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| You Again | |
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| Directed by | Andy Fickman |
| Written by | Moe Jelline |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Hennings |
| Edited by | David Rennie |
| Music by | |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million[2] |
| Box office | $32.1 million[3] |
You Again is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Moe Jelline. The film stars Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, James Wolk, Victor Garber, Billy Unger, Kyle Bornheimer, Kristin Chenoweth, and Betty White in her final live-action film acting role before her death in 2021.
The film was released on September 24, 2010, by Touchstone Pictures to be poorly received by critics and it earned $32 million against a production budget of $20 million. It was the last solo Touchstone Pictures project before working on subsequent films in association with Miramax, DreamWorks, South African films, Studio Ghibli and Lucasfilm. As a result of this, Touchstone signed a deal with DreamWorks Pictures in 2011, starting with I Am Number Four.
Plot
[edit]In 2002 in the fictional town of Ridgefield, California, awkward teenager Marni Olsen is bullied by popular girl JJ. Marni's protective brother, basketball star Will, is oblivious to JJ's behavior, even when JJ sabotages the team's crucial win by pushing the mascot-clad Marni into him.
Eight years later, Marni is a successful public relations executive in Los Angeles, and has been recently promoted to her firm's New York City office. She returns home for Will's upcoming wedding to a woman named Joanna, whom she has never met, and later learns is JJ. To Marni's chagrin, her family adores Joanna, who appears to not remember her. Marni and Will's mother Gail also discovers that Joanna's beloved aunt Ramona, a wealthy businesswoman paying for the wedding, is her former high school best friend.
Marni refrains from telling Will about Joanna's past. A series of mishaps have Marni resembling her high school self, further distressing her. Marni realizes that Joanna does remember her when Joanna deliberately plays the song she used to torment Marnie with in high school. Resolving to save Will from Joanna, Marni retrieves a video from the time capsule she buried during senior year, which displays Joanna's hostile behavior toward her and other students. Meanwhile, Gail and Ramona reconcile, though Ramona still seems unhappy with her.
At the bridal shower, Marni privately confronts Joanna. Joanna finally admits she remembers her, but neglects to apologize, instead cautioning Marni to not interfere with her and Will's relationship. Now more determined than ever to protect Will, Marni invites Joanna's ex-boyfriend Tim as her date to the rehearsal dinner. During toasts, Tim embarrasses Joanna by announcing that she left him at the altar on their wedding day. The time capsule video is then played, shocking and confusing all the guests, especially Will, who leaves.
Marni insists Joanna hasn't changed, though Joanna remorsefully claims she had pretended to forget Marni so they could start over. The two fight until Will intervenes, scolding them both before storming out and calling off the wedding. Ramona then calls Gail out for overshadowing her in high school and stealing her crush, Richie Phillips. During their argument, they fall into the pool, but ultimately reconcile. Gail's husband and Marni's father, Mark, grounds both Marni and Gail.
That night, Marni finds Joanna tearfully binge eating in her wedding dress. Joanna finally apologizes for bullying Marni, insisting that she changed after her parents died as she hoped to become someone they could be proud of, and explaining that she pretended not to know Marni because she feared her past would cost her Will and his family. Marni forgives her, promising to mend Joanna's relationship with Will. Marni later apologizes to Will, insisting she was only trying to protect him.
Joanna and Will reconcile in the family's old tree house, but because their younger brother Ben had loosened the screws, it collapses, injuring them and forcing a hospital stay which delays the wedding. However, Marni arranges a wedding at the hospital. Gail surprises Ramona with Richie, and they start a relationship while Marni starts one with Charlie, her brother's best friend.
Joanna reintroduces her grandmother, Bunny, to Bunny's high school rival, Helen. Bunny finally gets revenge by stealing Helen's dance partner, while Helen swears that the game is not yet over.
Cast
[edit]- Kristen Bell as Marni Olivia Olsen, a successful public relations executive in Los Angeles
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Gail Byer Olsen, Marni's mother
- Brittany Wilkinson as teenage Gail
- Sigourney Weaver as Ramona "Aunt Mona" Clark, a wealthy businesswoman and Joanna's aunt
- Anne Winfree as teenage Ramona
- Odette Yustman as Joanna "J.J." Clark, a girl who bullied Marni when they were young and has now married her brother and Ramona's niece
- Kristin Chenoweth as Georgia King, a wedding planner
- Victor Garber as Mark Olsen, Gail's husband and Marni's father
- Jimmy Wolk as William "Will" Olsen, Gail's son and Marni's protective older brother
- Betty White as Grandma Bunny Byer, Gail's mother and Marni's maternal grandmother
- Patrick Duffy as Ritchie Phillips
- Kyle Bornheimer as Tim
- Sean Wing as Charlie Mason, Will's friend and the one who was nice to Marni in high school
- Billy Unger as Ben Olsen, Gail's son and Marni's younger brother
- Christine Lakin as Taylor
- Reginald VelJohnson as Mason Dunlevy
- Cloris Leachman as Helen Sullivan (uncredited cameo)
- Dwayne Johnson as Air Marshal (uncredited cameo)
- Meagan Holder as Kendall
- Jenna Leigh Green as Heather
- Staci Keanan as Dana
- Catherine Bach as Daisy
- Daryl Hall as himself
- John Oates as himself
Music
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- "We Are the Champions" – Performed by Queen
- "Barracuda" – Performed by Heart
- "I'll Go On" – Performed by Brittany Burton
- "Kiss on My List" – Performed by Hall & Oates
- "Full of U" – Performed by Shaun Ruymen
- "Pump It" – Performed by The Black Eyed Peas
- "Bounce with Me" – Performed by Kreesha Turner
- "Kiss Me" – Performed by Sixpence None the Richer
- "Toxic" – Performed by Britney Spears
- "What Is Love" – Written and Performed by Jackie Tohn
- "Magic of Maui" – Written and Performed by Charles Brotman and Elmer Lim Jr.
