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Monster-in-Law (New Line Platinum Series) (2005)

Jennifer Lopez , Jane Fonda , Robert Luketic  |  PG-13 |  DVD
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (240 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott
  • Directors: Robert Luketic
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: New Line Cinema
  • DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (240 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A343RI
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,068 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Monster-in-Law (New Line Platinum Series)" on IMDb

Special Features

  • "Welcome Back, Jane Fonda!" featurette
  • "Keeping it Real with Jennifer" featurette
  • "Vartan, the Man!" featurette
  • "Robert Luketic - The Man Behind the Monster"
  • "Trendsetters" two-part featurette on lifestyles and fasion
  • Gag reel
  • Deleted scenes with director introduction
  • "Ruby's Make-up Bag"
  • Teaser and theatrical trailers
  • Includes widescreen anamorphic and full-screen versions

Editorial Reviews

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As an esteemed television journalist put out to pasture by the networks and faced with the engagement of her son, Jane Fonda is fierce, funny, and ready to rumble as the title character in Monster-in-Law in a way that the rest of the film itself never really is. Jennifer Lopez, the film's other above-the-title star, is set to marry handsome, wealthy Michael Vartan but has one helluva time dealing with his insanely possessive mother. The result is pretty much what you'd expect--lots of snarls and slapstick and an easy, kisses-all-around conclusion, though it is surprising (and maybe a little disheartening) to watch Fonda throw herself into such disposable comedy with such gusto. Director Robert Luketic, who slept while Reese Witherspoon tottered off with his Legally Blonde, once again relies solely on the assembled talent: He leaves a high-wattage Lopez playing things a little too cute, a reedy Vartan looking visibly disinterested, and canny comedian Wanda Sykes making what she can--which, luckily, is a lot--of her role as Fonda's wisecracking personal assistant (the type of black sidekick role that's an indication of how creakily formulaic the film is). See it for Fonda, if you feel like it, then wish her a better engagement in the future. --Steve Wiecking

Product Description

After years of incredibly bad dates, Charlie (Jennifer Lopez) thinks she's met the perfect man...until she meets his possessive and merciless mother! Jane Fonda returns to Hollywood to play the worst mother-in-law ever who will do everything she can to break up the happy couple!

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette


Customer Reviews

I really like this movie I can watch it over and over again. LKo  |  55 reviewers made a similar statement
This movie was very funny and cute. Brian  |  37 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
43 of 52 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not The Train Wreck I Was Expecting, But... May 17, 2005
"Monster-In-Law" is not the train wreck I was expecting, but it could've been so much more.

Charlie (Jennifer Lopez) works a series of temp jobs and enjoys everything she does, making ends meet. It makes life interesting. One day, she meets Kevin (Michael Vartan), a doctor, and they quickly fall in love. Kevin's Mom is Viola Fields (Jane Fonda), a successful Barbara Walters-like network news anchor, with problems of her own. Kevin brings Charlie to his mother's estate to meet her. Kevin decides to propose, in front of his mother. Viola clearly disapproves and sets about breaking them up. As she and Ruby (Wanda Sykes), her assistant, set a series of events in motion, Charlie gradually begins to realize what she is working against and fights back.

"Monster-In-Law", directed by Robert Luketic ("Legally Blond", "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!"), frequently veers into sitcom territory.

The acting is very broad and cartoonish. At one point, Charlie, having pulled one off on Viola, shakes her head and sniggers, much like a Hanna Barbera cartoon character. Lopez's character is all over the place. At one moment, she appears to be normal and caring and sympathetic, the other, she is acting like Peg Bundy from "Married with Children". Fonda, returning to feature films after 15 years, is clearly having fun chewing the scenery. And it is fun to watch her. But she is so over the top and Lopez is over the top only part of the time, that it seems like a bad sitcom. Wanda Sykes is very funny as Ruby. Her natural allegiance is with Viola, someone she has worked with for years, maybe decades, but she isn't beyond dressing down her boss, pointing out the problems with her theories. When she realizes that this isn't going to stop her boss, and Charlie is a stronger adversary, she begins to root a little for her. Michael Vartan (from TVs "Alias") is a very handsome guy, but he is virtually non-existent in this film. He is such a flat, boring character that he gets completely lost in the wake of Hurricane Fonda and Tropical Storm Lopez.

The film would've worked better if the two lead actresses were more complimentary. As Fonda chews the scenery, Lopez moves from trying to portray a real woman to matching the overblown antics of her co-star. It might have been more successful if one of the two were cartoonish while the other was more natural. Providing more balance to the proceedings. Or, if they were equally outlandish. As it is, the film seems unbalanced. Strange.

This sort of story naturally lends itself to a darker tone, but the filmmakers have steered clear of that. If the story moves slightly towards "dark territory", it quickly veers back into the safe and sunny territory everyone feels was necessary to earn the film mass acceptance. At one point, Viola is so fed up with Charlie that she is about to smash up some almonds and slip them into Charlie's food. Earlier, Charlie remarked that she was allergic to nuts. Ruby talks her out of it. Why does she have to talk Viola out of it? The story sets up that Viola is more than a little egomaniacal, more than a little crazy, more than a little excessive. It seems like her character would go through with something like this, no matter what. They pull Viola back because they want her to remain sympathetic, for the sappy, sweet ending.

