Review of The Ex (2006) by Wesley S — 02 Apr 2011

Fun little comedy with some genuine laughs and a very watchable cast. This film could have been magnificent, with it's cast. But, it fell short of that into the luke warm territory. Even if The Ex doesn't always work, on some level you have to respect a summer Hollywood comedy that is daring enough to make you want to see the guy in the wheelchair thrown down the stairs. All in all, this flick is sure to make even the staunchest movie-goer reassess his or her notions about date movies. The film is superficially a necklace of disparate gags, a dozen comedic scenes organized and tied together via a character or relationship study. A closer look reveals that it achieves more than ninety minutes of sufficiently entertaining laughs..

VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theatre or buy an ex rental or a cheap price the DVD to own.