The Hollywood playing field is littered with superheroes. While Wolverine and Superman duke it out for the title of the "Coolest Guy in Tights," G-Girl of My Super Ex-Girlfiend sneaks up on them to claim "The Nuttiest, Campiest Anti-Hero" of the summer.
Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) is an average nice guy working at a design firm. Despite his good-naturedness, he seems to always attract mentally unstable women. When he meets a sexy gallery curator, Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman), a short fling turns into a steady relationship, even though Matt's intuition tells him that Jenny is another total nut-job.
Little does Matt know that Jenny is the alter-ego of the superhero, G-Girl. While G-Girl is very good at saving the day for everyone else, Jenny can't save herself from being needy, jealous, and neurotic about her relationship with Matt. When Matt discovers that Jenny is G-Girl, the initial excitement quickly wears off as Jenny becomes suspicious of Matt's feelings for his colleague, Hannah (Anna Faris). Matt decides to break up with Jenny, but G-Girl promises that he will be "very, very sorry."
Thurman (The Producers) is deliciously wacky as Jenny/G-Girl. Obviously gorgeous, Thurman has great comic timing and handles the dual natures (heroic vs. needy, confident vs. vulnerable, mean vs. sweet) of the character with flair. She seems to have as much fun as Johnny Depp did playing Captain Jack Sparrow in that little pirate movie. Luke Wilson (The Family Stone) is charming as the straight man. Slightly pudgy, Wilson exudes a certain awkwardness and naiveté that make his character very likable.
Rainn Wilson (The Office) is the go-to guy to play Matt's weird and nerdy friend Vaughn. His brand of off-kilter weirdness serves the role well. Anna Faris (Brokeback Mountain) is delightfully sweet as the object of Matt's affection. Wanda Sykes (Monster In-Law) has a small and unnecessary role as Matt's boss — her part could be cut out completely and nothing would have been lost. Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Twelve), on the other hand, is a standout in his minor role as super-villain Professor Bedlam. His underplayed yet flamboyant characterization is hilarious.
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1 - Avion
My super exgirlfriend a bit predictable, but I did like the movie. Different powers insteads of being an exact copy of superman and supergirl would have been better.