You Again (2010)

Director:

Andy Fickman

Writer (WGA):

Moe Jelline (written by)

Release Date:

24 September 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Engagement | Rivalry | Singing In A Car | Two Word Title | Female Protagonist

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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)
Brytni Sarpy	...	Marcia
Gelsey Weiss	...	Gail (as Gelsey Mahanes)
Tammy To	...	Jennifer
Mimi Karsh	...	Lori
Amye Wilmes	...	Lucian
Reginald VelJohnson	...	Mason Dunlevy
Henry G. Sanders	...	Chaplain
Shanola Hampton	...	Tammy
Jenna Leigh Green	...	Heather
Christopher Khai	...	Murata
Ashley Fink	...	Sunday
Paul Nygro	...	Strauss
Daryl Hall	...	Himself
John Oates	...	Himself
Tbone Wolk	...	The Band (as T-Bone Wolk)
Mike Braun	...	The Band
Charlie Dechant	...	The Band
Zev Katz	...	The Band
Eliot Lewis	...	The Band
Lisa Valenzuela	...	Moe
L.J. Benet	...	Eric (as LJ Benet)
Amy Reiss	...	Mary Ann
Chambers Stevens	...	Iscovich
Coby Ryan McLaughlin	...	Sean (as Coby McLaughlin)
Brittany Wilkinson	...	Teenage Gail
Anne Elisabeth	...	Teenage Ramona (as Anne Winfree)
Catherine Bach	...	Daisy
Staci Keanan	...	Dana (as Stacy Keanan)
Chopper	...	Coco Puff
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicole Abramson	...	Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Dwayne Johnson	...	Air Marshal (uncredited)
Cloris Leachman	...	Helen (uncredited)
Cameron Lee	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Rachael Lee	...	School Dance Girl (uncredited)
Hunter James Mckeever	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Emmanuel Ondrick	...	Guest's Date (uncredited)
James Peyton	...	Waltz Dancer (uncredited)
Arne Starr	...	Teacher (uncredited)
Leah Stoltz	...	Bride's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Directed by
Andy Fickman

Writing credits (WGA)
Moe Jelline		(written by)

Produced by
Andy Fickman	....	producer
Mario Iscovich	....	executive producer
John J. Strauss	....	producer
Betsy Sullenger	....	co-producer
Eric Tannenbaum	....	producer
Todd Y. Murata	....	production executive (uncredited)

Original Music by
Nathan Wang

Cinematography by
David Hennings		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Keith Brachmann		(edited by)
David Rennie		(edited by)

Casting by
Gail Goldberg

Production Design by
Craig Stearns

Art Direction by
Charles Daboub Jr.		(as Charlie Daboub)

Set Decoration by
Jan Pascale

Costume Design by
Genevieve Tyrrell

Makeup Department
Simone Almekias-Siegl	....	makeup department head
Audrey L. Anzures	....	key hair stylist (as Audrey Anzures)
Mary Burton	....	makeup artist: Ms. Weaver
Camille Clark	....	makeup artist: Ms. Curtis
Barbara Lorenz	....	hair department head
Barbara Lorenz	....	personal hair stylist: Jamie Lee Curtis
Sabine Roller	....	key makeup artist (as Sabine Roller Taylor)
Anthony Veader	....	hair stylist: Sigourney Weaver
Gary Archer	....	dental technician (uncredited)
Peter De Oliveria	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Ashley Fox	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Natasha Ladek	....	wig maker (uncredited)
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker: Sigourney Weaver (uncredited)

