My Super Ex-Girlfriend
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Movie Reviews of My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Movie Review: No fury like a woman scorned--especially if she can throw a building at you!
Summary: 4 Stars
Ever wonder what it would be like to date Super-Girl? I mean, look at the fun of that! She could fly over the city with you, whip up a gourmet meal in seconds with heat vision, get you anywhere you needed to be on time, and even step in to protect you if Lex Luthor finally took over the city. What comic fanboy hasn't at some time imagined being able to tell his friends, "Yeah, well my girlfriend can pick up Manhattan Island!"
But what if she had a jealous streak? And what if she was just plain unstable?
That's the premise of "My Super Ex-Girlfriend". Luke Wilson stars as Matt Saunders, a guy with a history of dating crazy women. On a subway, he notices quiet and unassuming Jenny Johnson (played by Uma Thurman) and they don't hit it off at all--until a Matt tries to stop a purse snatcher. Jenny, who's always saving other people as G-Girl, is smitten by this man who finally tried to save her, and they start dating. There are a few suspicious moments for Matt at the beginning of the relationship, but when Jenny finally reveals her secret to him, it all makes sense. It seems like the perfect relationship and any guy's dream: a superhero for a girlfriend.
Then Matt notices a side of Jenny he hadn't paid attention to before. She's jealous, controlling, and manipulative. Bad enough to face that in a normal person, but when she has super powers it's worse. When Matt tries to break things off with her, he suddenly finds himself the target of a superhero's anger (never a good thing).
MSEG looks at both sides of the coin in a relationship with a super hero. First, there's all the fun you can have. But then you see just how dangerous it could be (ever had a live shark thrown at you?). Thurman does a good job as the slightly psychotic G-Girl (no one knows what the "G" stands for, by the way). Her Amazonian physique makes her a natural for the super-hero scene. Wilson is hilarious. His facial expressions alone get him further than most of his lines do. Anna Faris plays Hannah, Matt's co-worker that he secretly has a crush on. It's funny to watch her in this movie because she got to play the psychotic girlfriend in last year's "Best Friends", while this time she's the normal one.
And what's a superhero without an arch-villain? Eddie Izzard plays Professor Bedlam, the mad scientist supervillain out to destroy G-Girl. Why would he want to do such a thing? That little back story adds to the magic of the tale, and it really makes sense.
The special effects in this movie aren't the best, but they're good. It seems like Wilson and Thurman mostly just ham it up for the camera when they're supposed to be flying, which adds to the comedy. It's almost like they're telling the audience, "Yeah, we know this doesn't look real, but let's just have fun with it."
My Super Ex-Girlfriend touches on themes from a lot of hero myths and rolls them into a pretty funny movie. I can just see Superman taking Lois Lane to see this, turning to her after it's over and saying, "Might want to keep all that in mind."
Dating a superhero isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be.
Movie Review: Here she comes -- but not necessarily to save the day
Summary: 4 Stars
Even though this film's oddly different premise had potential, My Secret Ex-Girlfriend had several things going against it: the presence of not one but two Wilsons, an obviously silly plot, the inclusion of a super villain named Professor Bedlam, and the fact that the writers couldn't come up with a better name for Uma Thurman's superhero character than G-Girl. I mean, come on, G-Girl? And they never even tell us what the G stands for. Clearly, it's not a truncation of Good-Girl because G-Girl doesn't really live up to the good girl superhero standards. Oh, she's fine at first, saving people's lives, stomping out crime in the big city, etc. Get her in a relationship, though, and she transforms into a psycho hose beast of jealousy, instability, and possessiveness. Poor Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) didn't know what he was getting into when he asked a sort of mousey girl by the name of Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman) out. Admittedly, she was a little bit off from the start and tended to take an excessive number of bathroom breaks on any given date, but they really hit it off. Even after she revealed her top secret identity to him, there was still magic in the air. It wouldn't last.
