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You Again is a movie that reveals how insignificant high school is when looking at the big picture and how important it is to let the past be the past.
You Again tells the story of the struggles of high schooler Marni (Kristen Bell) and her arch nemesis Joanna (Odette Yustman) when they are thrown into each other’s lives once again when Mari discovers that Joanna is about to marry her older brother Will (James Wolk). As their rivalry resurfaces, Marni’s mother Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Joanna’s Aunt Ramona (Sigourney Weaver) realize that they both went to high school together as well and ended their friendship on bad terms. Betty White also stars as the character of Marni’s Grandma Bunny.
The cast contains a lot of big Hollywood names and is the best part of the film. Kristen Bell is a very likable actress and has excelled on her previous parts, and her portrayal of Marni is no different despite the fact that it is a role that she really hasn’t played before.
Usually she is portrayed as the stuck-up chick opposed to the nerdy chick in this film. The performances of both Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lee Curtis are very funny and prove that they are good on screen together.
But it is Betty White’s comical genius that owns the screen. As usual all of White’s jokes can be broken down into a series of very funny one-liners.
There are also various celebrity cameos in the film that may surprise you. The best scene in the film is about one hour into the film and takes place in a dance studio where all of these talented actors just relax and have fun. If the rest of the film followed suit this would have been a very funny movie.
The film is very excruciating to watch for the first hour and shows only slight improvement after the scene mentioned above. The movie fails to go anywhere and has a lot of unnecessary scenes including the ending segment of the film. The film takes itself way too seriously by including numerous vary dramatic scenes that take away from the fun that the film could have had.
