Monster in Law
After many strings of blind dates, Charlotte finally meets Kevin, but he has got a mother who wants to spoil the show.
31 July 1975, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
6 October 1980, Eugene, Oregon, USA
2 February 1925, Detroit, Michigan, USA
28 January 1955, Cologno Monzese, Lombardy, Italy
8 January 1955, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
27 November 1968, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
10 June 1947, Brooklyn, New York, USA
3 April 1973, Santa Cruz, California, USA
5 February 1974, Watertown, New York, USA
April 08, 2011
Fonda is terrific playing the mess that is Viola. Her introduction tells you everything you need to know about her: after learning she has been fired she attacks a vacuous Britney Spears clone on air. It never reaches that kind of mean-spirited fun again.June 20, 2007
For a revenge comedy to work, the villain should be so despicable that you relish those moments when the victim turns the tables and gets even. This flick is misleading because the title character is not really mean, but rather a sympathetic figure.May 13, 2005
Fonda and Sykes are made for each other, and their incessant bickering and arguing are about the only things that give Monster-in-Law any life.March 01, 2007
In this casting match-up, Lopez is totally outclassed.May 13, 2005
Monster-in-Law is a comedy without laughs and a catfight without claws.May 13, 2005
In a movie about diva-to-diva warfare, each diva is miscast.May 13, 2005
It's a crude, obvious comedy, which occasionally clunks, but it's often very funny, as well as being a really shrewd bit of popular entertainment.May 13, 2005
Trust me, Monster-in-Law not only makes more sense as an Unforgiven-ish parable of old-school Hollywood feminism's wrath, it's worlds more fun.June 20, 2009
The catfight battle between Fonda and Lopez barely reaches a simmer before all is forgiven and the audience is dismissed from their seats.November 02, 2006
For such a rich premise, Kochoff produced a fairly lackluster script.May 16, 2005
This really plays a like a really bad sitcom from forty years ago.May 11, 2007
In the American tradition of diva moms from hell.