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Directed by Ivan Reitman.
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 is actually a powerful superhero dedicated to ridding the streets of crime. Her outward strength betrays a deep-rooted insecurity, too, and when Jenny begins to become a bit too possessive for Matt's laid-back taste, the troubled boyfriend does his best to end the relationship amicably. They say that breaking up isn't easy to do, however, and when your girlfriend is a superhero, that sentiment holds twice the truth as it does under any normal circumstances. Matt is determined to get on with his life, though, and as his budding romance with beautiful co-worker Hannah (Anna Faris) begins to get serious, jealous Jenny scornfully slips into G-Girl mode to prove that hell hath no fury like a woman superhero scorned. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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rik_todrik_tod The Shark Film Office: My Super ...
by rik_tod in The Cinema 4 Pylon: SpOutpost
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"My Super Ex-Girlfriend Director: Ivan Reitman // 2006 [DVD] Cinema 4 Rating: 5 Shark: Great White Shark Appearance: CGI, dialogue Sleeping with Anna Faris should be heavenly, and -- despite my deep and abiding appreciation for toothy marine creatures -- uninterrupted by the sight of a great white shark flying towards one’s head as one sits up in bed after awakening from what was probably the most emotionally and physically fulfilling night of one’s life. Setting my own personal fixation on Ms. Faris aside, this is exactly what happens to Luke Wilson just over an hour deep into the middling special effects comedy, My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Wilson sleeps with Faris, his longtime crush, after breaking up with the voluptuous, but clearly “off her rocker,” superheroine G-Girl, played almost like a mannequin for the most part by Uma Thurman, who really should remain in the employ of a director like Tarantino who clearly worships her and understands her strengths a ... " [More]
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"...but in the end, I can't give it more than three stars, and that third one is a little iffy. This movie has a decent premise and a cast with some supremely untapped talent in it (Eddie Izzard is TOTALLY wasted in this role!) but in the end it falls flat. That said, Rainn Wilson was very amusing! " [More]
pippin06pippin06 A Super Waste of Time
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"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 ... " [More]
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All Movie Guide
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In his best film, Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith wrote a line of dialogue that pegs the average comic-book reader as a sexually frustrated, underweight or overweight guy. That line gets at the core audience of Ivan Reitman's My Super Ex-Girlfriend, a comedy about men who fear women. The key figure for a film this silly and outrageous to work is the straight-man, and although Luke Wilson is appealing, he is miscast. If nothing else, Wilson is a likable and low-key screen presence. For this character to work he has to be somewhat unlikable, and Reitman seems afraid to let the audience feel that way towards him. This is even more obvious by giving him an obnoxious best friend, played by the underappreciated Rainn Wilson. All of this throws the balance of the film off when Wilson's ex, a very game Uma Thurman, starts her fits of raging jealousy that include throwing a live shark at him while he is in bed with another woman (Anna Farris). The tonal problems are compounded by the fact that Wilson and Farris are exceedingly appealing in their scenes together, and by the warmth and charm between Thurman and Wilson before their relationship sours. One wishes the film would chuck the superhero storyline altogether and let these three talented performers play in a conventional romantic comedy not saddled with the superhero story. My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a jumbled mess, sections of which work quite well, some of which dies on the screen. Despite the elements that work, the filmmakers can't maintain the film's tone, and end up simultaneously patronizing and pandering to the underweight and overweight guys they think they want to reach. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
 



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