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, Odette Annable, Sigourney Weaver

2 wins.

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
William Brent	...	Ben (as Billy Unger)
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:

video tape | wedding toast | dance class | cheer | cheerleading | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief mild language and rude behavior

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

¡Otra vez tú!

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,407,513, 24 September 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$25,702,053

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$32,005,248

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures,Frontier Pictures,Oops Doughnuts Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Three cast members (Kristin Chenoweth, Cloris Leachman, and Meagan Holder) were members of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

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Goofs

When Mona and Gail fall into the pool, the underwater shot and the way they are moving once they resurface is 6 feet deep from the sign on the side of the pool. However, the next shot shows the sign on the side of the pool which says 4 1/2 feet, and they are still treading water as if to indicate they're in over their heads. 4 1/2 feet though is shallow enough that the characters could stand on the bottom while having their conversation.

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Quotes

Gail Olsen: You have been playing me since the moment you walked in my house-...
Ramona: Playing you?
Gail Olsen: Why? What happened between us? Tell me.
Ramona: You honestly don't remember?
Gail Olsen: I remember everything!
Ramona: You don't remember that we were best friends and then all through high school, every single time, I was runner up to you?
Gail Olsen: Runner up to me? Ramona, it wasn't a competition!
Ramona: Of course, it wasn't, you always won!
Gail Olsen: I won because they voted for me!
Ramona: Do you remember cheerleading? You made me try out, you got on the squad, I got ...
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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

Featured in Hollywood's Top Ten: Richard Roeper: Movies That I'm Thankful For (2010)

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Soundtracks

By the Time You Forget
(2006)
Written and Performed by Andy Suzuki
Courtesy of Music Supervisor Inc.

User Reviews

A few laughs but for no real purpose

"You Again" pits Kristen Bell versus her high school arch nemesis and relies on her physical comedy. Bell is always very likable and it's easy to get the audience on her side. And at least here her comedic timing is improving especially over her recent "When in Rome" debacle. It's fairly funny and the stars all work well together and let us feel as if we're apart of this family.

This is just a comedy. They went for slapstick instead of lessons on the malice of society. Bullies don't mature, and never recognize the harm they cause. So despite the film's insistence that this is not a fairy tale, it really is. The relationship and interaction between Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver is more realistic, but still wouldn't be as neat and shiny as portrayed.

"You Again" gives nothing of essence or real meaning. Just a few laughs for no greater purpose – though judging by the theatre-going audience that's all they were looking for. I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that Hollywood chose yet again not to tread on more truthful ground.