My Super Ex-Girlfriend
(2006) dir. Ivan Reitman
viewed: 12/29/06
Amusing concept. Awful film.
Ivan Reitman used to make good movies, like Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), and Ghost Busters (1984), but somewhere along the line, he started turning out stuff like Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Evolution (2001). Ah well…
The idea of a neurotic and dangerous superheroine seems like it has some possibilities, but even with Uma Thurman as the superwoman, it’s just not good. Personally, I don’t dislike Luke Wilson, but he’s pretty weak as a lead. But no one has anything to work with here, not even Eddie Izzard, who is so funny as a stand-up, but is almost short-hand for a bad movie.
There is something verging on misogyny here, but it’s not really worth wasting the effort to go into it.
