There's no real insight into relationships, or superheroes for that matter, just a pleasant enough date movie for geeks -- and the guys who love them.
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07/20/06
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.
Theatrical Release:Jul 21, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $22,432,518
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... [More]
Starring: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Reviews for My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Uma Thurman is quite funny as she channels the anger from her 'Kill Bill' character and turns it into hilarious outbursts of superhero rage.
07/22/06
The likable cast and generally inspired mayhem make for a pleasant diversion.
08/14/06
Director Ivan Reitman, who's been busting our guts since Ghost Busters, stirs a high-concept stew of Fatal Attraction meets The Incredibles.
07/21/06
Top CriticFor a movie about an unstable superhero who dresses like Carrie Bradshaw after a gamma zap, Ex-Girlfriend is cleverly attuned to the real-life nadirs of big-city psychosexual dynamics.
07/20/06
Top CriticThis sophomoric mix of the supernatural and screwball from Ivan Reitman is diverting, cheesy fun, with Thurman's G-Girl as a droll combination of Superwoman and Uber Shrew.
07/21/06
Top CriticTwo lessons learned: Dump a superheroine at your own risk. And animatronic sharks sure have come a long way since the days of Jaws.
07/20/06
Top CriticSmoothly sends up romantic comedies and the superhero genre with such panache, it leaps into mid-summer as one of its best diversions.
08/30/06
My Super Ex-Girlfriend lampoons conventional comic book movies and relationship films by nudging its needy title character into the Manhattan singles market. It's a silly premise, and it works beautifully.
07/20/06
[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.
07/21/06
...generally a fun (albeit entirely forgettable) piece of work.
07/27/06
This is your typical monster movie, and while there are a few funny scenes here and there Matt's too nice a guy for us to truly enjoy his discomfiture.
07/21/06
Plays like it was written by smart people, for people who've seen their share of romantic comedies and superhero flicks.
07/21/06
Everything that might be annoying in a romantic comedy works here.
07/20/06
[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.
07/21/06
Top CriticA pretty funny movie that's part nerd fantasy, part Fatal Attraction and part riff on Arnie Ziff, Jon Lovitz's revenge-seeking, still-pining geek from The Simpsons.
07/21/06
Thurman is an ideally cast superhero and Wilson ably demonstrates the behavior of a guy who is involved way over his head.
07/21/06
My Super Ex, directed by comedy veteran Ivan Reitman (the Ghostbuster movies) from a clever high-concept script by Don Payne (The Simpsons), is as cool a summer lark as you'll find.
07/21/06
Top CriticIf you're going for plot, My Super Ex-Girlfriend will disappoint, but if you're going for a light look at aspects of the superhero experience that most 'serious' genre entries ignore, the film delivers.
07/20/06
Top Criticeven 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.
07/21/06
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