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Get Over It
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment // PG-13 // August 14, 2001
List Price: $29.99 [Buy now and save at Amazon]
The Movie:
It's obvious that starlet Kirstin Dunst has talent, but it's become a matter of finding roles that are right for her that also connect with an audience. The perky cheerleader comedy "Bring It On" was clever and entertaining, becoming a suprise hit. Dunst followed up with a supporting role in "Get Over It", which exited box offices as quickly as it entered. An attempt to go dramatic with "crazy/beautiful" was actually quite good, but audiences seemed uninterested, thanks likely to a terrible marketing campaign.
"Get Over It" was one of Miramax's many "three word" teen comedies (previous entries included "Boys and Girls", "Down To You" and "She's All That"), which have met with diminishing success since "She's All That" became a suprise hit. "Get Over It" was written by R. Lee Fleming, Jr., who was also responsible for "She's All That" - in other words, six degrees of teen comedy separation.
"Get Over It" stars newcomer Ben Foster as Berke Landers, who has just broken up with long-time significant other Allison (Melissa Sagemiller), who is now dating Striker (Shane West), a former member of a boy band. When he finds out that Striker and Allison are going to audition for the school's play, , "A Midsummer Night's Rockin' Eve", he decides to attend the auditions against the advice of friends Felix (Colin Hanks - son of Tom) and Dennis (Sisqo). He stinks (his choice of audition songs is the Big Red gum theme), but Felix's sister Kelly (Dunst) decides to help him get the girl and get into the play.
For those who are thinking, "of course, Kelly is really the right girl for the hero all along", you're already miles ahead of the picture. The basic elements of the picture are certainly not original and have been done countless times throughout cinematic history. Yet, there's some amusing touches. When Berke breaks up with Allison and walks down the street from her house, a garage band (lead by singer Vitamin C) follow him and break into a chorus of "Love Will Keep Us Together", followed by most of the neighborhood.
Unfortunately, those kind of inspired moments are dissapointingly few and far between. Much of the rest of the pic tends to stick in bathroom humor mode. Performances don't help things much, as Foster is unlikable and many of the supporting characters are less than one-dimensional. Dunst is the really the only engaging presence in the picture, while Martin Short barely keeps from going over-the-top as the director of the play.
Director Tommy O'Haver has at least attempted to liven Fleming's dull screenplay with his bright, cartoonish style, but here's an example of a movie whose best sequence is its opening - and it goes downhill from there.
The DVD
VIDEO: "Get Over It" is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. Image quality throughout the movie is suprisingly superb; although "Get Over It" is not the most visually elegant or interesting picture, the image remains almost completely free of flaws. Sharpness appeared consistently crisp; although the picture was not exceptionally well-defined, it at least never looked noticably soft or hazy.
Again, flaws are so minor as to be easily overlooked. A couple of scenes show extremely minimal grain, but no print flaws such as marks, scratches or even speckles. The picture appeared remarkably clean, even for a new relase. I didn't see any edge enhancement or pixelation, either. The picture overall presented a clean and pleasant viewing experience.
Colors looked bright and vibrant, as per usual for a teen comedy. Colors appeared well-saturated and clean, with no instances of smearing or other problems. Flesh tones also appeared natural and accurate. Overall, certainly not a disc that many will reach for as an image quality demo disc, but "Get Over It" looked better than I'd expected.
SOUND: The Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation is suprisingly lively. It's not going to replace many of the usual demo discs that home theater fans use, but it's certainly far more agressive than most films in the genre. An early club sequence has the music reverb nicely offered by the surrounds, which also do a fine job re-inforcing the music during many other scenes of the picture. The surrounds also ambient sounds and a couple of infrequent cartoony sound effects, which is certainly more use than they usually get in these comedies. Audio quality also sounded fine, as well. The music got a lot of presence (how unusual for a teen film!) and filled the listening space nicely when it came in. There's not a great deal of low bass, but I doubt anyone was expecting much from a picture like this one. Dialogue sounded clear and crisp, but it's a little obvious at a couple of points when dialogue has been replaced.
MENUS:: Very basic, rather bland menus with simple film-themed images as backgrounds.
EXTRAS::
Deleted Scenes: 8 deleted scenes are presented in non-anamorphic widescreen and decent condition, with optional commentary by the director and writer. Some of these sequences were simply cut for time, but there are a couple of sequences here that were taken out because of the MPAA (including a significantly longer version of the "strip club" scene), since the film had to be taken down to a PG-13. The eight scenes make up about 9 1/2 minutes of footage.
