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Get Over It (2001)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 5/24

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5/24: Sheesh...now, I know why I had never heard of Get Over It in the past.

Everybody should be embarrassed. Kirsten Dunst is too far talented for this rubbish that's meant for teenagers who have a chance doing well in popularity contests. The next two films she would do are Crazy/Beautiful and The Cat's Meow that made her an even better actress. Afterwards, Kirsten Dunst's career took off.

Ben Foster may seem like a good actor, but he's been full of crap and always plays himself. Then, there's Martin Short. I have to say, "Wow." He wasn't a bad sort when he played off-beat kooks in various films like Innerspace, Pure Luck (I'm pretty sure the accident-prone tanned female is based on his character from this film), and Captain Ron. But in Get Over It, he plays the biggest asshole who ever worked in high school when the role is supposed to go to an extremely unlikeable person like David Spade or Christopher McDonald. That being said, I'll never see Martin Short the same way again.

As for the film, the whole thing sucks so bad that it keeps getting shallower and shallower. Nothing is funny. What's with the dog humping things? Even there's image of him doing the same thing to the film title in the movie poster. Why do I have to see that? What are the filmmakers trying to do...be gross on purpose because they think it's a cool thing to do? Ditto for a lot of ribald sexual stuff that have no place in high school setting.

All in all, the high school genre was done to death during the 80's with plenty of success, so why did anyone behind Get Over It think it would reinvent the wheel?