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My Super Ex-Girlfriend

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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

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Reviews Counted:125

Fresh:50

Rotten:75

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.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for sexual content, crude humor, language and brief nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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]

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

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

Director: Ivan Reitman

Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter: Don Payne
Producer: Bill Carraro, Arnon Milchan, Gavin Polone
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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1/5

Joe Utichi

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 06 2006 03:16 AM

FilmFocus

N/R

Peter Bradshaw

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 05 2006 03:38 AM

Guardian [UK]

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David Edwards

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 04 2006 03:16 AM

Daily Mirror [UK]

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2/5

Chris Hewitt (UK)

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...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 04 2006 03:16 AM

Empire Magazine

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Edward Lawrenson

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 03 2006 03:15 AM

Time Out

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4/5

Matthew Turner

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 03 2006 03:15 AM

ViewLondon

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3/5

Stella Papamichael

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 01 2006 03:17 AM

BBC

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3.5/5

Rich Cline

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 20 2006 03:15 AM

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Tom Meek

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 23 2009 03:16 AM

Boston Phoenix

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Cole Smithey

What probably should have been an R-rated movie, ala "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," comes off as a half-hearted attempt at poking laughs with unlikable characters.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 22 2009 09:06 PM

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Devin Faraci

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 27 2009 03:16 AM

CHUD

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2/5

Jim Lane

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 07 2008 03:17 AM

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2/4

Joe Lozito

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 27 2007 03:15 AM

Big Picture Big Sound

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3/4

Michael Dequina

A breezy timepass entertainment with a little hint of bite.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 26 2007 01:01 PM

TheMovieReport.com

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Anton Bitel

at heart a deeply misogynistic view of female empowerment.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 02 2007 07:19 AM

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Daniel Eagan

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 01 2007 03:35 AM

Film Journal International

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3/5

Kevin Carr

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 25 2007 08:02 AM

7M Pictures

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3/4

Josh Hurst

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 27 2006 01:18 PM

Christianity Today

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D+

Jim Chastain

A one joke film that runs its comedic course in about thirty minutes.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 30 2006 08:47 PM

Norman Transcript

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A-

Christopher Smith

Smoothly sends up romantic comedies and the superhero genre with such panache, it leaps into mid-summer as one of its best diversions.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 30 2006 05:44 AM

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

 
 
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