Martin Short Outtakes: This is a slightly over seven minute clip of Martin Short either cracking up mid-scene or improvising. Some very funny moments, but there's also some bits that didn't get a laugh.
Commentary: This is a commentary from director Tommy O'Haver and writer R. Lee Fleming. The two have a sense of humor about the film's lack of box office success and provide a fun, informative discussion of what happened during and after production. The "after" part not only deals with the picture's reception at the box office, but the battle with the MPAA. Although we find some of the deleted MPAA footage in the deleted scenes, there were also quite a few lines that were either overdubbed or had to be deleted to get the picture a PG-13. They also discuss some bits of gross humor that were apparently added at the request of the studio, some of which was added due to the success of another one of the studio's films - "Scary Movie" - which was a hit during the time when this film was in production. There's some pauses of silence now and then, but the two keep things entertaining and informative and thankfully never just sit back and tell what's going on in the scene at that moment.
Music Videos: The "Love Scud" video as well as Vitamin C's strikingly filmed video for "The Itch", which is presented in 1.85:1 widescreen.
Original Songs: This section provides the full versions (audio only) of "The Girl Inside", "Pocketful Of Dreams" as well as the audio for three songs that were not used in the final film - "Pocketful of Ass", "Hermia Let's Run Away" and "Love Me Hermia".
Sneak Peeks: Trailers for "Bounce", "Boys and Girls", "Down To You", "She's All That" and "10 Things I Hate About You". Although all of the trailers are unfortunately full_screen, they're in Dolby Digital 5.1. Also included is a 30 second spot for the soundtrack. Suprisingly, there's no trailer included for "Get Over It".
Also: Martin Short Make-up Test and 7 1/2 minute promotional featurette.
Final Thoughts: "Get Over It" succeeds in attempting something a little different from the norm of teen comedies and offers a sweet performance from Dunst, but often finds itself getting dragged back into cliches and bathroom humor. The DVD provides fine audio/video quality and some decent extra features. Fans of the film will certainly be pleased (and maybe suprised, given the film's low grosses) with the treatment its been given for DVD, while others who are interested would probably be best with a rental.
It's obvious that starlet Kirstin Dunst has talent, but it's become a matter of finding roles that are right for her that also connect with an audience. The perky cheerleader comedy "Bring It On" was clever and entertaining, becoming a suprise hit. Dunst followed up with a supporting role in "Get Over It", which exited box offices as quickly as it entered. An attempt to go dramatic with "crazy/beautiful" was actually quite good, but audiences seemed uninterested, thanks likely to a terrible marketing campaign.
"Get Over It" was one of Miramax's many "three word" teen comedies (previous entries included "Boys and Girls", "Down To You" and "She's All That"), which have met with diminishing success since "She's All That" became a suprise hit. "Get Over It" was written by R. Lee Fleming, Jr., who was also responsible for "She's All That" - in other words, six degrees of teen comedy separation.
"Get Over It" stars newcomer Ben Foster as Berke Landers, who has just broken up with long-time significant other Allison (Melissa Sagemiller), who is now dating Striker (Shane West), a former member of a boy band. When he finds out that Striker and Allison are going to audition for the school's play, , "A Midsummer Night's Rockin' Eve", he decides to attend the auditions against the advice of friends Felix (Colin Hanks - son of Tom) and Dennis (Sisqo). He stinks (his choice of audition songs is the Big Red gum theme), but Felix's sister Kelly (Dunst) decides to help him get the girl and get into the play.
For those who are thinking, "of course, Kelly is really the right girl for the hero all along", you're already miles ahead of the picture. The basic elements of the picture are certainly not original and have been done countless times throughout cinematic history. Yet, there's some amusing touches. When Berke breaks up with Allison and walks down the street from her house, a garage band (lead by singer Vitamin C) follow him and break into a chorus of "Love Will Keep Us Together", followed by most of the neighborhood.
Unfortunately, those kind of inspired moments are dissapointingly few and far between. Much of the rest of the pic tends to stick in bathroom humor mode. Performances don't help things much, as Foster is unlikable and many of the supporting characters are less than one-dimensional. Dunst is the really the only engaging presence in the picture, while Martin Short barely keeps from going over-the-top as the director of the play.
