Jane Fonda came back from the dead, and Jennifer Lopez came back from Gigli to make the new comedy Monster-in-Law.
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05/13/05
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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.
Theatrical Release:2005
Box Office: $82,820,167
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
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Reviews for Monster-in-Law
In the battle between J-Lo and J-Fo, the Audience is the loser.
05/12/05
The wisecracking Wanda Sykes steals this mediocre girl-fight from her big-name co-stars.
05/13/05
The humor of this movie has been pitched at the wrong level...it’s just 100 minutes of women being cruel to each other.
05/13/05
No Amityville horrors, no murderous little girl phantoms and not even Paris Hilton can contend with the likes of Fonda.
05/11/05
Monster-in-Law proves two things: Jane Fonda can still act and Jennifer Lopez still can't.
05/12/05
Top CriticWhy Fonda chose this embarrassing project for her first film in 15 years is, as they say, a puzzlement. She's the best thing in it; at times, it seems she's the only thing in it.
05/12/05
Top CriticA banal and lukewarm slice of romantic comedy and family histrionics.
05/21/05
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09/26/05
In "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
Fiendishly good fun.
05/10/05
Red Bull© is highly recomended - 'cause the laughs aint gonna keep you up for this rehashed hoopla...
05/12/05
Monster-in-Law has a hard enough time justifying its antagonist's monstrosity.
05/13/05
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05/14/05
As comebacks go, Monster-in-Law may do for Fonda what the Empire State Building did for King Kong.
05/19/05
The comedy is broad and the story is too clumsily calculated to maximize its star power, but the teaming of Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, if not inspired, is good enough to at least partially mask the script's myriad flaws.
05/13/05
...great when it was called "The Wedding Planner."
06/06/05
Lopez chooses to declaw herself and play a sweet milquetoast, a mouse showing up for a catfight.
05/12/05
If you want to see Jane Fonda munch scenery, you're in the right spot.
05/13/05
To boost this movie's rating to 'worth seeing' would make me feel like a publicist or simply a dope.
05/13/05
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