My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Imagine a female superhero who 'œwas not only able to stop crime and save the planet, but was also neurotic, possessive, and insanely jealous?' said Robert Koehler in Variety. The sexist answer proposed by My Super Ex-Girlfriend is oddly uninspired—particularly given director Ivan Reitman's customary flair for special effects and comedy, and writer Don Payne's track record as a writer for The Simpsons. Uma Thurman is the leather-clad, crime-fighting G-Girl by night and mousy art gallery curator Jenny Johnson by day. When she discloses her super-secret to bland love interest Matt (Luke Wilson), he's understand­ably excited. But his ardor is quickly dimmed by her clinginess. No danger of this flick 'œleaping tall buildings or scaling box office heights,' said Sheri Linden in The Hollywood Reporter. It's a 'œsour, joyless affair.' Somehow Reitman has sucked the charm from the entire cast. Theoretically, Jenny is the perfect roll for Thurman. Yet she comes off as an 'œunconvincing, ill-at-ease cartoon.' As for Wilson, he 'œmay not be the lousiest young-ish actor working in big studio pictures these days, but he's almost certainly in the top five,' said Eleanor Ringel Gillespie in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The role requires someone who's remotely lovable, and he doesn't qualify.

Rating: PG-13

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