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Monster-in-Law
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Monster-in-Law is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic.Charlie Cantilini (Jennifer Lopez) has just met the perfect man, Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan), a brillant surgeon and son of the legendary Viola Fields (Jane Fonda). She loves him, he loves her, perfect! They should totally get married!Well, except Viola doesn't quite think so. She has some issues with Charlie and would like to have a say in their relationship, much Hilarity Ensues.The film marks the much awaited return of Jane Fonda to cinema, but at the same times, seems to suffer from the Love It or Be Bored By It syndrome. On one hand, it can be seen as slow-paced, predictable and rather cliched. But nevertheless, the well-executed comedy of this short little film will likely bring a smile to your face anyway. Remember, always trust Wanda Sykes to brighten up your day. | |
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Daydream Surprise | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_118a41d5 | comment |
Daydream Surprise: Viola imagines pushing Charlie's head into cake and later, Charlie imagines whacking Viola in the head with a frying pan. The former was used out of context in all the trailers. | |
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace | |
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Defied - Charlie gets this bit cut out of the vows. | |
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Ambiguously Brown | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_2207b002 | comment |
Ambiguously Brown: Despite being played by an actress of Puerto Rican descent, Charlie's ethnicity is left quite vague. She carries an Italian last name (Cantilini), but later on, Kevin's grandmother refers to her as an "exotic Latina". | |
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Tampering with Food and Drink | |
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Tampering with Food and Drink: Viola adds nuts to the gravy because Charlie is allergic. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_237404cc | type |
Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: When Viola pretends to have a panic attack, which resembled a heart attack, at a restaurant, a woman screams, "Is she dead?!" Charlie mutters, "...It couldn't be that easy." Later, when Viola and Gertrude confront one another, Viola paraphrases Charlie, stating, "Evil couldn't die so easily!" | |
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Only Sane Man | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_24321e44 | comment |
Only Sane Man: Ruby, really, the only rational person when Charlie and Viola are at each other's throats and when Kevin has absolutely no idea what is going on. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_2a154192 | type |
Impossibly Tacky Clothes | |
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Impossibly Tacky Clothes: Once Charlie starts fighting back against Viola, she picks a peach bridesmaid’s dress for her future mother-in-law to wear. Ruby is in stitches when she sees her boss wearing it at the wedding. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_32ec6393 | type |
Shotgun Wedding | |
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Shotgun Wedding: Viola fears that the wedding might be because of a bun in the oven. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_33175dd1 | type |
Fashion Hurts | |
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Fashion Hurts: Lampshaded by Fiona, who says her shoes must look fabulous because they're killing her feet. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_40c57041 | type |
Manipulative Bastard | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_40c57041 | comment |
Manipulative Bastard: Viola and Charlie are both very manipulative towards each other. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_44f5d199 | type |
Pretty in Mink | |
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Pretty in Mink: Oh, the Costume Porn. Every party scene involves all the characters dressed in impossibly eye-dazzling dresses and such, even those who are decidedly not so rich (compared to Viola anyway) gets to whip on some good vintage. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_4a6e9fd9 | type |
Obnoxious In-Laws | |
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Obnoxious In-Laws: Just look at the title. | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: What Viola (successfully) attempts when she forces herself into Charlie and Kevin's home, while Kevin is away. | |
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Sassy Black Woman | |
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Sassy Black Woman: Wanda Sykes as Ruby, in all her glory. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_561dab6b | type |
Mistaken for Gay | |
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Mistaken for Gay: Oddly, Charlie believes the rumor shared by the Romantic False Lead in the face of Kevin's repeated, obvious attempts to chat her up. | |
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| Monster-in-Law / int_59b9f4df | type |
You Are Fat | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_59b9f4df | comment |
You Are Fat: Viola insinuates that Charlie (played by the toned and curvy Jennifer Lopez) is fat. From giving her a dress that is purposely too small, asks how she keeps so "well-nourished" with her nut allergy, sneers at how confident she is for not giving in to a traditional wedding dress diet, and then comments: "Just so you know, Kevin likes his girls thin!". Charlie inverts her comeback a bit "Well I can always get liposuction, I've been meaning to ask, is it painful?" | |
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Rich Bitch | |
