After a bad breakup, Matt is eager to get back into the dating scene. After getting her purse back from a robber, he manages to score a date with the beautiful Jenny, but soon realizes Jenny is quite a handful. She’s secretive, needy, jealous, and increasingly aggressive towards Matt. Matt wants to break up with her, but it’s difficult because Jenny is also G-Girl, a crime-fighting superhero with incredible powers. Those powers are used when Matt finally breaks up with her, and Jenny is dead-set on making Matt’s life a living hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Super Ex-Girlfriend<\/em> is not a very good movie. It’s not a dumpster fire, either. It’s sort of resting just below mediocrity, which is really disappointing because I like Ivan Reitman a lot. But every director has a few stinkers, and this is definitely one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uma Thurman<\/strong> really seems to be enjoying herself as a woman who embodies the “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”<\/a> trope. Jenny turns into every sexist clich\u00e9 imaginable. Think Taylor Swift’s Blank Space<\/em>, but on steroids. Luke Wilson eases into the role of normal guy Matt, but despite his natural affability, Matt’s not a terribly likable person. That doesn’t mean he deserves all the abuse Jenny throws at him, but I wasn’t overly sympathetic either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anna Faris<\/a><\/strong> plays Matt’s co-worker and secret crush, Hannah, but her comedic chops are completely wasted on the role. The bright spot in the cast is Eddie Izzard as Barry\/Professor Bedlam, Jenny’s ex-best friend turned nemesis. He’s got all the good lines, and at one point, I asked out loud, “Why would Eddie Izzard do this movie?” <\/em>But it’s fine. I’m glad he did because I actually loved it anytime he was on screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a lot of potential in the idea for this movie. With a sharper, funnier script, it could have been a brazen take on the rom-com\/superhero genres. Give it an R rating and let it lean into the superhero-turned-villain theme, and you’ve got a pretty great dark comedy on your hands. Unfortunately, My Super Ex-Girlfriend<\/em> plays it completely safe, relying on CGI (that sounds familiar, doesn’t it?) rather than plot. I might have forgiven the bad special effects if not for the ridiculous scene where Jenny\/G-Girl tosses a great white shark into Hannah’s apartment after Hannah and Matt hook up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ll forgive Reitman for this semi-clunker because a few years later he directed No Strings Attached<\/a><\/em>, which was definitely more successful as an enjoyable romantic comedy. To be fair to My Super Ex-Girlfriend<\/em>, some humorous moments made me laugh out loud, so because of that, and Eddie Izzard, I settled on two stars. But if you don’t watch this rom-com, you’re not missing out on anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watched:<\/strong> 05\/06\/2022
Notable Song<\/strong>: Lover Come Up by Josh Kelley<\/p>\n\n\n\n