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This really plays a like a really bad sitcom from forty years ago.
In a movie about diva-to-diva warfare, each diva is miscast.
Fonda and Sykes are made for each other, and their incessant bickering and arguing are about the only things that give Monster-in-Law any life.
Trust me, Monster-in-Law not only makes more sense as an Unforgiven-ish parable of old-school Hollywood feminism's wrath, it's worlds more fun.
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.
Back to screenwriting school for somebody.
Fonda is terrific playing the mess that is Viola. Her introduction tells you everything you need to know about her: after learning she has been fired she attacks a vacuous Britney Spears clone on air. It never reaches that kind of mean-spirited fun again.
The catfight battle between Fonda and Lopez barely reaches a simmer before all is forgiven and the audience is dismissed from their seats.
Predictable romantic comedy...not much here for kids.
Jane Fonda, playing the title character, immerses herself in the aging dragon-lady stereotype.
For a revenge comedy to work, the villain should be so despicable that you relish those moments when the victim turns the tables and gets even. This flick is misleading because the title character is not really mean, but rather a sympathetic figure.
In the American tradition of diva moms from hell.
In this casting match-up, Lopez is totally outclassed.
For such a rich premise, Kochoff produced a fairly lackluster script.
Thank God for that cast...
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