Jenny soon grows suspicious of Matt's hot co-worker Hannah Lewis (Anna Faris). As an aside, I just have to say that I didn't even realize this was Anna Faris until the closing credits rolled. She's adorable and seems to have a really hot Drew Barrymore kind of thing going for her here. Around these parts, we'd say the girl has done growed up good. Anyway, getting back to the story, things go downhill fast as Matt's attempts to ease himself out of the relationship get him nothing but vows of revenge. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Jenny is no ordinary woman. Your ordinary woman, no matter how mad she gets, isn't very likely to throw a live shark through the window of your high-rise apartment, for example. If you're Matt, how the heck do you respond to something like that?
I actually enjoyed this movie more than I expected to, as it does deliver a steady diet of laughs throughout. Owen Wilson is the only Wilson brother I've grown to enjoy watching, but old Luke was pretty good here; he has just the right timing and facial expressions to make each scene work well. Anna Faris was great, as I've already mentioned, and even Rainn Wilson was pretty funny as Matt's best bud. Wanda Sykes' minor role is sort of a special treat; yes, the movie would have worked just as well without her, but Wanda Sykes is always funny.
Obviously, I doubt anyone involved with this film is going to list it at the very top of his/her resume, especially Uma Thurman, but My Super Ex-Girlfriend does manage to save the day with an impressive arsenal of comic weapons. It's nothing to write home about, but it's not a bad way to spend an hour and a half, either.
Movie Review: Superhero = Super-Neurosis
Summary: 4 Stars
Neurosis knows no bounds. Not creed, sex, across cultures, or, in this case, via superheroes.
Relationships are tough enough without the added stress of super-secrets. You know, the type that forces one into the realm of isolationism so that they can keep their "special gifts" from the world. This is the life of G-Girl (Uma Thurman), an indestructible superwoman who flies the skies and saves humanity from disasters on a daily basis. Whether it's a rogue rocket or a burning building, G-Girl is there.
But with this comes the fact that a relationship is impossible. Or so it seems. Matt Sanders (Luke Wilson) is on the subway one morning and spots G-Girl in her mild mannered disguise as Jenny Johnson, your everyday art store worker. Matt is immediately taken with Jenny, and when a thug steals G-Girl's purse, Matt chases after him and sort of retrieves it (with a smidgin of unwitnessed help from G-Girl). G-Girl/Jenny is smitten with Matt for his bravery and the two quickly start dating. With the dating scene comes the juxtaposed problems that infuse G-Girl's life. She has no interpersonal skills with laymen yet desires to be close to someone. Anyone! Her near neurotic behavior quickly surfaces, and by the second date, sex is on the evening's ending menu. When she breaks Matt's bed (and nearly his manhood), he begins to wonder what the hell is going on. Knowing that she can't keep her identity secret from Matt, G-Girl confides in him, to Matt's great excitement ("I laid G-Girl!") But the excitement vanishes as Matt learns how deeply disturbed his new superlover is. When he breaks up with her, the threat is physically real. She punches holes in his apartment roof as she launches herself into flight, steal his car and puts it in orbit, lazer burns the four letter word for a man's sexual organ onto Matt's forehead with her supervision, and even throws a great white shark at him and his new girlfriend (Hannah Lewis played by Anna Faris). How do you break up with a superhero? Especially one that's completely crazy?!
Coming off the heals of the KILL BILL films, one couldn't picture a more perfect part for Uma Thurman. Her demented behavior was excellent, and she mixed it well with her brand of physical acting. The biggest worry might be Luke Wilson. His choice of questionable film roles (IDIOCRACY, etc.) could steer movie watchers away from this flick; that and some of the more flaming reviews. But these detractors should not be heeded. This is a pretty funny film that'll have folks laughing at the ridiculous and unexpected relationship turns that await the main characters.
Also a nod is deserved for the hilarious antics of Luke's friend Vaughn played by Rainn Wilson and the dastardly Professor Bedlam played by Eddie Izzard who happens to be secretly in love with G-Girl and is equally as emasculated as Luke in the end.
