'Get over it' is yet another flick from the remade-Shakespeare sub-genre of teen movies. I have never seen a good movie of this kind, and this is no exception. But I think I am justified in saying that this is the absolute nadir of the teen movie genre. This movie was never going to be Oscar material, but even taking that into account, it is just plain AWFUL.
'Get Over it' is one of the most clichéd, predictable, un-engaging movies I have ever read. Teen movies may not be known for their originality, but this reaches a whole new low in filmmaking. It's obviously geared towards a 13-16 year old audience, and absolutely no one out of this age group would fail to recognize it as what it is - absolutely mediocre, or worse, in every way.
The plot is the usual lame affair: a guy called Berke gets dumped by his longtime girlfriend Alison and joins his schools production of a Shakespeare play in order to impress her and get her back. He enlists the help of his friend's pretty younger sister (Kirsten Dunst) to help him learn his lines. Gee, you don't think they fall for each other, do you? No way, that couldn't possibly happen.
The acting didn't particularly impress me either, with a few expressions. I don't understand why a talented actress like Kirsten Dunst would attach herself to a film like this. The male lead, the guy that played Berke, was about as emotional as cold rice (he seemed stuck on one facial expression for much of the movie) and none of the other characters were memorable, though also not blatantly bad acted. The crazy drama teacher was probably the one interesting and funny character.
I should also mention that some scenes in this film were terrible. The scene where Berke sings the Big Red song (product placement, anyone?) was excruciating, in more than the way that was intended. And the "climactic" scene of the performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was a low point of... the HISTORY of CINEMA. (When I start using capitalization like that, you know things are getting bad). Will Shakespeare would have turned over in his grave: it's like they took his play, ran over it with a steamroller and then hacked it to bits with a chainsaw for good measure.
Comparing 'Get Over it' to another Shakespeare-teen-comedy like 'Ten Things I hate about you' easily highlights just how bad GoI is. Both movies are rather cliché and predictable, not going to win any awards, but TTiHAY was at least enjoyable, and watchable. While not particularly high-quality, at least it didn't make me feel LESS smart for having watched it. I couldn't sit through all of GoI (although I saw about 85-90% of the film), that's how completely and utterly BAD it was.
I would give this movie 3/10. These are for Kirsten Dunst's acting (despite being trapped in a substandard role), the fact that GoI is NOT a teen comedy about sex (which I really did appreciate), and that the movie did have 3 or 4 mildly enjoyable scenes.
But really - don't waste your time watching this. IT'S 87 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL NEVER HAVE BACK.
'Get Over it' is one of the most clichéd, predictable, un-engaging movies I have ever read. Teen movies may not be known for their originality, but this reaches a whole new low in filmmaking. It's obviously geared towards a 13-16 year old audience, and absolutely no one out of this age group would fail to recognize it as what it is - absolutely mediocre, or worse, in every way.
The plot is the usual lame affair: a guy called Berke gets dumped by his longtime girlfriend Alison and joins his schools production of a Shakespeare play in order to impress her and get her back. He enlists the help of his friend's pretty younger sister (Kirsten Dunst) to help him learn his lines. Gee, you don't think they fall for each other, do you? No way, that couldn't possibly happen.
The acting didn't particularly impress me either, with a few expressions. I don't understand why a talented actress like Kirsten Dunst would attach herself to a film like this. The male lead, the guy that played Berke, was about as emotional as cold rice (he seemed stuck on one facial expression for much of the movie) and none of the other characters were memorable, though also not blatantly bad acted. The crazy drama teacher was probably the one interesting and funny character.
I should also mention that some scenes in this film were terrible. The scene where Berke sings the Big Red song (product placement, anyone?) was excruciating, in more than the way that was intended. And the "climactic" scene of the performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was a low point of... the HISTORY of CINEMA. (When I start using capitalization like that, you know things are getting bad). Will Shakespeare would have turned over in his grave: it's like they took his play, ran over it with a steamroller and then hacked it to bits with a chainsaw for good measure.
Comparing 'Get Over it' to another Shakespeare-teen-comedy like 'Ten Things I hate about you' easily highlights just how bad GoI is. Both movies are rather cliché and predictable, not going to win any awards, but TTiHAY was at least enjoyable, and watchable. While not particularly high-quality, at least it didn't make me feel LESS smart for having watched it. I couldn't sit through all of GoI (although I saw about 85-90% of the film), that's how completely and utterly BAD it was.
I would give this movie 3/10. These are for Kirsten Dunst's acting (despite being trapped in a substandard role), the fact that GoI is NOT a teen comedy about sex (which I really did appreciate), and that the movie did have 3 or 4 mildly enjoyable scenes.
But really - don't waste your time watching this. IT'S 87 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL NEVER HAVE BACK.