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My Super Ex-Girlfriend

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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, crude humor, language and brief nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 rage reaches terrifying heights thanks to the fact that she also happens to be G-Girl, a sexy superhero who serves as the object of many male fantasies while routinely saving New York City from disasters like fires, thieves, and fast-approaching missiles. Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) has dealt with his share of difficult women, but when he meets bookish beauty Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman), his instincts tell him this one is a whole new kind of trouble. After initially playing hard to get, Jenny quickly latches onto Matt, professing her love to him before their relationship has even hit the one-week mark. While infatuated by her aggressive lovemaking and voluptuous figure, Matt is wary of her strange, clinging ways, and decides to call it quits just days after discovering that Jenny's alter ego is G-Girl. Breaking up with a superhero presents quite a few challenges, as Jenny readily cashes in on her inhuman strength for the purpose of getting even. Making things even more complicated are Matt's best buddy, Vaughn (THE OFFICE's Rainn Lewis), who is always there to offer relationship advice despite his unlucky ways with women, and possible love interest Hannah (Anna Faris). If being rejected by Matt doesn't push her over the edge, Matt's attempts to move on will, with things between Matt, Hannah, G-Girl, and her arch-nemesis, super villain Professor Bedlam (Eddie Izzard), erupting in an all-out war of supernatural proportions. [More]

Starring: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard

Starring: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Wanda Sykes

Director: Ivan Reitman

Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter: Don Payne
Producer: Bill Carraro, Arnon Milchan, Gavin Polone
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
08/21/06
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

It teetered on the edge of totally sucking, but in the end, it actually pulled everything off.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
01/25/07
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Soulless and dimwitted.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
07/28/06
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

If anything, it's too airy and tends to be forgotten as soon as the lights go up. But it's certainly pleasant enough while it's on.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
07/20/06
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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This comedy is so unfunny, it's like director Ivan Reitman and company had their senses of humor tranquilized from guzzling kryptonite lattes.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
07/20/06
David Germain
David Germain
Associated Press
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Everything about My Super Ex-Girlfriend feels clumsy and cut-rate.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
07/20/06
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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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.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/05/06
Toddy Burton
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle

Most of the jokes are left flapping like a fish on the line, delivered with zero energy by the leads...

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
07/22/06
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

Smoothly sends up romantic comedies and the superhero genre with such panache, it leaps into mid-summer as one of its best diversions.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
08/30/06
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

With such an amiable cast and lots of crisp dialogue, you can forgive the chinks in the armour.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
08/01/06
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC

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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

The movie is a dude's one-way fantasy tinged with an element of fear. It's unfortunate that the premise falls so comfortably along trite gender lines.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/21/06
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

The split in My Super Ex-Girlfriend is an ugly one, separating the high-flying opening hour from its eventual crash-landing. For the underhanded villains, look no further than Reitman, writer Don Payne and a slew of superfluous special effects.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
07/24/06
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

My Super Ex-Girlfriend is watchable enough but it's humor for our age of diminished comedic expectations.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/21/06
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

Everything that might be annoying in a romantic comedy works here.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
07/20/06
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

The movie's too slapdash to keep its characters consistent, but this has its moments.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
07/20/06
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend sets the cause of psychotic superheroines back about 30 years. The movie roils with more unexamined hostility towards women than a roomful of Taliban clerics.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/20/06
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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Wilson does his callow good-guy routine (if you close your eyes you'd swear he was his brother, Owen) and Thurman looks as if she'd rather be stalking prey in Kill Bill.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
07/20/06
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

Even if it falls slightly short of super, Ex-Girlfriend is a film that's well worth having around.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/27/06
Josh Hurst
Josh Hurst
Christianity Today
 
 
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