Thursday, August 10, 2006

My Super-Ex Girlfriend Movie Review

1And now for a superhero movie quite unlike Superman. My Super-Ex Girlfriend is pants, but it's likeable pants. If you have an evening where you aren't doing much it's an amusing distraction, not too memorable but enjoyable nonetheless. Well, memorable for the line "Why did G-girl throw a shark at us?" if nothing else. I don't imagine hearing that line ever again.

Why would Uma Thurman do a lightweight piece like this? Probably just for the sheer fun of it. She throws herself into the role of neurotic Jenny Johnson, and plays it up for laughs.

Luke Wilson, aided and abetted by his geek friend Rainn Wilson (from the American remake of The Office), is "the love interest". He is an architect who despite his best efforts can't seem to end the relationship with Jenny, causing her to exact revenge in ways only a superhero can.

Every superhero needs an arch nemesis. This film has the unlikeliest of bad guys: the most un-super-villain-like super villain, Professor Bedlam, is Eddie Izzard with an accent that is funny if not always American. This is a spoof superhero movie that wears it's pants proudly on the outside, which was more enjoyable than I imagined.

If you haven't caught any of Monsieur Izzard's stand up routines please do try. I'll leave you with this hilarious titbit from YouTube with Eddie explaining the difference between American and British movies
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2 Comments:

Blogger Reese said...

That video is hella funny. I'm going to steal that for my site.

Thanks guys ;-)

2:27 AM  
Blogger Monks said...

haha..that clip is as strong as a small pony!

9:55 PM  

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