Review of My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) by Richard P — 07 Jun 2010

From Ivan Reitman, best known for Ghostbusters (1984), Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Dave (1993) comes this twist on the superhero film. It's such a good concept but the finished product comes up short.

Where did it all go wrong?? Even in Reitman's hands, a man who was once so good at comedy, something isn't right about this. Set in New York, the film has weedy architect Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) falling for dumpy art curator Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman), who just so happens to be a superhero, known as G-Girl, getting her superpowers from a meteor when she was a teenager.

However, Jenny shows alot of aggressive behavior in bed and during dates, plus there's nasty jealousy toward's Matt's co-worker Hannah (Anna Faris), causing Matt to dump Jenny, so she vows she'll make his life a living hell because of that, and uses her superpowers to do so.

Then, "supervillian" Professor Bedlam (Eddie Izzard) offers to help Matt with his predicament. Everything that should have worked with this falls flat, it feels dated too, like it's from the late 1980's/early 1990's.

Plus, it would have worked better if it was darker, like The Cable Guy, it only hints at that, but never goes there. It has some chucklesome moments, but there's something uncomfortable about the tone of this film.