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Rich Bitch: One word, Viola. | |
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Parental Marriage Veto | |
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Parental Marriage Veto: Viola works really hard to get Charlie not to marry her son. | |
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Before My Time | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_6e47915d | comment |
Before My Time: Viola interviews a "dumb blonde" type famous pop singer, who mentions that she likes really old movies and then proceeds to give some examples, none of which are more than ten or fifteen years old. | |
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One Dialogue, Two Conversations | |
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One Dialogue, Two Conversations: Charlie says this to Viola in front of Kevin. | |
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Camp Gay | |
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Camp Gay: Averted. Remy is gay, but not stereotypically so, although he isn't Straight Gay either. | |
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Curse Cut Short | |
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Curse Cut Short: After Viola throws her bridesmaid’s dress out of the car, Charlie’s response before the scene transitions is “Motherfu-”. | |
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Armor-Piercing Question | |
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Armor-Piercing Question: | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Viola gives a seething one to the pop star she interviews on her last show, insinuating that she represents everything wrong with the next generation. | |
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Mistaken for Pregnant | |
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Mistaken for Pregnant: Viola briefly thinks Charlie is pregnant hence the marriage. | |
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Stalker with a Crush | |
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Stalker with a Crush: Minor case in Kevin's attempts to chat Charlie up. | |
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Heel Realization | |
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Heel Realization: When Viola realizes that she’s channeling her mother-in-law and that her son may be happy with Charlie, she makes amends with her son’s fiancée before the wedding is called off. | |
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Momma's Boy | |
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Momma's Boy: Kevin | |
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Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior! | |
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Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: Kevin's grandmother Gertrude is certainly opinionated, mostly to Viola but also to a valet in her introduction. | |
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555 | |
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555: Kevin's phone number. | |
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"Not So Different" Remark | |
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"Not So Different" Remark: Charlie realizes that she and Viola are not as dissimilar as she thought when she meets Gertrude, who's not so different to Viola. | |
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Crocodile Tears | |
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Crocodile Tears: You could fill a pool with all the fake tears in this movie. | |
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Passive-Aggressive Kombat | |
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Passive-Aggressive Kombat: One of Charlie’s early forms of payback against Viola is picking out a peach bridesmaid’s dress for her mother-in-law to wear at the wedding. At the wedding itself, Viola chooses to wear a white dress instead and flaunts it off in front of the bride. | |
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Imagine Spot | |
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Imagine Spot: Whenever Viola or Charlie physically harm each other in fairly violent manner. | |
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Orange/Blue Contrast | |
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Orange/Blue Contrast: My god, the blue and orange never end. | |
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Held Gaze | |
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Held Gaze: Between Charlie and Kevin when they first see each other. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Charlie inverts her comeback a bit "Well I can always get liposuction, I've been meaning to ask, is it painful?" | |
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My Beloved Smother | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_b58c51d8 | comment |
My Beloved Smother: Viola—Big Time. She is overly involved in her son’s life and spends most of the movie trying to interfere with his relationship with Charlie, thinking she isn’t good enough for Kevin. Charlie helps sets some boundaries to ensure Viola is a part of Kevin’s life, but isn’t too intrusive. And Gertrude, according to Viola. She never thought any woman was good enough for her son and supposedly smothered him to death. | |
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Relationship Sabotage | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_bbdafd63 | comment |
Relationship Sabotage: Two-fold. The whole plot of the movie centers around Viola trying to break Kevin and his girlfriend up because she doesn't think that Charlie is good enough for her son. She gives up on her plan near the end when she realizes that her son is happy with Charlie and she turned into her own Gertrude. It's implied that Gertrude was just as meddlesome with her son's relationship because she didn't think Viola was good enough. This is the reason as to why Viola is so cruel to Charlie. | |