Production Management
Jayne Armstrong	....	post-production supervisor
John G. Scotti	....	unit production manager
Ellen Wolff	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ian Calip	....	second assistant director
Kyle Hollingsworth	....	second second assistant director (as Kyle Allen Hollingsworth)
Jenna Kehrli	....	dga trainee
Scott Rogers	....	second unit director
Sunday Stevens	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sharon E. Alshams	....	set designer (as Sharon Alshams)
Steve Altuna	....	set dresser (as Stephen F. Altuna)
Peter Alvarez	....	general foreman (as Peter Pace Alverez)
Nicole Balzarini	....	art department coordinator
Scott Buckwald	....	property master
Alan Burg	....	set dresser (as F. Alan Burg)
Greg John Callas	....	construction coordinator (as Greg Callas)
Louise Del Araujo	....	leadperson
Jared Fleury	....	assistant property master
Susan Garcia	....	set dresser
Bryan Gettman	....	set dresser
Deborah Harman	....	set dresser
Rochelle Harvey	....	art department assistant
Tom Ivanjack	....	on-set painter
Mike MacDonald	....	food stylist
Melissa Merritt	....	on-set dresser
Richard Paul Pond	....	set dresser (as Rick Pond)
Cynthia C. Rebman	....	on-set dresser
Mark Richardson	....	assistant property master
Sara Wilhelmi	....	graphic artist
Dan Caplan	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Francesco Ferrara	....	painter (uncredited)
Christopher Morente	....	on-set greensman (uncredited)
Daniel P. Murphy	....	welding foreman (uncredited)
Matt Robbins	....	key greensman (uncredited)
Lindsey Sjoberg	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Randle Akerson	....	supervising sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer (as Jim Ashwell)
Keith Bilderbeck	....	sound effects editor
Jeanette Browning	....	adr recordist
Steve Cantamessa	....	sound mixer
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Brian Dinkins	....	mix technician
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Val Kuklowsky	....	adr supervisor
Val Kuklowsky	....	dialogue supervisor
Scott La Rue	....	sound utility (as Scott LaRue)
Kimberly R. McCord-Wilson	....	adr editor (as Kimberly McCord-Wilson)
Kimberly R. McCord-Wilson	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly McCord-Wilson)
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Mark Pappas	....	foley supervisor
Eliza Pollack Zebert	....	adr editor
Eliza Pollack Zebert	....	dialogue editor
Terry Porter	....	re-recording mixer
Robert L. Sephton	....	supervising sound editor
F. Scott Taylor	....	assistant sound supervisor
Gary Thomas	....	boom operator (as Gary C. Thomas)
Dean A. Zupancic	....	re-recording mixer
Roy Machado	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Austin Lee Smoak	....	sound production assistant (uncredited)
Ryan Young	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Aaron Zeller	....	pro tools playback operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects supervisor (as Mark Byers)
Joe D. Ramsey	....	special effects foreman (as Joe Ramsey)
Tom von Badinski	....	special effects technician (as Tom Von Badinski)

Visual Effects by
Dick Edwards	....	visual effects: Invisible Effects
Chris Holmes	....	visual effects producer: ICO Entertainment, Inc.
Jeffrey Kalmus	....	visual effects supervisor: ICO Entertainment
Jason M. Bergman	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Stuart Bruzek	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Chris Dawson	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Elle Alexander	....	stunt double: Ramona
Kevin Arnold	....	stunts
Allison Caetano	....	stunt double: Marni
Mary Lynn Giacomazzi	....	stunt double: Joanna
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunts
Sean Graham	....	stunts
Tim James	....	stunts
Kinsley Johnson	....	stunt silk double: Georgia
Donna Keegan	....	stunt double: Gail
Frank Lloyd	....	stunt double: Mark
Debbie Park	....	stunt silk double: Gail
Scott Rogers	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Anthony Scott	....	stunt double: Will (as Paul Scott)
Sean Taylor	....	stunts
Nancy Wetzel	....	stunt double: Young Gail

