Review of You Again (2010) by Nicki M — 27 Mar 2011

I went into this one expecting a bad movie based on the reviews of others. And yes, it was all true, it is not the best movie. Kristin Bell has a very likeable presence which seems to keep me coming back, hoping against past evidence that this time, she'll be in a good one.

However, it is not all bad. As a movie to watch at home on a quiet weekend, you could certainly pick worse. If I paid full price to go to the cinema, I think I would be annoyed, but I picked this up half price as a rental, so really I have no grizzles.

Harmless enough movie about a young woman, Marni, (Kristin Bell), who discovers her old high school rival is about to marry her brother. Marni was a geek back in school and Joanna (Odette Yustman) made her life a living hell. Now it appears that Joanna has reinvented herself and no longer remembers Marni. Or does she?

What follows is one and a half hours of mild laughs and some cringes. Especially when it turns out that Joanna's aunt Mona (Sigourney Weaver) made her own mother's (Jamie Lee Curtis) life a living hell back in high school. Good cast and reasonable story lift a not so good movie into something watchable and almost enjoyable, despite some of the stupidity that launches into disbelief at times. (ie. the wedding scene. What the hell??).