- "By the Time You Forget" – Written and Performed by Andy Suzuki
- "Paris Without You" – Performed by Perry Danos
- "Dinner 4 Deux" – Written and Performed by Charles Blaker and Kevin Hiatt
- "Jump" – Performed by Ali Dee and the Deekompressors
- "Every Woman in the World" – Written by Dominic Bugatti and Frank Musker
- "We Are Family" – Performed by Chic featuring Nile Rodgers
- "Who's Sorry Now?" – Performed by Connie Francis
Production
[edit]You Again was completed on April 3, 2010. The rivalry between the two grandmothers, Betty White and Cloris Leachman, is a reference to the conflict between the two on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.[citation needed] Three of the cast members from the sitcom Step by Step (Patrick Duffy, Staci Keanan, and Christine Lakin) appeared in the movie in a "mini-reunion".
Reception
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Rotten Tomatoes gives You Again an approval rating of 20% based on reviews from 92 critics, with an average score of 4.00/10. The critical consensus reads: "You Again represents a rare opportunity to see some of Hollywood's finest female veterans together onscreen – and, unfortunately, wastes their talents almost completely."[4] On Metacritic, it had a weighted average score of 28 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[5] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[6]
Jamie Lee Curtis and Kristen Bell were praised for their roles. The New York Times critic Stephen Holden wrote that "There is not a laugh to be found in this rancid, misogynistic revenge comedy," declaring "Like so many Disney movies, 'You Again' exalts shallow, materialistic values, then tries to camouflage its essentially poisonous content with several layers of sugar coating and weepy reconciliation."[7] Richard Roeper gave the film an F and stated that it was one of the worst movies he had ever seen.[8] Among the more favorable reviews was Lana Berkowitz of The San Francisco Chronicle, who wrote that she enjoyed the mix of slapstick, musical numbers and surprise cameo appearances.[9] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic praised the cast for taking "a by-the-numbers comedy" and making it better than it has any right to be.[10]
Box office
[edit]The film opened at the box office at No. 5 with $8,407,513 and would go on to gross a domestic total of $25,702,053; with an international gross of $6,303,195, You Again grossed $32,005,248 worldwide;[3] against a $20 million production budget.[2]
Accolades
[edit]| Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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| Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2010[11] | Hall of Shame "For perpetuation of the same-old same-old stereotypes of hysterical insecure women and reasonable, sage men." | Won | |
| Young Artist Awards 2011[12] | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor | Billy Unger | Won |
Home media
[edit]The film was released by Touchstone Home Entertainment in a two-disc Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on February 8, 2011.[13] Bonus features include deleted scenes, bloopers, and a question-and-answer (Q&A) feature entitled Ask the Cast.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "You Again (U)". British Board of Film Classification. September 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ a b Fritz, Ben (September 23, 2010). "Movie projector: 'Wall Street' and 'Guardians' to battle for No. 1 as 'You Again' lags". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "You Again (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ^ "You Again Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
- ^ "You Again". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ "Find CinemaScore" (Type "You Again" in the search box). CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (September 23, 2010). "It's a Mean-Girl World: Are You Bully or Victim?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
- ^ "You Again". RichardRoeper.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ^ Berkowitz, Lana (September 24, 2010). "Review: Rivalry becomes revelry in 'You Again". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Goodykoontz, Bill (September 22, 2010). "'You Again,' 3 stars". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ "Women Film Critics Circle "Top Ten Hall of Shame"". theflickchicks.com. December 24, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards". youngartistawards.org. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Wharton, David (November 29, 2010). "Betty White Attempts To Make You Again Bearable On DVD". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ "'You Again' Blu-ray Dated and Detailed". High-Def Digest. November 22, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
External links
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Plot
