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Monster-in-Law

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Critics' Reviews

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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
It's a hoot to watch Fonda cut loose and mix it up with J. Lo, even when the laughs turn mean-spirited.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
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.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Jessica Winter
"Legally Blonde" director Robert Luketic bumbles along with typically clumsy blocking and framing, and the misogyny inherent in the three-ring spectacle of bitch slaps, barbiturate covert ops, and wedding plan hysteria does rankle.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
As for Monster-in-Law, it's tripe on a plate.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
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.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Ultimately one flat-footed beast.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
All I could think about while watching Jennifer Lopez prance through Monster-in-Law was how cool and poised she was in "Out of Sight."Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Doesn't make the movie worth watching -- even if you're monstrously bored.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Monster-in-Law is appalling misfire of a comedy - a motion picture that takes a situation ripe for the blackest vein of satire and reduces it to a puerile and edgeless pile of gooRead Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Monster-in-Law, where Bridezilla meets Godzilla, is a comedy so anemic, so toxic, that even Dracula wouldn't bite.Read Full Review »
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