You Again

Kristen Bell has been in some pretty successful films as of late. In 2008 she was in Forgetting Sarah Marshall with Jason Segel, Couples Retreat in 2009, When In Rome in 2010, and also this movie which came out in September 2010. Here she plays Marni, a successful p.r. executive who had a horrible time in high school. She had some serious acne problems, wore glasses, had braces, and was ridiculed nonstop by the head girl in the school J.J. (Odette Yustman). But now that's all behind her...or so she thinks. When she arrives home for her brother's wedding she hasn't yet met his fiance. Her mom Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis) tells her that she went to her school as well. But Marni doesn't remember a girl named Joanna in high school. Gail tells her no she went by a different name in high school, something with just letters in it......It's not soon after that Marnie figures out who she's talking about. She's not going to stand for this and she's gotta figure out how to convince her brother Will (James Wolk) to call off the wedding. Meanwhile Joanna's aunt comes down for the wedding and it's this time when Gail realizes that she knows her as well. She's Ramona (Sigourney Weaver) from high school. They were best friends until something happened on prom night. Adding to all of this is Marni's grandmother Bunny (played great by Betty White-doesn't she always play these characters well?) and Marni's dad played by Victor Garber. So we have two different generations of women who have a nemesis. Nice performances from the cast but you should with a cast like this. It was nice to see Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver together. Both have done some nice comedic work as well as the other films they're more well known for. As for Bell and Yustman, nice turns for the young ladies as well. Overall a very nice romantic comedy that doesn't necessarily rise above the standard but doesn't lower it either. Recommended.