Monster-in-Law

Pros: Wanda Sykes. Entertaining movie.
Cons: Silly, even childish in places.

There are usually several comedy movies made each year. Some have been very good and others have been very bad. I do enjoy comedies, including some others haven’t liked, but I do get disappointed by some of them. I thought that the previews for ...

Pros: Fonda, Sykes, Stritch, Lopez, Vartan
Cons: Predictable, but sometimes that ain't so bad

I'm not a big fan fan of Jennifer Lopez, yet after seeing all the trailers I was anxious to see Monster In Law.. mainly because I just had to see for myself how Jane Fonda was going to pull off a comedic role. Well, she did it, and with style. ...

Pros: Wanda Sykes, mainly...
Cons: ... script and acting disappointing

We rented Monster-in-Law the other night and, scratched DVD aside (no extras), it was quite an enjoyable movie. It is all based on a simple concept – Charlie (Charlotte) meets Kevin, who seems to be the perfect man – Surgeon, nice, ...

Pros: Jane Fonda in a comedy role...different for her.
Cons: Slightly predictable.

Remember Jane Fonda as "Barbarella"? I have to admit, Jane Fonda still looks great. I believe I heard recently that she is 68 years old now. Don't know if she has had a face lift or not, but she does look very good. This is her first new movie in 15 ...

Pros: Lighthearted Comedy
Cons: Lighthearted plot, Jlo

A recent visit from a beloved niece found me at the Loews Cineplex ($9.75 adult admission). Okay, her enthusiasm about seeing the movie and my offering to take the group left me holding the bag. I knew from the start this was going to be a pooch, I mean ...

Pros: Jane Fonda; The pacing
Cons: Too predictable; Too simple; Too obvious

Getting married and meeting the parents of one’s fiancé for the first time can be nerve- wracking and stressful. No one really knows what is going to happen and even though people are generally on their best behavior, there is always an outside chance ...

Pros: People love this film.
Cons: Don't ask me why.

Imagine this. Your name is Charlie - well Charlotte to be exact - and you look just like Jennifer Lopez. You're what some folks would call a "dabbler," or what other folks would call a flake. You have a degree but you don't pursue it. Part of you ...

Pros: Wanda Sykes
Cons: It was better the first time when it was called Meet the Parents

My wife wanted to see this movie while it was in theaters, but I refused to support anything with Hanoi Jane Fonda. Now that it is out on video, my wife found it in the $4.99 bargain bin at Blockbuster. It would have costs $4.59 to rent it, so I couldn’t ...

Pros: Almost nothing, of course those rare shoots of JoLo’s booty helped make the movie bearable.
Cons: Umm, almost everything

Has anyone told Jennifer Lopez that her voice after continual exposure is very annoying? Very annoying! I mean Jennie around the block, (or is that on the block?) is very easy on the eyes, and her figure is the stuff of legend, especially her Brazilian ...

Pros: Jane Fonda, JLo, Sykes, Stritch, Vartan
Cons: No hard plot

I watched Monster-in-Law for two reasons. First, because I missed watching JLo on the big screen after her infamous engagement to Ben Affleck and her whirlwind marriage to Marc Anthony. Second, I was asking myself why Jane Fonda chose to star in ...

Pros: Lopez gets to break out of the cool Latina thing- a bit.
Cons: When worse comedies are made, some screenwriters will work hard to create them.

I have not really been the greatest admirer of Jennifer Lopez, because I think she has been pushed along too fast, and, perhaps, because she has been hyped and stressed so much that she has a permanent reaction that issues in a sort of arrogant ...

Pros: Jane Fonda, Elaine Stritch, Wanda Sykes' quips; funny, light; cat fights between Fonda and Lopez
Cons: Michael Vartan; JLo as a dogwalker; a "Meet the parents" knock off

Okay, it may have been a stretch to believe Jennifer Lopez as a housekeeper in the romantic yawn "Maid in Manhattan." But as a dog walker? In the new comedy MONSTER-IN-LAW, JLo still insists on spinning the trite Jenny From the Block everywoman ...

Pros: funny, drama, good story, great characters,
Cons: few bad words,

Monster- In-Law was a comedy that was released in May of 2005. This 101 minute movie was rated PG 13 because of the sex references in the movie as well as for language. I did not find the language all that bad. I did find that there was one point where ...

Pros: Wanda Sykes and Elaine Stritch steal the show
Cons: Jane Fonda came back to movies for this??

After 15 years of screen absence, Jane Fonda’s first scene in Monster-in-Law is of her having a violent temper tantrum because her character—Viola Fields, a famous talk-show hostess—is being replaced by a younger model. So here we are, watching a ...

Pros: Jane Fonda-Back in Great Form! Michael Vartan is cute!
Cons: -

Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez come together in this film, blending the best of two generations, to make what is a hilarious, entertaining movie about the institution of marriage and all of the idiosyncracies and baggage that go with it. Although, the ...