Marni Olson, a successful public relations executive played by Kristen Bell, returns to her hometown after a decade away to attend her brother Will's wedding.[2] Upon arriving, she is horrified to discover that Will's fiancée is Joanna Erwin, formerly known as J.J., the head cheerleader who relentlessly bullied her throughout high school.[7] Flashbacks depict the torment Marni endured, including public humiliations and social isolation orchestrated by Joanna and her clique, which left lasting emotional scars.[8] Determined to protect her brother from what she believes is Joanna's unchanged manipulative nature, Marni launches a series of covert efforts to expose her during the wedding preparations. These include digging into Joanna's past, staging awkward encounters, and subtle sabotages like spilling wine on her dress at a family gathering, all of which backfire and portray Marni as the instigator.[9] Meanwhile, a parallel subplot unfolds between the older generation: Marni's mother, Gail, who runs a bakery played by Jamie Lee Curtis, reunites with Joanna's aunt, Ramona, a wealthy businesswoman played by Sigourney Weaver. The two women, who were bitter high school rivals—Ramona having stolen Gail's boyfriend decades earlier—rekindle their feud amid the festivities.[8] Tensions escalate during a family cruise serving as the bachelor and bachelorette party, where Gail and Ramona, after consuming too much alcohol, engage in a comedic poolside brawl that reveals their long-held resentments through shouted accusations and physical comedy.[10] Marni, grappling with her own vendetta, confides in Charlie, Will's best friend who has always been kind to her, leading to moments of reflection on personal growth and forgiveness. Additional comedic elements arise from the feuding grandmothers, Bunny and Helen, whose petty arguments add layers of generational conflict to the household chaos.[8] As the wedding day approaches, Marni's schemes culminate at the rehearsal dinner when an old high school video accidentally plays, broadcasting Joanna's bullying antics to the entire family and causing a public confrontation. Joanna breaks down, confessing that her harsh behavior stemmed from personal tragedies, including her parents' death and family instability, and insists she has genuinely reformed.[10] Touched by the vulnerability and Joanna's sincere apology, Marni forgives her and shares her own struggles, fostering a bond between them. After the reconciliations, Will and Joanna retreat to the family's old tree house but are injured when it collapses (due to their younger brother Ben loosening the bolts), forcing them to stay in the hospital and delaying the wedding. Marni organizes a makeshift ceremony in the hospital room. Gail and Ramona reconcile, and Ramona reunites with her long-lost high school sweetheart Richie, who arrives unexpectedly.[8] The film resolves with the successful union of Will and Joanna, family reconciliations across generations, and a celebratory dance in the hospital ward, emphasizing themes of letting go of past grudges and embracing second chances.[9]Cast
The principal cast of You Again centers on a family and their extended circle entangled in high school rivalries resurfacing at a wedding. Kristen Bell stars as Marni Olson, the protagonist and a successful public relations executive who uncovers that her brother's fiancée is her former high school tormentor, prompting her to seek subtle revenge while grappling with unresolved grudges.[7] Jamie Lee Curtis plays Gail Olson, Marni's devoted mother who runs a bakery and initially urges her daughter to let go of the past, only to face her own high school adversary in the process.[2] Sigourney Weaver portrays Ramona Radford, a glamorous and successful hotel magnate who is the aunt of the bride and Gail's longtime frenemy from their youth, adding layers of generational conflict to the family tensions.[2] Odette Annable embodies Joanna Erwin (also known as J.J.), the poised but duplicitous antagonist and Marni's high school bully, whose hidden mean streak threatens to upend the wedding and family harmony.[7] Victor Rasuk appears as Miguel, Marni's loyal best friend and co-worker, who provides comic relief and unwavering support amid the escalating drama.[11] Supporting roles include Victor Garber as Mark Olson, the affable family patriarch; James Wolk as Will Olson, Marni's protective older brother and the groom; Betty White as Grandma Bunny, Marni's grandmother; Cloris Leachman as Helen, Joanna's grandmother and Bunny's rival; Sean Wing as Charlie, Will's best friend and Marni's romantic interest; and Kyle Bornheimer as Tim, Joanna's ex-boyfriend.[11]| Actor | Role | Character Description |
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| Kristen Bell | Marni Olson | Protagonist; ambitious PR exec confronting her bully past. |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | Gail Olson | Marni's mother; runs a bakery, navigates her own rivalries while mediating family issues. |
| Sigourney Weaver | Ramona Radford | Wealthy aunt and Gail's high school rival; embodies polished success with underlying pettiness. |
| Odette Annable | Joanna Erwin | Antagonist; the bride, Marni's former bully with a concealed vindictive side. |
| Victor Rasuk | Miguel | Marni's supportive best friend; offers humor and perspective on the feuds. |
| James Wolk | Will Olson | Marni's brother and groom; central to the family dynamics. |
| Victor Garber | Mark Olson | Family patriarch; provides stability amid the chaos. |
| Betty White | Grandma Bunny | Marni's grandmother; engages in petty rivalry with Helen. |
| Cloris Leachman | Helen | Joanna's grandmother; Bunny's high school rival adding comedic generational conflict. |
| Sean Wing | Charlie | Will's best friend; Marni's kind romantic interest. |
| Kyle Bornheimer | Tim | Joanna's ex-boyfriend; contributes to revelations about her past. |