Camera and Electrical Department
Bryan Antin	....	grip
Eugene A. 'Gero' Bergschneider	....	rigging best boy grip
Branch M. Brunson	....	rigging best boy (as Branch Brunson)
Charles John Bukey	....	key grip
Rick Colosimo	....	dolly grip
Robert Duke	....	grip
Wayne L. Duncan	....	grip (as Wayne Duncan)
Mark Fellman	....	still photographer
Sean P. Fickert	....	rigging key grip
John Garrett	....	second assistant camera
Lonnie S. Gatlin	....	best boy electric (as Lonnie Gatlin)
Cranston Gobbo	....	dolly grip
Bob E. Krattiger	....	gaffer (as Bob Krattiger)
Dennis J. Lootens	....	rigging gaffer
Jody Miller	....	camera operator
Jody Miller	....	steadicam operator
Bill O'Drobinak	....	camera operator (as Billy O'Drobinak)
Brad Peterman	....	first assistant camera
Chad Rivetti	....	first assistant camera (as Chad L. Rivetti)
Rodney Sandoval	....	second assistant camera
Jonathan Shier	....	camera loader (as Jonny Shier)
Randy Stone	....	second assistant camera (as Randall Stone)
Jorge Sánchez	....	first assistant camera (as Jorge Sanchez)
Nobu Tashiro	....	grip (as Nobhiro Tashiro)
John Trunk	....	video assist
Rodney Veto	....	best boy grip
Anders Yarbrough	....	video utility (as Anders A. Yarbrough)
Adam Austin	....	libra head operator (uncredited)
Nico Bally	....	crane head technician (uncredited)
Scott Barnes	....	automated lighting programmer (uncredited)
John Betancourt	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Don Duffield III	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Andrew Dumas	....	camera assistant (uncredited)
Christopher Ferguson	....	additional lighting programmer (uncredited)
Frank R. Jimenez Jr.	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Kris Krosskove	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Wayne Marshall	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Jesse Mather	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Peter McAdams	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Maryellen Aviano	....	extras casting coordinator
Jennifer Shapiro	....	casting associate
Claire Benjamin	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)
Wendy Washbrook	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nickolaus Brown	....	key costumer
Romy Devack	....	costume department assistant
Amy Fegely	....	set costumer (as Amy E. Fegely)
Courtney Hoffman	....	set costumer
Carol Kunz	....	costume supervisor
Kia Tyrrell	....	set costumer (as Kia M. Tyrrell)
Sara Walbridge Castro	....	set costumer (as Sara Walbridge)
Melissa Kidd	....	costumer (uncredited)
Molly McConnaughy	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Ben Cox	....	apprentice editor
Christine Gaiman	....	post production coordinator (as Chris Gaiman)
Laura Geucherian	....	digital intermediate producer
Keith Mahoney	....	digital edit assist
Kevin O'Connor	....	digital film colorist
Edward H. Ostermann	....	editorial production assistant
Chris Regan	....	color timer
Thom Whitehead	....	digital intermediate editor
JoAnne Yarrow	....	assistant editor (as Joanne Yarrow)
Amanda Zemke	....	first assistant editor
Judith Babcock	....	technical supervisor dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Richard Bronskill	....	auricle operator
Brent Brooks	....	supervising music editor
Gary Chase	....	composer: additional music
Gary Chase	....	music programmer
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	orchestra conductor
Tom Hardisty	....	scoring recordist
Joel Iwataki	....	score mixer
Joel Iwataki	....	score recordist
Katia Lewin Jablonsky	....	assistant music engineer (as Katia Lewin)
Joseph Magee	....	supervising music playback mixer
Larry Mah	....	digital workstation operator
Milton Nelson	....	orchestrator
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Booker White	....	music preparation: Walt Disney Music Library
George Doering	....	musician (uncredited)
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Aaron Meyer	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Neil Marshall	....	transportation captain
Kenny Searle	....	transportation coordinator
David Becerra	....	transportation office coordinator (uncredited)
Robert C. Cawley	....	driver (uncredited)
Don Haggerty	....	transportation (uncredited)
Charles Montgomery	....	driver: cast (uncredited)
Frank Porras	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Scott Ballew	....	set production assistant
Betty Bennett	....	script supervisor (as Betty Bennett Pappe)
Lori Beth Bernat	....	executive assistant: Mr. Fickman
Jason Christian Brown	....	stand-in: Mr. Wolk (as Jason Brown)
Jim Carberry	....	location manager (as James C. Carberry)
Ross Coscia	....	set production assistant
Kelly Curtis	....	assistant: Mr. Curtis
Lucian Daniels	....	assistant: Mr. Sullenger
Jeremy Davis	....	medic
Doris Donnenberg	....	production coordinator
Mike Dussault	....	assistant: Mr. Tannenbaum
Jesse Ehman	....	office production assistant
Brendan Finnigan	....	first assistant accountant
Molly Flattery	....	assistant: Ms. Weaver, LA
Vivian Garcia	....	stand-in: Ms. Yustman
Ryan Gladden	....	data wrangler
Barbara Gutman	....	production accountant
Brandon Hamilton	....	office production assistant
Mark Harden	....	animal trainer
Hannelies Harman	....	assistant: Ms. Weaver, NY (as Hannelies Hartman)
Tom Hogan	....	key assistant location manager
Eric Hoskins	....	data wrangler
Jake Isham	....	set production assistant
Keith Jackson	....	set production assistant
Stephen Kardell	....	assistant location manager
Mimi Karsh	....	assistant choreographer
Dave Kasubowski	....	craft service (as David A. Kasubowski)
Mary Ann Kellogg	....	choreographer
Katherine Kohler	....	payroll accountant (as Kathy Kohler)
Christine Lakin	....	assistant choreographer
Brandon Little	....	craft service
Kyle Loll	....	office production assistant
Heather Longerbeam	....	production secretary
Sharon Lubin	....	stand-in: Ms. White
Patti McGuire	....	environmental steward
Jackie Medel	....	set production assistant
Boone Narr	....	head animal handler
David O'Dell	....	medic
Sonni Paisley	....	stand-in: Ms. Bell (as Sonni Stommel)
Nick Pietryga	....	assistant: Mr. Tannenbaum
Chuck Radtke	....	assistant: Mr. Fickman
Anna Ramey	....	set production assistant
Nick Rufca	....	assistant production coordinator
Justin Stirling	....	post-production accountant
Cid Swank	....	unit publicist
Ross Tatelman	....	office production assistant
Patty Tobin	....	stand-in: Ms. Curtis (as Patti Tobin)
Craig W. van Gundy	....	additional location manager (as Craig W. Van Gundy)
Katina Waters	....	stand-in: Mr. Unger
Sasa Watt	....	second assistant accountant
Amye Wilmes	....	second assistant accountant
Rachelle Wise	....	set production assistant
Diane Witter	....	stand-in: Ms Weaver
Lois Yaroshefsky	....	studio teacher
William Yohe	....	stand-in: Mr. Garber
Ted Zizik	....	assistant: Mr. Strauss
Ryan Babbs	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Cathleen Brown	....	clearances (uncredited)
Christina Hwang	....	title producer (uncredited)
Airica Prange	....	production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Stephanie Siemiller	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Richard Bates	....	the filmmakers wish to thank
David Meister	....	the filmmakers wish to thank
Seth Pappal	....	the filmmakers wish to thank: Yearbook Library

