"My Super Ex-Girlfriend"

This comedy, starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson, received very mediocre reviews. I think they were a tad undeserved, because it was almost good, for what it was. The premise is that a shy, insecure woman has superpowers, and her well-meaning boyfriend finds her too crazy to handle. She reacts with petty vengefulness until all is made right in the end. It was actually a pretty insightful look at what would happen if someone with a heart in the right place (she *does* help people) but less-than-stellar character were suddenly given superpowers. The light tone (still grounded in reality: death isn't funny) is maintained throughout, absurd situations arise, the characters are true to themselves and everyone learns a valuable lesson in the end. Pure sedative brain-candy with some good moments and good lines (many from Rainn Wilson, playing a PG-13-rated version of his character on The Office).

The only thing is, I don't find jokes about and/or involving sex to be funny, so a small but appreciable fraction of the jokes in the movie were more embarrassing to me than funny. Does the world really think you have to be sleeping together to be in a relationship? *sigh* I suppose it does.