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:

Hell hath no fury like a superwoman scorned.

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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

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$22,530,295, 12 October 2006

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$38,365,852, 4 April 2007

Company Credits

Production Co:

Regency Enterprises,Pariah,New Regency Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

In Hannah's apartment, immediately after the shark crashes through the window, Hannah runs into the room wearing mini-boots with fur around the tops. When the camera cuts to the next shot showing her feet, she is wearing fur slippers.

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Quotes

Matt Saunders: Go and hide out somewhere. San Diego, Tahiti, Utah. No! Not Utah. Utah sucks.

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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

Spoofs Superman (1978)

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Soundtracks

Whenever We're Apart
Written by Curt Sobel and Gary Schreiner
Performed by Klyde Jones
Courtesy of Palisades Music Productions

User Reviews

Stupid, but funny.

Never had any interest in seeing this movie, but I caught in on HBO on a Sunday afternoon and found myself laughing out loud on multiple occasions. Better than I expected. Worth watching if you're looking for some good light laughs. Luke Wilson is pretty hilarious when he takes a beating, but Rainn Wilson steals every scene he's in, pretty much playing a sex hungry version of Dwight Schrute. Throws some funny twists onto the Super hero/villain dynamic as well. It's a well thought out movie and an interesting take on the superhero genre, but most of the execution is mediocre; in the end some of the jokes work and some don't. 6/10