You Again Review

This is the story about a girl named Marni (Kristen Bell), a young and up and coming PR professional, who discovers that her brother is marrying Joanna, her arch nemesis from high school. When Marni’s reunited with Joanna, all the awful high school memories come back to haunt her, so she gradually decides how to seek revenge. Marni also discovers that her mom, and Joanna’s aunt (Sigourney Weaver) also had their own high school issues. Soon they will all be related, but the question is; do people really change from high school?

Rating: Two out of five buckets
Release Date: February 8, 2011
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: Any age
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: None
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild

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Talking Points:
The movie has an all-star cast. To name a few; Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver and Kristen Bell.

I read in a review that the movie is “Surprisingly funny and startlingly sweet.” I thought there were some funny parts, but nothing that great.

There are a couple of nice messages:

This movie is about forgiveness, and giving people a second chance. Even though this girl was awful and mean in high school, doesn’t mean that she’s that way now.

Marni was tormented in high school, but now she is a beautiful successful women. Her mom says, “That terrible time made you who you are today.” We grow from difficulties in life.

The movie was a little boring. My husband checked his email read the internet and played games on his phone. At one point I closed my eyes.

I thought the PG rating was appropriate.

Sexual Content: Mild

Very mild, brief kissing in public.

Profanity: None

There was no profanity that I remember.

Since there’s not much to say about the movie, I wrote down the quotes that my husband and kids said after the movie.

Top quotes coming out of the movie: (Mostly from my husband).
1) “There was more substance to the popcorn than the movie.”
2) “This movie is a guy repellent.”
3) “It was inappropriately boring.”
4) “Mom, you said corny 19 times.”
5) “The Michigan t-shirt the actor was wearing was my favorite part of the movie.”
6) “I didn’t laugh once.”

Even though the movie was corny and predicable, it had some funny parts, and had a sweet message of forgiveness. Appropriate for any age.

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