I saw "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" Friday night at the splendid Lincoln Square Cinemas in Bellevue, Wash. I was expecting nothing more than 90 minutes of entertaining and fun, and this movie did not fail to deliver that. The basic premise is that Luke Wilson discovers that his new girlfriend really is the super-powered "G-Girl" (Uma Thurman), and her intense jealousy, controlling nature and somewhat neurotic personality lead him to break up with her. That sparks the body of the movie, where she hates him and tries to get back at him.
The film is full of cliches and ridiculous scenes, yet they don't feel hokey or obvious like they are a parody of other superhero movies. For example, in one scene where Thurman tries to hurt Wilson, she throws a live shark through a window into the apartment where he is with another woman (that's the jealousy part), and the shark flops around gnashing its teeth at the sofa cushions and such until it gets flipped out through another window. Later, Thurman and another, newly powered girl have a battle royale with each other, rolling around and fighting in a huge super-powered cat fight. It is hilarious and reminded me of some scenes from "Interview with a Vampire," where the vampires fight each other.
I needed to get out of the heat and into the air-conditioned comfort of leather seats and gourmet treats (cranberry hard ice cream -- yum!). This was the perfect fluffy summer film. Sometimes you need some fluff.
-- Issaquah, Wash.
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