At first glance, My Super Ex-Girlfriend looks like your standard, run-of-the-mill chick flick and it basically is ... except some genius somewhere decided to cast Rainn Wilson (Dwight from NBC's The Office). The majority of the big laughs in the film (aside from Luke Wilson's brilliant reactionary acting) are a direct result of Rainn's constant, hilarious interjections. He delivers them so flawlessly, it almost seems that he's ad-libbing the entire thing.
Aside from appearing slightly paunchier than normal, this is standard issue Luke Wilson, which is not necessarily a bad thing- though it did feel a little too similar to his character in Idiocracy. The same can't be said for Uma Thurman, however. This is probably one of her best performances. I completely believed that she was a neurotic, manipulative, controlling superhero even when the slightly cheesy special effects interrupted my suspension of disbelief.
Overall, My Super Ex-Girlfriend was a very entertaining movie and not deserving of the giant Box Office Belly Flop it fell victim to. Not exactly on a par with Ivan Reitman's great films (Stripes, Ghostbusters), but not exactly garbage, either (Six Days Seven Nights). Definitely worth a couple of hours and a few dollars.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment