My Super Ex-Girlfriend (Ivan Reitman)
I’m a big fan of Uma Thurman but when I heard rumour of her new film My Super Ex-Girlfriend I couldn’t help but wonder WHY! The premise – Boy meets girl, boy dates girl, girl turns out to be a super-hero (G-Girl?!?), boy dumps girl, girl takes revenge on boy – is amusing, but still it’s difficult not to roll your eyes. The ad campaign did nothing to counteract this and I sat down to the film with serious reservations… but I was pleasantly surprised.
It quickly became clear that Reitman wasn’t going to just cut to the action (as the ad campaign certainly implies). Instead he works on establishing the characters and developing the relationships between them. Thus when the action begins three quarters of the way through the film - and by action i mean the actual revenge, there are plenty of super-hero special effects to keep us entertained before this - the audience is sympathetic to both Matt and (surprisingly) G-Girl. The ending is predictable enough but still pleasing. The film certainly has feel-good factor.
What was also impressive was the standard of the acting. We have come to expect quality from Thurman, but I was particularly struck by Anna Faris. Here she plays a character that, though blonde and beautiful, is also intelligent and caring. Perhaps this is just a small variation on the ditzy blondes she plays in films such as Scary Movie (Wayans 2000) and Just Friends (Kumble 2005), but the difference is notable. In the absence of the over-the-top humour of these films she shows herself to be a talented and believable actress.
It quickly became clear that Reitman wasn’t going to just cut to the action (as the ad campaign certainly implies). Instead he works on establishing the characters and developing the relationships between them. Thus when the action begins three quarters of the way through the film - and by action i mean the actual revenge, there are plenty of super-hero special effects to keep us entertained before this - the audience is sympathetic to both Matt and (surprisingly) G-Girl. The ending is predictable enough but still pleasing. The film certainly has feel-good factor.
What was also impressive was the standard of the acting. We have come to expect quality from Thurman, but I was particularly struck by Anna Faris. Here she plays a character that, though blonde and beautiful, is also intelligent and caring. Perhaps this is just a small variation on the ditzy blondes she plays in films such as Scary Movie (Wayans 2000) and Just Friends (Kumble 2005), but the difference is notable. In the absence of the over-the-top humour of these films she shows herself to be a talented and believable actress.
Don’t be put off by the disappointing ad campaign. The film is well worth watching – a light and entertaining summer movie!
posted by Ali @ Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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