Director Tommy O'Haver has at least attempted to liven Fleming's dull screenplay with his bright, cartoonish style, but here's an example of a movie whose best sequence is its opening - and it goes downhill from there.
The DVD
VIDEO: "Get Over It" is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. Image quality throughout the movie is suprisingly superb; although "Get Over It" is not the most visually elegant or interesting picture, the image remains almost completely free of flaws. Sharpness appeared consistently crisp; although the picture was not exceptionally well-defined, it at least never looked noticably soft or hazy.
Again, flaws are so minor as to be easily overlooked. A couple of scenes show extremely minimal grain, but no print flaws such as marks, scratches or even speckles. The picture appeared remarkably clean, even for a new relase. I didn't see any edge enhancement or pixelation, either. The picture overall presented a clean and pleasant viewing experience.
Colors looked bright and vibrant, as per usual for a teen comedy. Colors appeared well-saturated and clean, with no instances of smearing or other problems. Flesh tones also appeared natural and accurate. Overall, certainly not a disc that many will reach for as an image quality demo disc, but "Get Over It" looked better than I'd expected.
SOUND: The Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation is suprisingly lively. It's not going to replace many of the usual demo discs that home theater fans use, but it's certainly far more agressive than most films in the genre. An early club sequence has the music reverb nicely offered by the surrounds, which also do a fine job re-inforcing the music during many other scenes of the picture. The surrounds also ambient sounds and a couple of infrequent cartoony sound effects, which is certainly more use than they usually get in these comedies. Audio quality also sounded fine, as well. The music got a lot of presence (how unusual for a teen film!) and filled the listening space nicely when it came in. There's not a great deal of low bass, but I doubt anyone was expecting much from a picture like this one. Dialogue sounded clear and crisp, but it's a little obvious at a couple of points when dialogue has been replaced.
MENUS:: Very basic, rather bland menus with simple film-themed images as backgrounds.
EXTRAS::
Deleted Scenes: 8 deleted scenes are presented in non-anamorphic widescreen and decent condition, with optional commentary by the director and writer. Some of these sequences were simply cut for time, but there are a couple of sequences here that were taken out because of the MPAA (including a significantly longer version of the "strip club" scene), since the film had to be taken down to a PG-13. The eight scenes make up about 9 1/2 minutes of footage.
Martin Short Outtakes: This is a slightly over seven minute clip of Martin Short either cracking up mid-scene or improvising. Some very funny moments, but there's also some bits that didn't get a laugh.
Commentary: This is a commentary from director Tommy O'Haver and writer R. Lee Fleming. The two have a sense of humor about the film's lack of box office success and provide a fun, informative discussion of what happened during and after production. The "after" part not only deals with the picture's reception at the box office, but the battle with the MPAA. Although we find some of the deleted MPAA footage in the deleted scenes, there were also quite a few lines that were either overdubbed or had to be deleted to get the picture a PG-13. They also discuss some bits of gross humor that were apparently added at the request of the studio, some of which was added due to the success of another one of the studio's films - "Scary Movie" - which was a hit during the time when this film was in production. There's some pauses of silence now and then, but the two keep things entertaining and informative and thankfully never just sit back and tell what's going on in the scene at that moment.
Music Videos: The "Love Scud" video as well as Vitamin C's strikingly filmed video for "The Itch", which is presented in 1.85:1 widescreen.
Original Songs: This section provides the full versions (audio only) of "The Girl Inside", "Pocketful Of Dreams" as well as the audio for three songs that were not used in the final film - "Pocketful of Ass", "Hermia Let's Run Away" and "Love Me Hermia".
Sneak Peeks: Trailers for "Bounce", "Boys and Girls", "Down To You", "She's All That" and "10 Things I Hate About You". Although all of the trailers are unfortunately full_screen, they're in Dolby Digital 5.1. Also included is a 30 second spot for the soundtrack. Suprisingly, there's no trailer included for "Get Over It".
Also: Martin Short Make-up Test and 7 1/2 minute promotional featurette.
Final Thoughts: "Get Over It" succeeds in attempting something a little different from the norm of teen comedies and offers a sweet performance from Dunst, but often finds itself getting dragged back into cliches and bathroom humor. The DVD provides fine audio/video quality and some decent extra features. Fans of the film will certainly be pleased (and maybe suprised, given the film's low grosses) with the treatment its been given for DVD, while others who are interested would probably be best with a rental.
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