You Again

So this movie looked semi-cute possibly but I really had no intention of seeing in the theater. Thanks to the horrible movie releases just prior to Halloween, I literally had no choice but this movie for our Movie Mondays club. I think Kristen Bell is just the cutest and if they could get Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lee Curtis, it couldn't be that bad right? The movie opened at number 5 and brought in more than $8 million it's opening weekend. To date, it's already surpassed it's meager $20 million budget and has grossed over $29 million worldwide. Gotta love the tagline, 'what doesn't kill you . . . is going to marry your brother'.

The movie centers around Kristen Bell, a former high school nerd, who comes home to find out that the girl who bullied her is now going to marry her brother. She then plots to reveal his fiance's true character. Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lee Curtis play the future in-laws and also former high school rivals. Betty White is thrown in there as well to add to the mix.

The plot is what you would expect from a bland generic romantic comedy of this nature. The laughs aren't anything extraordinary and there is a lot of situational comedy, some that don't pan out (i.e. the rehearsal dinner song/speech) and some that are humorous. The characters are obviously one-dimensional and highly cliched. The plot isn't very realistic however it's believable enough for what it is.

The movie was filmed on par with this genre. The soundtrack was upbeat and energetic, but nothing stylized or download worthy. Everything was executed nicely, but again nothing special here to talk about.

Kristen Bell does a nice job, and is mostly humorous in all of her scenes. Sigourney and Jamie Lee are naturals and they play well off each other. Betty White is Betty White. They are some fine actors, it's just hard to overcome generic writing. The actress who played the fiance' was pretty horrible, I must say. It seems as though she is a model doing her first acting gig? She's very pretty, but she delivers her lines in the way one would expect to see in a commercial or maybe a school play. I wouldn't be surprised if this was her first acting job ever. I don't want to sound too judgmental, but she was not even close to these other actors.

I remember seeing this movie, back when it was called When in Rome. It is pretty much the same movie with some details changed. All kidding aside, overall, it was a semi cute movie. Perhaps it would make a good rental, if there's nothing else out. I would not run to the theaters to see it. So for those out there who enjoyed When in Rome, I would recommend this movie. "Two scoops of crazy with a side of coo-coo-cashoo" -- You Again.