It’s finally happened. Jennifer Lopez has finally made a film that doesn’t make you want to chew off your own arm inside of about 20 minutes.
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05/14/05
Monster-in-Law (2005)
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Reviews Counted:161
Fresh:25
Rotten:136
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: While Jane Fonda steals the movie in her return to the screen, a tired script and flimsy performances make this borderline comedy fall flat.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Charlie (Jennifer Lopez) is looking for a nice guy who will appreciate her, as well as her myriad of interests and jobs. From walking dogs to painting to designing clothes to answering phones at a... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes
Director: Robert Luketic
Reviews for Monster-in-Law
While there are moments of hilarious nastiness, the film continually opts to play it safe.
05/13/05
Fiendishly good fun.
05/10/05
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06/07/05
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12/06/05
Top CriticIn "Monster-in-Law," Jane Fonda emerges from her recent tobacco bath to take on her first movie role in 15 years. The good news? At 67, she's still smoking.
05/16/05
Monster-in-Law delivers the most laughs of any comedy since Meet the Fockers.
05/13/05
Fonda dives headlong into the comic mayhem of her role, and yet maintains the style and grace and gravitas of a major Hollywood diva.
05/13/05
Roaring through the film like a California wildfire, Fonda gives a powerhouse comic performance...
05/12/05
It's a one-joke movie, but we keep laughing because of the way the stars keep telling the joke.
05/13/05
Fonda and Lopez take a potentially tired concept and give it new life
05/12/05
It takes awhile for `Monster-In-Law' to bare its teeth, but once the movie does...everything on the screen begins to click.
05/13/05
How can you not admire a movie that might find itself picketed by veterans groups and PETA at the same time?
05/11/05
There's only one reason I'm giving this three stars, and that's Jane Fonda, whose talent is, well, monstrous.
05/15/05
It's a crude, obvious comedy, which occasionally clunks, but it's often very funny, as well as being a really shrewd bit of popular entertainment.
05/13/05
Forget that boring subplot about getting married. This movie is a no-holds-barred catfight between the world's most psychotic mom and the pop star audiences most love to hate.
06/15/05
The movie could have sunk its claws deeper, but Fonda floors her comeback vehicle and you'd have to go to pre-pop diva days to find Lopez this effortlessly appealing.
05/12/05
Monster-in-Law, is only saved -- by the skin of its teeth -- by co-stars, Jane Fonda and Wanda Sykes.
05/13/05
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