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures (presents)
• Frontier Pictures
• Oops Doughnuts Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2010) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Forum Hungary (2010) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Touchstone Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Argentina) (all media)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• I.C.O. Entertainment (visual effects) (as ICO Entertainment, Inc.)
• Invisible Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Aerial Experience Productions  aerial acrobatic equipment and choreography
• Aero Mock-Ups  airline mock-up (as Aero Mock-Up, Inc.)
• American Humane Society  animal action monitoring (as American Humane)
• Boone's Animals for Hollywood  animals (as Boone's Animals for Hollywood, Inc.)
• California Film Commission  the filmmakers wish to thank
• Central Casting  extras casting (uncredited)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes (as Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies (as Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems (as Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized camera systems (as Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.)
• Chef Robért Catering  catering
• Deluxe Digital Media  digital intermediate and opticals
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management (uncredited)
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables (uncredited)
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix (uncredited)
• J.L. Fisher  camera support (as J.L. Fisher, Inc.)
• Kodak  motion picture film
• Loop Troop  adr casting
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers (uncredited)
• Panavision Remote Systems  camera equipment
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Picture Mill, The  main and end title sequences (as Picture Mill)
• Remote Control Productions  score mixed at (as Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica, CA)
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals (uncredited)
• State of California  the filmmakers wish to thank (as The State of California)
• TM Motion Picture Equipment  grip: lighting and electric equipment (as TM Motion Picture Equipment Rentals, Inc.)
• Walt Disney Music Library, The  music preparation (as Walt Disney Music Library)
• Walt Disney Studios  re-recorded at (as Walt Disney Studios, Santa monica, CA)
• Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage  score recorded at (as The Eastwood Scoring Stage, Burbank, CA)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild language and rude behavior

Runtime:

USA:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #46026) | Malaysia:U | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:U | Ireland:G | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

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 (1996) (TV) as Libby Chessler.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Ramona pushes Gail into the pool at their senior prom in 1976, "Barracuda" by Heart can be heard. The song had not been released yet as it first appeared as a single in January 1977. It is acknowledged by the characters later on, so it cannot be "just the soundtrack".

