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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 123 Fresh: 50  Rotten:73 Average Rating: 5.1/10
 
Consensus: My Super Ex=Girlfriend is an only sporadically amusing spoof on the superhero genre that misses the mark with a nerd-turned-superwoman who embodies sexist clichés.
 

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Rated: 12A

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Theatrical Release: 04-08-2006

Synopsis: Beneath every superhero facade lies a real, often-misunderstood person. That is the lesson at the heart of MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND, a supernatural romantic comedy in which a jealous ex-girlfriend's rage reaches terrifying heights thanks to the fact that she also happens to be G-Girl, a sexy... Beneath every superhero facade lies a real, often-misunderstood person. That is the lesson at the heart of MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND, a supernatural romantic comedy in which a jealous ex-girlfriend's rage reaches terrifying heights thanks to the fact that she also happens to be G-Girl, a sexy superhero who serves as the object of many male fantasies while routinely saving New York City from disasters like fires, thieves, and fast-approaching missiles. Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) has dealt with his share of difficult women, but when he meets bookish beauty Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman), his instincts tell him this one is a whole new kind of trouble. After initially playing hard to get, Jenny quickly latches onto Matt, professing her love to him before their relationship has even hit the one-week mark. While infatuated by her aggressive lovemaking and voluptuous figure, Matt is wary of her strange, clinging ways, and decides to call it quits just days after discovering that Jenny's alter ego is G-Girl. Breaking up with a superhero presents quite a few challenges, as Jenny readily cashes in on her inhuman strength for the purpose of getting even. Making things even more complicated are Matt's best buddy, Vaughn (THE OFFICE's Rainn Lewis), who is always there to offer relationship advice despite his unlucky ways with women, and possible love interest Hannah (Anna Faris). If being rejected by Matt doesn't push her over the edge, Matt's attempts to move on will, with things between Matt, Hannah, G-Girl, and her arch-nemesis, super villain Professor Bedlam (Eddie Izzard), erupting in an all-out war of supernatural proportions. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Wanda Sykes

Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter: Don Payne
Producer: Bill Carraro, Arnon Milchan, Gavin Polone
Composer: Teddy Castellucci

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 12, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Dual Side

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - French, Spanish
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
  • Disc 1/Side A: MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND - Full Frame
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - Extended Scene (Shark Sequence)
  • Trailers - Preview - Forced
  • Disc 1/Side B: MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND -

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (5)
  • Music Video - Molly McQueen - "No Sleep 2nite"

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1/5

The good news is that My Super Ex-Girlfriend does actually end.

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08/06/06
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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08/05/06
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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08/04/06
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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2/5

For Ivan Reitman, Ghostbusters continues to cast one hell of a shadow. Shame — if he’d managed to resist the lure of big, shiny FX, this could have worked as a very black comedy...

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08/04/06
Chris Hewitt (UK)
Empire Magazine
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At one point, jealous Thurman tosses a live shark into Matt and Hannah’s love nest. Unwittingly plunged into this farrago, the shark earns my sympathy.

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08/03/06
Edward Lawrenson
Time Out
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4/5

Director Ivan Reitman is a good choice for this sort of thing - like Evolution, it's undeniably silly but extremely entertaining with it.

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08/03/06
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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3/5

With such an amiable cast and lots of crisp dialogue, you can forgive the chinks in the armour.

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08/01/06
Stella Papamichael
BBC
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3.5/5

While not particularly smart or funny, it's still thoroughly engaging.

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07/20/06
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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2/4

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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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3/4

A breezy timepass entertainment with a little hint of bite.

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08/26/07
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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N/A

at heart a deeply misogynistic view of female empowerment.

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08/02/07
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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The funniest parts of the script, like its characters' casual acceptance of a comic-book reality, are so subdued that they can be missed entirely.

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03/01/07
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
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3/5

It teetered on the edge of totally sucking, but in the end, it actually pulled everything off.

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01/25/07
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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3/4

Even if it falls slightly short of super, Ex-Girlfriend is a film that's well worth having around.

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09/27/06
Josh Hurst
Christianity Today
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Anyone who ever found a boiled bunny on their stove knows breaking up with a woman who won't be ignored can be extremely dangerous.

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09/26/06
John Larsen
Light Views
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A one joke film that runs its comedic course in about thirty minutes.

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08/30/06
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript
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Smoothly sends up romantic comedies and the superhero genre with such panache, it leaps into mid-summer as one of its best diversions.

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08/30/06
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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1.5/4

How can a movie with such talented performers and such an original concept seem so entirely like a re-tread? Help them Superman!

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08/24/06
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com
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4/5

Hop on the crazy train and enjoy the ride!

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08/21/06
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review
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B

The likable cast and generally inspired mayhem make for a pleasant diversion.

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08/14/06
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
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