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 Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | 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: In the very beginning when the two criminals are escaping, there's an aerial shot of the getaway car. In this shot, we see that there are no cars in the vicinity of the car. A few seconds later when we see a shot inside of the car, we can see through the rear window that there are many cars surrounding the car.

Quotes:

Matt Saunders: Hannah!
Vaughn Haige: Oh, man, I think she's dead. Time to start the grieving process.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Anatomy of a Scene: Shark Attack (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Everything's Right

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 ..