Quotes:

Mark Olsen:I love Switzerland!
Gail Olsen:You've never been to Switzerland.
Mark Olsen:Yeah, but I love chocolate. I love cheese. I love clocks.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #9.6" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Bounce with Me

Four Allegedly Mature Women In A Penis-Measuring Contest

Being a guy, I always wonder, with these slapstick comedies that revolve around women with a wedding as a backdrop, do grown women over the age of 25 really become THIS immature? In "Bride Wars", you see two very attractive women pulling childish pranks on one another in preparation for their respective weddings, and somehow some women went to see that movie in droves. "You Again" received a spanking from major critics, most of whom were male, but actually turned in a profit at the box office.

I'm still really curious to know what women think when they see two women in their 20's pulling mean, callow tricks on each other, then seeing two other women in their 50's, who are attractive for their age I might add, trying to one-up each other while taking dance lessons in preparation for a wedding. Can real life women actually relate to these women on screen? Do they think their antics are funny?

Speaking as a man (whether or not that's important is up to you, the reader), I found these shenanigans ranging from cat fights to forced slapstick comedy neither amusing nor believable. If I saw my Mom acting the way either Jamie Lee Curtis or Sigourney Weaver do on screen, I would get angry, and quick.

But I digress. This movie starts out on a good note showing Marni Olsen (Kristen Bell) in high school with glasses, braces, and a bad case of acne. Although the nerd stereotype is a bit overdone here, somehow Bell succeeds in being unglamorous to the point where we, the audience, feel for her.

Her main tormentor is popular cheerleader J.J. (Odette Yustman), who is smoking hot, but effectively easy to dislike. However, the first mean prank you see pulled on Marni is her being crowd-surfed out of school by a group of jocks, including that mean cheerleader. Marni seems to be angry at J.J. and only J.J., somehow forgetting that she wasn't the only one in the crowd.

Fast forward less than a decade later, and Marni has lost the braces and glasses, is a successful P.R. executive, and looks as hot as she did in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (2008). Her post-high school transformation is one many people would envy, but none of that matters when she finds out that her older brother is about to marry J.J., who is now known as Joanne.

Marni's mother Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis) tries to convince Marni to put the past behind her. That is, of course, until it's revealed that Joanne's aunt is Ramona (Sigourney Weaver), a woman who used to be "best friends" with Gail in high school. However, you know that unresolved animosity brews underneath the facade of these two women when a flashback reveals Ramona pushing Gail into a pool. Why she did this, the movie never really explains.

The rest of the movie remains laugh-less as Kristen Bell seems to trip over herself and bang her head into several different people and objects, almost as if she's Curly from The Three Stooges. One scene shows her falling off a running path into a nest of red ants. Her love interest tries to help her, but their heads bump into one another. Nuk nuk nuk!

Of course, when Marni and Joanne trade blows, there is the inevitable catfight with dialogue so vapid and uninspired. When Joanne throws a dish at Marni, she replies, "Ooh, kitty likes to scratch!" I don't know what other movie I've heard that phrase in, but it's probably because it has been in at least six other films.

With such hackneyed verbal taunts comes a fight that fails to intrigue. Dishes get broken, Marni smashes a vase Joanne got as a gift that she claims is "so expensive" (yet looks like one you could get for $2 at Goodwill), and Joanne dumps some sort of soup over Marni's head. Are you laughing yet? You wonder what is wrong with these people, and why such hot women have maturity levels that make Zach Galifianakis look like Don Draper. Even worse, once the pratfalls come to a close, the movie tries to sugarcoat itself with messages of peace, love and reconciliation, and the rest of the movie is boring.

I thought Betty White would be the breath of fresh air in this movie. After all, she was hilarious as a "Saturday Night Live" host last year. Unfortunately, she has no really funny lines, and a really dumb gag involving false teeth. Kristen Chenowith is also equally wasted as a flamboyant Southern belle wedding planner who seems to be in the wrong movie. There are also a handful of subplots that go nowhere, and scenes completely irrelevant to the story that go on forever. The cheerleader's dance to Kris Kross's "Jump" is energetic, but belongs in another "Bring It On" sequel.

"You Again" is a great looking movie with likable actors in it. Unfortunately, the lead actresses are forced to act childishly, then mend their ways through fluffy speeches about family values, aided by background music borrowed from past episodes of "Full House". It could have been a memorable film, but somehow chose not to be and went the "My Best Friend's Wedding" route.