For a romantic comedy, it's neither romantic nor funny.
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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
We liked this better when it was called Meet the Parents and had that peeing cat.
05/13/05
Fifteen years absent from the big screen, and this is what Jane Fonda comes back to? Catfights with J. Lo?
05/13/05
While there are moments of hilarious nastiness, the film continually opts to play it safe.
05/13/05
The film portrays women as jealous, manipulative bitches, while men are hapless boobs with no emotional intelligence.
05/13/05
Maybe 35 years from now Jane Fonda will apologize for this picture, too.
05/12/05
Tired comedy pits Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda against each other ... and the audiences loses.
05/12/05
Any robust inertia quickly dissipates as the plot takes pointless, senseless twists so the two women can inflict themselves on each other.
05/12/05
In the battle between J-Lo and J-Fo, the Audience is the loser.
05/12/05
Red Bull© is highly recomended - 'cause the laughs aint gonna keep you up for this rehashed hoopla...
05/12/05
There’s just so much tomfoolery between the two, it felt like I was watching a special divorcée edition of Viva la Bam.
05/12/05
J. Lo and Fonda are Booty and the Beast...
05/12/05
Monster-In-Law is an outrageous, slapstick, over-the-top comedy that had me laughing throughout.
05/12/05
Jane Fonda makes it out alive, but the movie never drew a breath to begin with.
05/12/05
Roaring through the film like a California wildfire, Fonda gives a powerhouse comic performance...
05/12/05
It repeatedly falls to Fonda to sell the movie's wheezy concept of the mother-in-law as battle-ax. And like any trouper attempting go-for-broke comedy for the first time at her age, she holds nothing back.
05/12/05
Top CriticMonster-in-Law proves that the once intense Ms. Fonda is capable of laughing at the world in general and herself in particular.
05/12/05
Top CriticAnother generic concept-driven romantic comedy that is high on concept, low on comedy and about as romantic as a prenuptial agreement.
05/12/05
Lopez is treacly sweet to Fonda and finally attempts some tepid revenge about two-thirds of the way through. But too late: We've lost interest.
05/12/05
This Monster is ultimately one flat-footed beast.
05/12/05
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