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Monster-In-law

2005

Robert Luketic

Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes ...

4.4

8,999

Romance. Comedy Jennifer Lopez stars as Charlie, a young woman who thinks she has found the perfect man until she comes face-to-face with his ruthless mother. Jane Fonda stars as the mother-in-law from hell who believes that no woman – especially not Charlie -- is good enough for her son.

	Media	Author	Review
		Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer	"A comedy so anemic, so toxic, that even Dracula wouldn't bite (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"A shrunken, cowardly movie in deep denial of its true nature, which is far uglier than it is ever willing to admit."
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"A deeply dispiriting movie, not just because it is grindingly bad but because Jane Fonda actually chose this for her comeback after a 15-year absence from the screen"
		Wesley Morris The New York Times	"By Hollywood standards, a movie carried with such gusto by a 67-year-old woman has to be considered a miracle. And I'm not sorry to say I enjoyed watching her do it."
		Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"A fairly tedious, stupid picture."
		Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"It would take the dark wit of a Billy Wilder or a Coen brother--or at least a Neil Simon--to put across this kind of material."
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"How much better this would have been had someone like Brian De Palma stepped behind the camera"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's a hoot to watch Fonda cut loose and mix it up with J. Lo, even when the laughs turn mean-spirited"

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