My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

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

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writer:

Don Payne

Stars:

Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

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.

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Plot Keywords:

superhero | supernatural power | superhero spoof | architect | boyfriend girlfriend relationship | 

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Taglines:

He broke her heart. She broke his everything.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Luke Wilson and Mark Consuelos appeared in All We Had (2016).

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Goofs

Matt brings Jenny to his house and they are getting undressed, and Jenny opens her shirt to the G girl costume underneath, and Jenny runs into the bathroom to quickly change. Her silk shirt goes back and forth between short and long, the long version has a matching silk tie belt, and short version has no belt.

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Quotes

[in a dream sequence, Matt tells Vaughan G-Girl's secret identity]
Jenny Johnson: [brandishing a chainsaw] I WARNED YOU, MATT SAUNDERS!

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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 this scene.

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Connections

Featured in The Cast of 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend' (2006)

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Soundtracks

Rescue Me
Written by Rachel Robinson and Chad Fischer (as Chad Fisher)
Performed by Rachel Robinson
Courtesy of Lookout Sound

User Reviews

Meh... it's not that bad.

This film is nothing to write home about, but it has a few shiny flourishes. The thing to remember is that this film was aimed at the teen age and college comic book crowd. It wasn't meant to be anything more than that. And when you look at it in that context you find those bright moments that Reitman was trying to give the audience.

This isn't adult fare gone bad as it was presented for adults. It's teenage fast-food cinema that's got more production values and gloss than the teen-sex romps I grew up with; "Spring Break" or "One Crazy Summer" as examples.

Yeah, Thurman's character has got issues. But she's supposed to. This is a teenage guy film about a comic book guy's perspective on women. The target audience is probably the biggest item to criticize, because if there are enough people (immature men) who fall into the category of feeling helpless and powerless against women when in a relationship, then maybe there's something wrong with society to allow such a population to explode and support this film. Yeah, that's kind of high minded and somewhat near leaving the topic of the film itself, but I think it's important to contemplate.

All in all I didn't mind the film, but did find it ridiculous and mildly amusing here and there. Yes, a better film could have been made for the adult dating scene, and we could argue about whether that should have been greenlit as opposed to what we have, and yes, it probably would have been a better film. But take this film for what it is, a time waster. A film to put on the DVD player as you hit the "sleep" button on your TV.

Watch if only so inclined.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Super Ex

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,603,460, 23 July 2006

Gross USA:

$22,530,295

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$61,108,981

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Regency Productions, Pariah, New Regency Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1