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Bait-and-Switch Comment | |
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Bait-and-Switch Comment: When Viola is in disbelief over Charlie comparing her to Gertrude, Ruby agrees that it’s messed up. However, she follows it up by saying Viola is worse than Gertrude. | |
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Freudian Excuse | |
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Freudian Excuse: Part of the reason why Viola is so mean to Charlie is because she was on the reverse end of the situation with her own mother-in-law. She was always belittled and saw as unfit of marrying Gertrude’s son. When Gertrude appears for Kevin’s wedding, she’s still verbally abusing her daughter-in-law and voicing how unhappy she still is that her son married Viola. | |
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Fate Drives Us Together | |
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Fate Drives Us Together: Charlie and Kevin see each other at the beach, bump into each other at a coffee shop, and meet again at a catering event where Charlie's working. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
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What the Hell, Hero?: Ruby finally loses her patience with Viola, and points out that Viola is far worse than her own mother-in-law. When Viola tries to justify her actions by claiming she wants to make her son happy, Ruby responds "Whatever made you think he wasn't?''. | |
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History Repeats | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_e003c829 | comment |
History Repeats: When Charlie meets her fiancé’s grandmother, she quickly sees how Gertrude and Viola act like how she and Viola have been treating each other for the whole movie. Not wanting to be an antagonistic mother-in-law like Viola or Gertrude, she initially wants to call off the wedding. Ruby helps break the cycle as well by getting Viola to realize that she was interfering with her son’s happiness. | |
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Don't Sneak Up on Me Like That! | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_e71d66e | comment |
Don't Sneak Up On Me Like That!: Viola sneaks up on Charlie while she is watching a scary movie. | |
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1.0 | |
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Monster-in-Law / int_e71d66e | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: Rare female-on-female example. When Ruby tries to stop Viola from mixing nuts into the gravy, Viola knees her in the groin. "I think you dislocated my vagina!" | |
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Monster-in-Law / int_eaf5a1ac | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_efadc8dd | type |
Bridezilla | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_efadc8dd | comment |
Bridezilla: Charlie is only one when it comes to her mother-in-law. | |
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1.0 | |
| Monster-in-Law | hasFeature |
Monster-in-Law / int_efadc8dd | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_f7dd67de | type |
All Lesbians Want Kids | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_f7dd67de | comment |
All Lesbians Want Kids: One of the reasons Viola believes Kevin and Charlie got hitched so soon. | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_f7dd67de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Monster-in-Law | hasFeature |
Monster-in-Law / int_f7dd67de | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_f9375414 | type |
FacePalm | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_f9375414 | comment |
Face Palm: Kit makes one after Kevin leaves Charlie an embarassing voicemail. | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_f9375414 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_f9375414 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Monster-in-Law | hasFeature |
Monster-in-Law / int_f9375414 | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_fbd285b7 | type |
Comically Missing the Point | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_fbd285b7 | comment |
Comically Missing the Point: Charlie witnesses an argument between Viola and Viola's mother-in-law Gertrude, and says she's going to call off the wedding when she realises that she and Viola will end up bickering endlessly like they do, and she can't take it. Instead of regretting her treatment of Charlie, Viola is flabbergasted that Charlie compared her to the abrasive (but awesome) battleaxe Gertrude. Ruby sets her straight. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Monster-in-Law | hasFeature |
Monster-in-Law / int_fbd285b7 | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_fccd06b6 | type |
Beware the Nice Ones | |
| Monster-in-Law / int_fccd06b6 | comment |
Beware the Nice Ones: Charlie, once she decides to retaliate against Viola. Lampshaded by Ruby: | |
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1.0 | |
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Monster-in-Law / int_fccd06b6 | |
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Cultural Translation / int_9720e2fd | |
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Fourth-Date Marriage / int_9720e2fd | |
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Imagine Spot / int_9720e2fd | |
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Indulgent Fantasy Segue / int_9720e2fd | |
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Monster-in-Law | |
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Latino-American Media / int_9720e2fd | |
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