Credits

The actors names appear next to pictures and videos of them from the movie.

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Connections

References Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1997)

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Soundtracks

"Toxic"
(2003)
Written by Cathy Dennis, Henry Jonback (as Henrik Jonback), Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg
Performed by Britney Spears
Courtesy of Jive Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

A pain to watch

You Again is a romantic comedy lacking both romance and comedy. It stars Kristen Bell (who I LOVED on Veronica Mars), Odette Yustman (who is hot), Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween is great), and Sigourney Weaver (Alien, anybody) Alright, so we got a pretty solid cast for a pretty bad movie. Actually REALLY awful. 3rd worst film of 2010 for me.

So the movie starts off showing Kristen Bell as a teen playing the most stereotypical nerd that I've seen in a long time. She's so stereotypical that it's not believable. She was bullied by Odette Yustman. Exactly what Odette did (besides call her Moo) is unclear, but she was a BIG MEANIE! so several years later, Kristen bell is hotter and her bland brother James Wolk is getting married to Odette Yustman. Coincidentally, Odette's aunt is Sigourney Weaver. She was rivals with Kristen's mom Jamie Lee Curtis.

This is where the "humor" comes in. A lot of pratfalls and food getting dumped on people and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a pointless and unfunny cameo. (He previously worked with director Andy Fickman in The Game Plan and Race to witch mountain) At only 105 minutes, this film moves at a snail's pace and was a pain to sit through. However, I have a rule that you can never leave a movie early because the end can change your mind entirely. Well the end is horrible

OK yeah. So the acting. Odette Yustman is hot but CAN NOT ACT! Kristen Bell is a good actress but she's very bland here. Betty White isn't given enough screen time. Victor Garber (of Alias fame) does absolutely nothing. and James Wolk is just a poor actor.

Even if you can get past the clichés and predictable storyline because you just want some good old fashioned escapism, that still doesn't excuse the fact that this film was boring and unfunny with a bunch of despicable characters and not a hint of wit or charm. I can't say that my expectations were particularly high for this movie, but I didn't expect it to be this bad. Wow. Waste of time.