Year:
2005
Studio:
New Line Cinema
Feature:
3/5
DVD:
3/5
Monster-in-Law is
a comedy about an overprotective mother who wants to make sure her son
doesn't marry the wrong woman. In this case the mother, Viola, is
played by Jane Fonda and the prospective daughter-in-law, Charlie, is
played by Jennifer Lopez. The other major roles are the son, Kevin
(Michael Vartan), and Viola's faithful assistant Ruby (Wanda Sykes).
Viola is a veteran newswoman who was recently laid off and sufferred a
breakdown as a result. She's famous and influential and has met lots of
famous people. Her son is an accomplished doctor. And into their life
comes Charlotte, who works at a temp agency, walks dogs, and likes to
design clothes.
Doesn't matter to Kevin as he immediately falls in love with Charlie.
The movie cleverly goes from their initial meeting and skips several
months to when Viola gets out of the clinic and finally meets Charlie.
It's quite a shock to Viola that Kevin is going to marry so beneath him
and she resolves to make Charlie's life hell and drive her away,
without making it look like she's doing it on purpose.
There are quite a few funny scenes and it's a movie with two well-known
actresses going at each other. The ending is resolved rather well and
it didn't seem forced. Overall I thought it was a nice movie.
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Extras
Feature Commentary with Director Robert Luketic, Actress Wanda Sykes,
Producer Chris Bender, Production Designer Missy Stewart and Director
of Photography P Russell Carpenter. This is Luketic's show and he does
most of the talking.
Disk 2
Deleted Scenes (7 scenes in 12:05)
Ruby's Make-up Bag (1:37)
Gag Reel (5:02)
Documentaries
Welcome Back, Jane Fonda (8:20)
Keeping It Real with Jennifer (6:06)
Robert Luketic: The Man Behind the Monster (17:59)
Vartan, The Man! (5:45)
Lifestyles (4:34)
Fashion (6:03)
Teaser Trailer A
Teaser Trailer B
Theatrical Trailer
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