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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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Reitman's time has come and gone. He's still on his game, the game has simply changed.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
07/20/06
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

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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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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Mostly, MSEG is one of those movies that make you ask why: Why was it made? Why did Uma Thurman waste her time? And, most important, why is there 10 bucks missing from my pocket?

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
07/20/06
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend falls somewhere in the middle of Reitman's quality spectrum.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
07/20/06
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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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There's so much going on that the movie never explores the comic potential of Thurman's unique character. Does G-Girl go mental because she's a superhero, or was she always destined to be a bunny boiler? Does she like being super? And what are her powers?

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
07/20/06
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

[Thurman] again proves herself an inspired goofball, switching personalities and wardrobes with the quick-change precision of Christopher Reeve in his prime.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
07/20/06
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a romantic comedy from a stereotypically masculine perspective.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
07/20/06
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

While not particularly smart or funny, it's still thoroughly engaging.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
07/20/06
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Reitman, comedy maestro of 1970s and 1980s, has clearly lost his touch, for this picture is even less funny and even more out of synch with the comedy genre, Hollywood, and the zeitgeist than his previous effort, Evolution.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
07/19/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

High energy fun with just the right tone, My Super Ex Girlfriend is fresh and frivolous escapism.

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07/17/06
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