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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

PG_13 95 min  -  Comedy | Crime | Drama  -   21 July 2006 (USA)
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When a regular guy dumps a superhero of her neediness, she uses her powers to make his life a living hell.

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writer:

Don Payne
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Uma Thurman ...
Luke Wilson ...
Anna Faris ...
Rainn Wilson ...
Eddie Izzard ...
Stelio Savante ...
Leo
Mike Iorio ...
Mark Consuelos ...
Wanda Sykes ...
Margaret Anne Florence ...
Catherine Reitman ...
TV News Reporter
Tara Thompson ...
Young Jenny (as Tara L. Thompson)
Kevin Townley Kevin Townley ...
Eva Veronika Eva Veronika ...
Lawrence Feeney ...
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Storyline

In New York, when the shy and lonely project manager of a design firm Matt Saunders meets Jenny Johnson in the subway, he invites her to date and have dinner with him. Jenny immediately falls in love for him, they have sex and she discloses her true identity to him, telling that she is the powerful superhero G-Girl. After meeting his co-worker and friend Hannah Lewis, the needy Jenny becomes jealous, controlling and manipulative, and Matt follows the advice of his best friend Vaughn Haige and dumps her, breaking her heart. Jenny turns Matt's life into hell, while he has a romance with Hannah. However, the archenemy of G-Girl and former high school sweetheart of Jenny, Professor Bedlam, proposes Matt to lure Jenny to strip her superpowers. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

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Plot Keywords:

Superhero | New York | Date | High School | Sex  | See more »

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He wanted a break... Now she wants to break him See more »

Genres:

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

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor, language and brief nudity See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Mi super ex-novia See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,603,460 (USA) (23 July 2006) (2702 Screens)

Gross:

$60,896,147 (Worldwide) (4 April 2007)
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SDDS  | Dolby Digital  | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

In real life, the website that Dr. Bedlam mentions (professorbedlam.com) links directly to the official Fox movies website. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Matt is hanging from the torch on the Statue of Liberty, as the rope first starts slipping the camera zooms out to show the rope is tied around his right foot. When the knot comes loose and Matt begins to fall, the camera zooms out again and shows the rope tied around his left foot. See more »

Quotes

[over the phone, as Vaughn watches G-Girl put out a fire by spinning up a whirlwind]
Vaughn Haige: It's G-Girl! She's doing her thing!
Matt Saunders: Are you serious? You lucky S.O.B., I've never seen her in person. How does she look?
Vaughn Haige: She looks...
Matt Saunders: What?
Vaughn Haige: ...blurry! But still pretty hot!
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Crazy Credits

After the animated end credits is a humorous scene with Vaughn in bed
with the woman bartender. The rest of the non-animated credits follow
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Connections

Referenced in The Making of 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend' (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Joker"
Written by Steve Miller, Ahmet Ertegun and Memphis E. Curtis
Performed by Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins (as Bootsie Collins)
Courtesy of Virgin Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music See more »