#Throwback Thursday: ‘Get Over It’
April 22, 2015
Do you like musicals? Teen romantic ‘dramedies’ from the late 90s and early 2000s? Shakespeare?
Well, if you said yes to all these questions, or even just one, then “Get Over It” is your movie. Released by Miramax in March 2001 and stars Kristen Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Mila Kunis, Sisquo, Colin Hanks, Shane West, Zoe Saldana and Martin Short.
The movie follows protagonist Berke Landers (Ben Foster), who is in an amazing relationship with the beautiful Alison (Melissa Sagemiller), or so he thought because less than two minutes into the film she dumps him. This is one of my favorite scenes because as a heartbroken and shocked Berke leaves Alison’s house, Vitamin C makes a cameo with a marching band and belts out “Love will keep us together” and nails it. Trust me, it’s just too perfect.
He also discovers that Alison is now dating Striker (Shane West) a “foreign” student that once was the lead singer of a popular boy band.
This realization inspires Berke to pull a ‘Zac Efron’ (all my “High School Musical” fans know what I’m talking about) and go on Alison’s roof and miserably yet hilariously fail at singing one of Striker’s songs. He gets an A for effort though.
He discovers that Alison and Striker are going to audition for the modernized musical version of Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which is now called “A Midsummer Night’s Rockin Eve.”
With the help of his best friend Dennis (Sisquo), Felix (Hanks) and Felix’s little sister Kelly (Dunst), who also happens to be a talented singer-songwriter, he just might get the part and get Alison back.
I’m a huge lover of teen movies, especially from earlier times so for me it’s such a shame that not that many people have heard of “Get Over It,” and that film gained mixed reviews.
This film should go down as one of the most famous teen movies in history alongside the likes of movies like “Mean Girls” and “The Breakfast Club.”
For starters, you will constantly fall out of your chair laughing at the lengths Berke would go to impress Alison and get her back. Also, his management of theater practice and his other commitments is hilarious.
You learn about the majestic human being that is Kunis. Mila’s character Basin has the cliché sassy best friend role, she is Dunst’s character’s best friend, and she does it pretty well especially with her potty-mouth filled one liners and unexpected ability to bust a move while wearing fairly wings.
Finally the movie is the nostalgic. Who doesn’t like reminiscing about the early years of using house phones to call friends and Internet being non-existent. Plus, it’s fun to look back on how far some of these actors have come since they first began.
Overall “Get Over It” is a feel-good movie filled with comedic genius, especially from unexpected scene stealer Martin Short, and shows how far one would go for love.