What’s the Story?

When Matt (Luke Wilson) first meets Jenny (Uma Thurman) on a NYC subway, he thinks she's demure and sweet, her head buried in her book, her brown hair straight and simple. And when he recovers her purse from a mugger, he feels empowered, even if he did hide in a dumpster with the purse. But as the newly forming couple walks off down an alley, the camera cranes up to show the would-be robber hanging from a grate four stories up, where Jenny has thrown him. And now you know: Her secret identity is G-Girl, blond superhero and local celebrity.

Is It Any Good?

Energetic and deliberately absurd, MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND makes fun of comic-book/action movie and romantic comedy conventions. Written by former Simpsons scribe Don Payne and directed by Ivan Reitman, the movie also takes a few jabs at traditional gender roles, not to mention typical anxieties concerning sex and commitment.

There is some spastic violence on the street (cars tossed, spinning tornado effects, buildings broken) as well as the sorts of revelations you might expect for a happy ending. But the film's most delightful element is not special-effected; it's (Eddie Izzard's performance as Professor Bedlam. He's funny, charming, and surprising, this last especially hard to be in a movie so fond of clichés.

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Cast & Film Details

Studio

Twentieth Century Fox

Director

Ivan Reitman

Cast

• Uma Thurman
• Luke Wilson
• Eddie Izzard

Genre

Comedy

Run time

95 minutes

Theatrical release

7/21/2006

DVD release

12/19/2006

MPAA rating

PG-13

MPAA explanation

for sexual content, crude humor, language and brief nudity.

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