You Again

In 2002 in Ridgefield, California, awkward teen Marni Olsen is tormented and bullied, especially by mean girl J.J. Her protective brother, Will, is a basketball star, oblivious to J.J.'s tormenting and her costing 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, recently promoted to their New York City office. She returns home for Will's upcoming wedding to 'amazing' Joanna. Having never met her, Marni discovers on the flight back that his betrothed is J.J.

Marni is both upset to see that her family adores Joanna and frustrated that J.J. supposedly doesn’t remember her, so does not apologize. Marni and Will's mother Gail unhappily discovers that Joanna's beloved aunt Ramona, a wealthy businesswoman paying for the wedding, is her ex high school best friend.

Marni won't forgive Joanna without an apology, but decides not to tell Will about her past bullying. A series of mishaps have her again looking like her high school self, further distressing her. Then, when Joanna plays the song she used to torment Marnie in high school, she realizes that J.J. does remember her. Marni decides to save Will from J.J., and digs up a video from the time capsule buried during her senior year which shows Joanna's bullying.

Meanwhile, Gail talks to Ramona for "closure" for the past. Seemingly they make up, but Ramona still seems unhappy with her.

Joanna's ex, Tim, is devastated to hear that she's marrying Will. At the bridal shower, Marni confronts Joanna privately, who finally admits she remembers her. Rather than apologizing, Joanna threatens her to not interfere with her and Will’s relationship. This makes Marni determined to ruin the wedding to protect Will.

Marni invites Tim as her date to the rehearsal dinner, hoping to cause problems. When the guests make their toasts, an emotional Tim embarrasses Joanna by announcing she'd left him at the altar. Later, the time capsule video is shown, with Joanna tormenting Marni and other students, including at the big basketball game. It shocks the guests and Will who, confused and upset, leaves to get some air.

Marni confronts Joanna again and they fight, throwing plates and glasses. Marni insists Joanna hasn't changed, pointing out that she pretended to forget her. A remorseful Joanna insists she did it to start over.

Marni destroys one of the wedding gifts, so Joanna dumps a bowl of cold soup on her head. Will sees this, scolds them both, then storms out, calling off the wedding. Then Ramona and Gail argue, Ramona complaining that Gail overshadowed her in high school and stole her crush, Richie Phillips. They end up falling into the pool, but make up. Gail's husband Mark appears, and at home he grounds both Marni and Gail.

That night, Marni finds Joanna in her wedding dress, crying and binge eating. She finally admits to feeling awful for the bullying. She tells Marni that she changed after her parents' death, hoping to become someone they could be proud of. She pretended not to know her because she feared her past bullying would cost her Will and his family, as she loves them all and feels part of a family again. She genuinely apologizes to Marni for everything she did and Marni forgives her, finally getting the closure she wanted. She promises Joanna to get her and Will back together. She apologizes to Will too, explaining she was only trying to protect him from what Joanna had been.

Joanna and Will reconcile in the family's old tree house. However, their younger brother Ben had loosened the screws. It collapses, injuring them, forcing a hospital stay and delaying the wedding.

However, Marni throws together a wedding at the hospital. Gail surprises Ramona with Richie Phillips, and they seemingly start a relationship. Meanwhile, Marni appears to start one up with Charlie, her brother's best friend and the other person who was nice to her in high school.

Joanna introduces grandma Bunny to Helen, who'd also been high school rivals, prompting Bunny to utter the film's title, "You again." Bunny finally gets her revenge when she cuts in on Helen's dance and takes her partner, while Helen swears that the game is not yet over.

{{cast list|

• Kristen Bell as Marni Olivia Olsen, a successful public relations executive in Los Angeles
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Gail Byer Olsen, Marni, Will and Ben's mother
• Brittany Wilkinson as teenage Gail
• Sigourney Weaver as Ramona "Aunt Mona" Clark, a wealthy businesswoman
• 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
• Kristin Chenoweth as Georgia King, a wedding planner
• Victor Garber as Mark Olsen, Gail's husband
• Jimmy Wolk as William "Will" Olsen, Marni's protective older brother
• Betty White as Grandma Bunny Byer, Gail's mother
• 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, Marni and Will'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

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{{Anchor|Soundtrack|Score}}

• "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

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|date=September 2011}} 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".

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Rotten Tomatoes gives You Again an approval rating of 19% based on reviews from 96 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."{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_again/ |title= You Again Movie Reviews |publisher= Fandango |work= Rotten Tomatoes |access-date= February 27, 2021 |archive-date= February 25, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210225021720/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_again |url-status= live }} On Metacritic, it had a weighted average score of 28 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/you-again |title= You Again |work= Metacritic |publisher= CBS Interactive |access-date= May 1, 2013 |archive-date= November 6, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121106094317/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/you-again |url-status= live }} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "You Again" in the search box|website=CinemaScore|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}

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."{{cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/movies/24you.html|title=It's a Mean-Girl World: Are You Bully or Victim?|work=The New York Times|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=October 9, 2010|first=Stephen|last=Holden|archive-date=October 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009072757/http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/movies/24you.html|url-status=live}} Richard Roeper gave the film an F and stated that it was one of the worst movies he had ever seen.{{cite web | title=You Again | url=http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/youagain.aspx | website=RichardRoeper.com| access-date=September 25, 2010 | archive-date=October 18, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018044601/http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/youagain.aspx | url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite news | work = San Francisco Chronicle | first = Lana |last=Berkowitz | url = https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Review-Rivalry-becomes-revelry-in-You-Again-3173292.php | title = Review: Rivalry becomes revelry in 'You Again| date = September 24, 2010 | access-date = May 1, 2013 | archive-date = November 5, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101105222648/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/23/MVI01FHE5G.DTL | url-status = live }} 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.{{cite web | date = September 22, 2010 | first = Bill |last=Goodykoontz | title = 'You Again,' 3 stars | url = http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2010/09/22/20100922you-again-review-goodykoontz.html | work = The Arizona Republic | access-date = May 1, 2013 | archive-date = November 24, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101124115758/http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2010/09/22/20100922you-again-review-goodykoontz.html | url-status = dead }}

The film opened at the box office at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 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; against a $20 million production budget.

The film was released by Touchstone Home Entertainment in a two-disc Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on February 8, 2011.{{cite web|last=Wharton|first=David|title=Betty White Attempts To Make You Again Bearable On DVD|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Betty-White-Attempts-Make-You-Again-Bearable-DVD-28463.html|access-date=January 12, 2011|website=Cinema Blend|date=November 29, 2010|archive-date=January 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122004146/http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Betty-White-Attempts-Make-You-Again-Bearable-DVD-28463.html|url-status=dead}} Bonus features include deleted scenes, bloopers, and a question-and-answer (Q&A) feature entitled Ask the Cast.{{cite web|title='You Again' Blu-ray Dated and Detailed|url=http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/DisneyBuena_Vista/Disc_Announcements/You_Again_Blu-ray_Dated_and_Detailed/5858|access-date=January 12, 2011|website=High-Def Digest|date=November 22, 2010|archive-date=January 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121215624/http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/DisneyBuena_Vista/Disc_Announcements/You_Again_Blu-ray_Dated_and_Detailed/5858|url-status=live}}

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