Get Over It (DVD)
Special Edition
APPROX. 86 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 2001 - MPA RATING: PG-13
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Extras:
Listening to the audio commentary on the DVD edition of "Get Over It," my worst fears were confirmed. Basically, the filmmakers wrote, shot, and edited a "teen" film with outrageously tasteless dialogue and onscreen action, and then they took the film to the movie ratings association and trimmed the film little by little just to eke out a PG-13 rating. To have made an ADULT film and then hacked away at it simply to try to get a commercially desirable rating is unconscionable. Think about it, "Get Over It" began life as a lewd and crass product without a single artistically salient point. (Director Tommy O'Haver and writer R. Lee Fleming, Jr. also talk about how they were inspired by the success of "Shakespeare in Love," and...you know, I'm sorry, these two have no clue about how to make any idea any good at all.)
Of course, you can find a good deal of the edited material in the DVD's special materials section. There are a handful of deleted and extended scenes (eight) that show how the filmmakers edited the film in order to avoid the R-rating. Usually, I like deleted/extended scenes. Here, they just reveal how corrupt the system is. You can view these scenes with or without audio commentary.
Martin Short plays quite possibly the most objectionable character in the movie, and he gets showcased twice in the extras. There are some Martin Short outtakes, and there is a silent "makeup test" with the actor. Lemme ask you something, when did OBNOXIOUNESS become a substitute for true humor? This is desperation at its worst.
The stunningly brief, seven-minute "featurette" shows precious little that you won't have already seen if you've ever seen behind-the-scenes footage of a filmed production. To add insult to injury, the "featurette" replays the scene where the unfortunate actress needlessly bares her breasts AGAIN for the camera. Filled mostly with inane interviews, this piece of junk is the reason why we reviewers fear "featurettes" so much.
There are two music videos--Vitamin C's "The Itch" (with a Kirsten Dunst cameo) and the "Love Scud" video headlined by one of the film's characters, who plays a former member of a boyband.
The DVD's most pleasant extras are the five songs that play without any video footage. Taken out of context, the songs make little sense, but at least I could enjoy Miss Dunst's voice without being forced to watch the awful movie.
As has become fairly routine with Buena Vista (parent company of Miramax) DVD releases, there are trailers a-plenty for OTHER BV films (plus a soundtrack promo) but not for the main feature itself.
A glossy insert showcases the DVD keepcase's front-cover artwork and provides chapter listings.
Entertainment Value:
Kiki, Kiki, Kiki...why? Well, I suppose even someone as talented and destined for posterity as Kirsten Dunst will endure her share of nuclear bombs. At the very least, the film showcases Miss Dunst's decent singing voice. "Get Over It" ranks with "Down to You" (ALSO A MALA VISTA RELEASE) as not only among the worst teen-oriented films made but also as among the worst films EVER. Before I saw these two films, I thought that nothing could beat "Highlander" for sheer wastefulness. Now I know better.
Usually, I don't feel that there is much constructive in my criticizing poster artwork, but the theatrical poster for "Get Over It" was uninspired (the cast just stood in a line as if at some sort of cattle call). The DVD cover art is damn ugly, too. No, I didn't play around with this DVD on an off day. On any day and by any standard, "Get Over It" stinks to the ends of the universe.
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