My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 127
Fresh: 50 | Rotten: 77
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.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 20
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.
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A regular guy finds out just how hard breaking up can truly be when attempting to call it quits with a clingy female crime fighter who doesn't want to let love die in director Ivan Reitman's super-powered romantic comedy. Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) was looking for love when he first met pretty brunette Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman), and at the time it seemed as if he may had finally actually found it. Jenny isn't just your typical girl, though, because despite her outwardly normal appearance she
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Cast
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Uma Thurman
Jenny Johnson/G-Girl -
Luke Wilson
Matt Saunders -
Anna Faris
Hannah Lewis -
Rainn Wilson
Vaughn Haige -
Eddie Izzard
Professor Bedlam/Barry -
Stelio Savante
Leo -
Mike Iorio
Lenny -
Mark Consuelos
Steve -
Wanda Sykes
Carla Dunkirk -
Margaret Anne Florence
Shapely Bartender -
Eva Veronika
Elderly Lady -
Lawrence Feeney
Scary Dude -
Lou Bonacki
Parking Lot Manager -
Jeff Norris
NYPD Officer at Garage -
Gregory Northrop
NYPD Officer at Station -
Catherine Reitman
TV News Reporter -
Fallon Brooking
Young Girl -
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Ron Moreno
Thief -
Peter Patrikios Santos
Thief -
Tara L. Thompson
Young Jenny -
Kevin Townley
Young Barry -
Lilian Lynn
Pedestrian at Robbery -
Traver Rains
Traver Rains -
Richie Rich
Richie Rich -
Emily Girvin
Bride -
Abraham Sparrow
Businessman -
Clem Cheung
Asian Businessman -
Clint Chin
Asian Businessman -
Angel Sing
Asian Businessman -
Ben Wang
Asian Businessman -
Tara DiGiore
Cheerleader -
Tiffany Haupt
Cheerleader
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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.
Top Critic...A movie that would rather tweak male paranoia than liberate a nerdette terrified of her powers.
The Ivan Reitman-directed comedy manages to sap the charm from everyone in its cast, all of whom have shone quite brightly in other settings.
The fusion of effects-fueled action fantasy with comedy worked well for director Ivan Reitman 22 years ago in Ghostbusters and, less so, five years ago in Evolution. But, it fails to save his latest, My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
There's a funny idea here, but you might not know it from Don Payne's script, or, for that matter, from Ms. Thurman's performance.
[Ivan Reitman's] funniest movie since Ghostbusters, and a riff on superhero mythology that plays like a mashup of Bewitched (the TV show, not the movie), The Breakup and Fatal Attraction.
Though not without its amusements, My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a high-concept studio pitch trying to pass itself off as an actual movie.
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.
A breezy timepass entertainment with a little hint of bite.
at heart a deeply misogynistic view of female empowerment.
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.
It teetered on the edge of totally sucking, but in the end, it actually pulled everything off.
Even if it falls slightly short of super, Ex-Girlfriend is a film that's well worth having around.
A one joke film that runs its comedic course in about thirty minutes.
Smoothly sends up romantic comedies and the superhero genre with such panache, it leaps into mid-summer as one of its best diversions.
How can a movie with such talented performers and such an original concept seem so entirely like a re-tread? Help them Superman!
Hop on the crazy train and enjoy the ride!
The likable cast and generally inspired mayhem make for a pleasant diversion.
The good news is that My Super Ex-Girlfriend does actually end.
Over the years, I remember thinking "What the heck was that?" after seeing several movies with, uh, quirky concepts.
Ultimately, the star-power smoke screen withers, and you're left with a silly film, a couple of decent jokes, and an entirely too-predictable plot.
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...
Director Ivan Reitman is a good choice for this sort of thing - like Evolution, it's undeniably silly but extremely entertaining with it.
Days after I saw Ivan Reitman's latest fusion of action fantasy and comedy, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fashion sense surrounding our female superheroes.
...Neither fun nor funny.
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