Movie Review: Slapstick superhero comedy for adults - very funny
Summary: 4 Stars
This superhero comedy does for dating and breaking-up what "The Incredibles" did for family life.
In other words, it gets a lot of laughs from the incongruity of imagining how the difficulties which come with ordinary human life would be even worse if one or more of the participants has superhuman powers. However, this film is for adults rather than kids. A few scenes were a bit embarrassing or silly but most of the time I was falling about laughing.
At the start of the film Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) is a frustrated nerd looking for romance: ironically there is a colleage, Hannah (played by Anna Faris) in his office who he really likes and who is equally fond of him, but it would never occur to him to do anything about it because she already has a boyfriend.
Then he meets and starts to date Jenny (Uma Thurman) - who appears from the outside to be a quiet mouselike art curator. But what the viewer knows, and Matt initially doesn't, is that Jenny is really "G-girl" - a superhero who is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, etc, etc.
Being a superhero has had dire effects on Jenny's love life. The film manages a difficult balance extremely well in that you can both sympathise with Jenny and understand why she is the way she is, but also understand why Matt soon begins to find her impossible to cope with. But when he breaks up with her, she vows revenge - and becomes the super ex from hell. By comparison with G-Girl's idea of revenge, putting paint stripper on a guy's car or cutting up his shirts is nothing.
Uma Thurman hasn't done many comic roles, but if this film is anything to go by, perhaps she should do a few more. Luke Wilson does a good job as the well-meaning but nerdish and very ordinary central character. Other good performances include Eddie Izzard who is superb as supervillain "Professor Bedlam" who is G-girl's arch enemy, and Anna Faris, who is excellent as the cute and innocent girl at Matt's office. The most disappointing part of the film is Wanda Sykes who plays Matt's boss. She has the role of being the worst possible person for all the most terribly embarrassing things to happen in front of (so of course they do). Most comedies have such a character, usually a senior manager, potential important customer, or a parent or grandparent of the heroine, but it isn't usually considered necessary to make that person quite as obnoxious as this character was: to such an extent that at one or two points when I should have been laughing I was getting annoyed with Matt's boss.
But overall I can recommend this film and am glad I bought it.
Movie Review: Super Fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
Poor Matt Saunders hasn't had a date for six months, is lonely, and the girl he loves (Hannah, a co-worker) is dating someone else. Enter Jenny. Matt sees her on the subway and with a little encouragement from his womanizing best friend, decides to ask her out. She coldly rejects him at first; but when Jenny's purse gets snatched and Matt gives chase, her resolve melts and she agrees to go on a dinner date with him.
Matt finds out quickly that Jenny is a bit off, but ignores all of the warning bells going off in his head. A little romance and wild sex ensues, and soon Jenny takes Matt into her confidence, letting him know that she's really G-Girl, their city's superhero. Matt is relieved, chalking her previous bizarre behavior up to the fact that she was keeping this amazing and titillating secret from him.
Unfortunately, a spade is still a spade, and Jenny's still nuts, and controlling, and horribly jealous! When a botched double-date leaves Matt alone with both Jenny and Hannah at the same time, Matt finally accepts the truth: Jenny's too quirky and neurotic for him and Hannah is the woman he truly loves. When Matt finally finds the courage to break up with Jenny, she immediately becomes the ex-girlfriend from Krypton hell! There's just nothing quite like a superhero scorned!
A caveat here: this is not the movie to watch if you are looking for depth and the meaning of life. It is the movie to watch if you want a good laugh, and something to take your mind off of your troubles for awhile. It's silly and ridiculous, but it's also great fun. I found myself laughing out loud more than once at Jenny's hilarious acts of vengeance; vengeance that could only be enacted by a superhero, of course! Uma Thurman does a wonderful job portraying nutty-as-a-fruitcake Jenny, and Luke Wilson is adorable, and perfect as the slightly timid put-upon boyfriend. The rest of the characters are well-cast as well. As for the ending, it will definitely put a smile on your face. "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" is a delightful movie all the way around.