Bear with me, I'm still getting used to Spout's new movie pages. Changes!
So, I'm looking at all the reviews and such and am really flummoxed by the number of people who liked this movie. I watched it thinking that it might be cute, even though I knew Uma played a basket case with superpowers. Plus, it was a borrowed movie, so I knew my regrets would be minimal as I didn't have to spend money on it.
This movie was just plain stupid., however, and a colossal waste of time I didn't hate it, but I was really rather bored.
Uma Thurman plays Jenny Johnson, secret identity G-Girl (stupid name). She has superpowers and the will of a superhero. She meets Luke Wilson, miscast as Matt Saunders, a down-on-his-luck-in-love everyman who manages to save her purse from a snatcher. The two begin to court, until Matt realizes Jenny's a bit "off." Plus, he also begins to realize feelings for his co-worker Hannah (Anna Faris), and trouble ensues when he tries to break up with Jenny.
I rate this a 4 for fair - nice idea, but didn't pull it off one bit. This movie had a bunch of talented actors in a convoluted storyline that became a hindrance, even if it was supposed to be the point of the whole flick. I am both confused and insulted that Jenny took on crazy girlfriend syndrome even before she got dumped and then abused her flukey powers when she finally did get dumped. It seemed by the backstory that she used to be a sweet girl, friends with her later-archenemy Barry or Professor Bedlam (Eddie Izzard). A meteor imbued her both with powers and breasts, and she turned psycho? I don't get that at all. Unless the suggestion is that all semi-nerdy women with instant makeovers become psycho...which is where the insulting part comes in. Even if this movie is supposed to parody men's fear of women and relationships, it really over-exploited (and exaggerated) the woman's role. It just made me slightly angry and totally uninterested in whatever happened.
Luke Wilson was out of his element here or lacks comedic timing or was directed to be completely uninteresting. He was not believable as anyone's boyfriend, and that made it hard for me to cheer for him, even if he is my favorite Wilson brother.
Two actors completely underused were Rainn Wilson, who played Matt's horny best friend, and Eddie Izzard. Actually, Rainn Wilson proves to be the only reason why I decided to give this movie a 4. He did make me laugh with his rambly, misguided sex advice, and his delivery was so spot-on. I almost wished he and Luke Wilson traded places.
And Eddie failed to play up the campy side of his evil mastermind. Since the rest of this movie was so campy (and maybe it shouldn't have been), it seems that he had a chance to really let loose and was prevented from doing so. How weird was it to see him looking masculine?
All in all, I just did not sympathize with any of these characters and was so bored, I almost fell asleep. This movie was not that funny, even if the idea had potential. As such, it fails the test. I obviously won't be buying this super freak of a movie.