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Starring: Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Rainn Wilson, Eddie Izzard
Director: Ivan Reitman
I thought I had it bad in high school when I broke up with a girl whose brother was known equally for his steroid use and his lack of self-control. At least he never threw a shark at me; funny that I wasn’t more thankful for that at the time. This is very good comedy with an original idea and some good jokes.
Luke Wilson stars as lookin’-fer-luv gooly-gee, kind of everyman, Matt Saunders, who finds a librarian-looking hottie, named Jenny, well played by Uma Thurman. Things seem great. They seem even better when she turns out to be a superhero named G-Girl (pretty much Supergirl without the ‘S’). They get a little worse when she turns out be jealous, obsessive and clingy. They get a lot worse when Matt finds out that G-Girl is not one to take a break up with a philosophical “Oh well, there’s plenty of fish in the sea” kind of view. She prefers the “Hell hath no fury like woman, with super-strength, lightning speed and heat ray vision, scorned” as her reaction of choice and would apparently rather throw those “fish in the sea” instead of just finding them. You can see how this could be funny. It is.
This is a pretty good comedy. It has a great premise, a good cast and even some very cool visual effects. Wilson and Thurman are both great. Could have been funnier I suppose, but I am picky with comedies, I admit. It is very good. I watched it. I watched it again. I bought it. Well worth checking out.
