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Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis,Rosanna Arquette, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, Christopher Walken, Amanda Plummer,Harvey Keitel. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.Action/Drama/Comedy.

Synopsis: Two philosphical hit men run into a day's worth of unexpected events after starting the morning on a simple assignment from their drug dealer boss.

O.k., I know those of you (everyone?) who have seen flick know that my poor attempt at a synopsis does dot come close to doing this film justice. I know that, I get that. I feel you.

But, how do you describe this ensemble, non-chronological, realistic satire, modern day homage to both film noir and grindhouse schlock?

I'm not sure you do, other than this, it's really, really good. 

Pulp Fiction is quintessential Tarantino, the proverbial "one they will remember him for", no disrespect to some of Mr. Tarantino's  other well regarded films. You have Travolta and Jackson  working together, both at their best and playing off one another beautifully. The dialogue between them is priceless, my guilty pleasure being the 'spiritual debate' between them before the accidental shooting death in the car. It's simply hilarious, which I know sounds really bad...unless you've seen the flick, in which case you'll understand.

Bruce Willis (16 Blocks) is wondeful as Butch, the aging fighter who is looking for one last grab at the brass ring and, like Jules (Jackson) and Vincent (Travolta) is connected to drug king pin Marsellus Wallace. (Ving Rhames The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard   Shooting Gallery )

Arguably the most memorable scene in a movie that is, basically, a collection of memorable scenes, is the overdose scene of Marsellus Wallace's wife, Mia (Uma Thurman My Super Ex-Girlfriend), after she has been out for the night with Vincent (with her husband's blessing). Vincent's friends who help him out of this awkward situation, married couple Eric Roberts (Break A Leg) and Rosanna Arquette are memorable, to say the least.

Christopher Walken's (King Of New York) one scene might be the funniest monologue in movie history. The "fix up the accidental killing" scene with Harvey Keitel (Wrong Turn At Tahoe) is my personal favorite, but no discussion of this flick would be complete without reference to the scene that most people who see this movie will remember vividly until they lay down for their eternal rest: the Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames "one gets saved and one doesn't from homosexual rape" scene. Trust me, any scene that can spawn this line(s) in context "...you hear me, buddy boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm about to get medieval on your ass!!!" ...is part of a movie that is one for the ages. 

I loved the non-chronological flow as well as the sense that there wasn't so much of a standard 'plot', per se, but that I was just being introduced to these interesting characters and I very much wanted to see what happened next. 

This is a truly unique film that has a fresh and cynical take not only on our society and culture, but also on our culture of movies and what we like in them.

A timeless classic, in my humble opinion.

Directed by Ivan Reitman. Starring: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard. Synopsis: A young bachelor who loves his single life finds he has to deal with the fact that he has strong feelings for a woman at work who is already taken and that the girl is currently seeing is a little unstable....and she is a superhero. Comedy/Action/Fantasy.

I didn't know exactly what to expect when I picked up this one. I hadn't heard too much about it and I didn't do a whole lot of due diligence in reading the back cover. I don't know what I was thinking, maybe a comedic take off of Uma's action hero talents that she showed in Kill Bill. Well, it wasn't like that at all and Uma's character (Jenny Johnson/G Girl) is not what I expected.

Now, don't go jumping to conclusions thinking that I was disappointed in this one, I wasn't. In fact, its pretty good and it is funny, just in a different way than I thought. The protagonist (Luke Wilson Idiocracy) is just a regular, successful young businessman who is confortable playing the field. As such, there is nothing out of the ordinary about his date with Jenny, until the incredible lovemaking session. It seems that Jenny has almost superhuman energy and stamina. Don't worry, if you have a mind to, that the superhero angle is played for some cheap thrills in the love scenes. Its not, pure comedy only.

There is one other thing about Jenny. She is kind of, as they say, "high maintenance", and this only intensifies when she reveals to Luke that she is, in fact, G Girl, the well known superhero. Wow, now things are going to get complicated. Especially when it comes time to dump G Girl, as Luke now has his eye on a girl from work (Anna Faris Scary Movie) who is already taken but the energy between them is there, if you know what I mean.

Well, you take a guy with a jealous-if not neurotic-girlfriend  who happens to have super powers; add into the equation that he has eyes for a taken woman, and the recipe for laughs is there. There is a very good "making out in the clouds" scene with Thurman and Wilson that is particularly funny.

And, there is more. Every suoerhero needs an anti hero to make it a true superhero stroy, and we've got one here in Bedlam, whose alter ego, Barry, happens to be an old friend of Jenny/G Girl. And he knows about her new boyfriend.

My Super Ex-Girlfriend is not a masterpiece, but it doesn't try to be and I always like that in a film. It wanted to make me laugh and it did. Wilson and Faris (Scary Movie) in particular do a good job keeping us giggling.

Not a bad flick.

In fact, pretty good.