My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writer (WGA):

Don Payne (written by)

Release Date:

21 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

He broke her heart. She broke his everything.

Plot:

When a regular guy dumps a superhero of her neediness, she uses her powers to make his life a living hell.

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | New York | High School | Date | Dating

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Uma Thurman	...	Jenny Johnson / G-Girl
Luke Wilson	...	Matt Saunders
Anna Faris	...	Hannah Lewis
Rainn Wilson	...	Vaughn Haige
Eddie Izzard	...	Professor Bedlam / Barry
Stelio Savante	...	Leo
Mike Iorio	...	Lenny
Mark Consuelos	...	Steve Velard
Wanda Sykes	...	Carla Dunkirk
Margaret Anne Florence	...	Shapely Bartender
Catherine Reitman	...	TV News Reporter
Tara Thompson	...	Young Jenny (as Tara L. Thompson)
Kevin Townley	...	Young Barry
Eva Veronika	...	Elderly Lady
Lawrence Feeney	...	Scary Dude

Also Known As:

Super Ex (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | Singapore:PG (edited version) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42608) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:IIA | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:MG6 | Germany:6 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:12 | Malta:16

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

S E Productions Inc.

Trivia:

The "castle" in Matt's fish tank is a simplified model of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous design for a house called "Fallingwater".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bedlam's bodyguard gets shot with cutting disk, in one shot it's pointing to the left. In the next shot it's pointing in the other direction.

Quotes:

Vaughn Haige: There are 3 moments I'll remember 'til the day I die. 1: the look on my father's face when I graduated from Harvard law school. 2: Helping a beached mother whale give birth. And... 3: You and me, together, here, tonight.
Shapely Bartender: Don't speak to me again... ever.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Joker

Look, It's G-Girl!

This movie answers the question, how does a relationship survive when your girlfriend is codependent, clinging, needy, jealous .. and has powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal women?

Without spoiling the movie, I can safely assure you it does not, but there's great fun to be had along the way. Uma Thurman is perfect as the mercurial super-heroine, an uber-babe, mysteriously named G-Girl, who unlike most in her sisterhood, is not *always* dedicated to truth, justice, and the American Way.

Thurman is also believable as the thoroughly daft, yet somehow still fetching, curator Jenny. When she is dumped for a less endowed but more emotionally secure and well adjusted rival, G-Girl goes ballistic, and what follows is not pretty. It's funny, but it's not pretty ..

It's a delightful premise, hell hath no fury like a super-heroine scorned, and those involved don't altogether carry it off, but it has its moments, and I think I'll get the DVD.

I liked this movie ..