Review of My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) by Kylie P — 27 Jan 2010

From February 4, 2007:

My Super Ex-Girlfriend was just plain stupid and a colossal waste of time. This movie had a bunch of talented actors in a convoluted storyline that became a hindrance, even if it was supposed to be the point of the whole flick. The fact that Jenny took on crazy girlfriend syndrome even before she got dumped and then abused her flukey powers when she finally did get dumped was both confusing and denigrating to women. It seemed by the backstory that she used to be a sweet girl, friends with her later-archenemy Barry or Professor Bedlam (Eddie Izzard). A meteor imbued her both with powers and breasts, and then she turns psycho? Unless the suggestion is that all semi-nerdy women with instant makeovers become psycho...which is where the denigrating part comes in. Even if this movie is supposed to parody men's fear of women and relationships, it really over-exploited (and exaggerated) the woman's role and rang a bit sexist.

Luke Wilson was out of his element here or lacks comedic timing or was directed to be completely uninteresting. He was not believable as anyone's boyfriend, which made his character less than sympathetic. Two actors completely underused, however, were Rainn Wilson, who played Matt's horny best friend, and Eddie Izzard. Actually, Rainn Wilson proves to be the redeeming comedic feature of this alleged comedy, with his rambly, misguided sex advice, and his spot-on delivery.

And Eddie failed to play up the campy side of his evil mastermind. Since the rest of this movie was so campy (and maybe it shouldn't have been), it seems that he had a chance to really let loose and was prevented from doing so. All in all, this movie was not that funny, even if the idea had potential.