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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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Director Ivan Reitman, who's been busting our guts since Ghost Busters, stirs a high-concept stew of Fatal Attraction meets The Incredibles.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/06
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle

Funnier than Nacho Libre, more fashionable than The Devil Wears Prada, able to deliver more revengeful thrills than X-Men: The Last Stand in a single scene.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
07/21/06
Jennie Punter
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail

Directed by Ivan Reitman with the same loopy amiability he brought to hits like Ghostbusters, Junior and Dave in decades past, it is a solid summer confection with no pretensions.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
07/21/06
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

My Super Ex-Girlfriend dispels any doubt that the philosophy of high concept -- in which a film's entire content can be contained in the title or one brief phase, a la Snakes on a Plane -- is back in vogue.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
07/21/06
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

There are certainly worse ideas out there for movie comedies than My Super Ex-Girlfriend. (The Wayans brothers hit Little Man, for example.) However, there aren't many ideas that are more poorly executed than this one.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
07/21/06
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Hiding in My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a clever conceit that never gets to reveal itself fully.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
07/21/06
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

My Super Ex-Girlfriend is watchable enough but it's humor for our age of diminished comedic expectations.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/21/06
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

The movie is a dude's one-way fantasy tinged with an element of fear. It's unfortunate that the premise falls so comfortably along trite gender lines.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/21/06
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

the summer’s best comedy

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
07/21/06
Jeffrey Lyles
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)

the summer’s best comedy

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
07/21/06
Jeffrey Lyles
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)

Has director Ivan Reitman always been this unfunny, and we didn't notice because he had Bill Murray covering for him?

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
07/21/06
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

Couples waiting for a fresh twist on the romantic comedy have found their date movie in this story of girl-gets-guy, girl-loses-guy, girl-hurls-shark-through-guy's-window.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
07/21/06
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

The real heavy lifting (both literal and figurative) is left to Thurman, who commits to the craziness with gusto.

Full Review Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram | comment Comment
07/21/06
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard. If ever a name bore repeating, it is this one. And thank goodness for Eddie Izzard, who brings a whole other dimension to this movie.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
07/21/06
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

even when the jokes don't pay off as well as they should, director Ivan Reitman keeps the film moving along briskly, and Thurman is delightfully wacko.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
07/21/06
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

a bland movie that isn't quite sure if it is a parody of romantic comedies, a parody of superhero movies or a parody of Uma Thurman.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
07/21/06
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

[T]he sort of clever low comedy that the summer has needed. Goofy, silly, and utterly refreshing, it's just the thing to beat the heat.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
07/21/06
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Plays like it was written by smart people, for people who've seen their share of romantic comedies and superhero flicks.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
07/21/06
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Has occasional spurts of laughter but is otherwise benign and dopey.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
07/20/06
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Emasculation paranoia is alive and well.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
07/20/06
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies
 
 
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