I did laugh. More than I expected to. Much of this laughter was created by Wanda Sykes. Ruby is the type of all-knowing character every lead used to have. Think Thelma Ritter in the 50s. A couple of her one-liners made me laugh out loud.

Because the filmmakers pull the punches, they rob the film of any dark humor and relegate it to the annals of forgettable comedies on the shelf of every video store throughout the country.

From all of the horrible reviews I have read, I was expecting "Monster-In-Law" to be completely dreadful. I was surprised that I found myself laughing at the absurd situations. Certainly worth checking out on video, but a bargain matinee is pushing it.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Jake
Format:DVD
Great from start to finish. The story fallows Charlie (Jennifer Lopez)one day, she meets Kevin (Michael Vartan), a doctor, and they quickly fall in love. Kevin's Mom is Viola Fields (Jane Fonda), a successful Barbara Walters-like network news anchor, with problems of her own. Kevin brings Charlie to his mother's estate to meet her. Kevin decides to propose, in front of his mother. Viola clearly disapproves and sets about breaking them up. As she and Ruby (Wanda Sykes), her assistant, set a series of events in motion, Charlie gradually begins to realize what she is working against and fights back. The acting is great all the characors do great jobs. Theres Jennifer Lopez who is innocent and then fights back and it's hallarious when she fights back. Then theres Jane Fonda who is perfect as the mother in law from hell. Wonda Sykes dose a great supporting role. the movie has reat one liners that will elave you laughing. The movie is predictable but it's still lots of fun froms tart to finish.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Slapstick Return for Jane Fonda September 7, 2005
Format:DVD
This movie isn't as bad as a lot of reviewers make it out to be. In a sea of unrelenting bad box office movies, this film at least keeps it's head above water. For Jennifer Lopez fans, there is enough sweetness factor to keep them happy. The plot is familiar and formulamatic, yet light and often funny. Charlie (Lopez) has lead a life of many part time jobs and is getting along just fine till she has a chance meeting with Dr. Kevin Fields (played a bit woodenly by Alias' Michael Vartan)and falls in love. Things couldn't be better until Kevin arranges for Charlie to meet his mother, Viola Fields (Fonda)a talk show host put out to pasture by her network and recently released after a break down from a hospital who has nothing left in life but making her son's prespective dates miserable. Kevin chooses to ask Charlie to marry him in front tof his mother and the hijinks begin. Viola has other plans and is hell bent to break them up. But as misery loves company, Charlie decides to fight back. Throw in Wanda Sykes as Viola's personal assistant who wants no part in this struggle and this makes for some very comical moments. Sykes is great in her small role but really chews on the scenery and makes the most of a role written far to small for this large comedic talent. The movie is largely entertaining but you may want to rent it before actually making the purchase. Worth a viewing at least.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Laughs!
I need good laughs like these. The case was not bad either. And I even learned how not to be a Monster-in-Law!
Published 3 days ago by Mary Beth Lemoine
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest movies of all time!
A wealthy, successful woman at the end of her career tries to destroy the engagement of her only son in every way possible.
Published 13 days ago by Kim Spiers
4.0 out of 5 stars I got lucky.
I watched this movie because of Jane Fonda, and the concept of her being a Monster-In-Law. I also wanted to see how well Jennifer Lopez fared against Jane. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Rebecca Houston
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny
I thought it was funny and Jennifer Lopez' character reminded me of me, hope to be as lucky as her with the good man as she was.
Published 19 days ago by Valerie Dinglas
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT MOVIE!!
I AM A FAN OF COMEDIES AND THIS IS A GREAT ONE! THE CHARACTERS IN THIS FILM ARE SO FUNNY PLAYING OFF OF EACH OTHER. I RECOMMEND THIS TO ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE!
Published 23 days ago by Christine Chacon Brandlin
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, with a mean-spirited character to undergoes a transition to...
Funny and well acted. One can only hope that if anyone like the character played by Jane Fonda ever enters you own life that she changes in about four seconds rather than the time... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Howard S. Baker
3.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly what I expected, but a great movie nonetheless
This movie is funny, but didn't really meet my expectations. It's good, but not good enough to put on my shelf and watch over and over again like I do some. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Faye Hollidaye
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
This is one of those movies I could watch over and over again. (And I do just that!) A fun chick flick, great movie!
Published 1 month ago by Emily Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars Jane Fonda's Comeback Film !
Hilarious film where Jane plays the mother-in-law from hell. Luckily I got to see this in the theatre. Read more
Published 1 month ago by K. Nolting
4.0 out of 5 stars FUNNY
This movie is funny and vibrant! Not a family film....Love the eclectic feel of this film, Jennifer Lopez does a good job in this part. I like how different her character is. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tonisa Staggs
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