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ENG 225 Introductions to Film
Final Film Critique
Monster-in-Law

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Have you ever been in serious relationship with a man whose mother you considered to
be a monster in law? If so, you and Charlie can definitely relate. Monster-in-law is a movie that a
lot of women can connect to whether they are dating, engaged, married, or divorced. Anaya
Kochoffs 2005 film Monster in Law comically demonstrates most mother and daughter in laws’
relationships are.
Jennifer Lopez plays Charlotte, the fiancée who knows the mother in law who is Viola
Field’s does not approve of her relationship with her son Kevin who is played by Michael
Vartan. Everyone in the movie does a great job because they understand their role in the
movie. Lopez who is a very good actor knows and understands that she has to get the mother
in law off her and her future husband back. Ruby (Sikes) the secretary is aware that Viola is
doing things to Charlotte, but insists on staying out of it because she is only the secretary in
the movie. Sikes is always listening and trying to tell Viola to stay out of the kid’s way. Ruby
try’s to tell Viola that Charlie is a good person and Kevin loves her and he is happy.
Charlie who had decided to give up on love until Kevin came into the picture. Charlie
was just an ordinary person and Kevin was from a different world and the two comes
together. After a couple of months dating in the movie Kevin ask Charlotte to marry him. She
was really nervous when it was time to meet his mother, who is a very elegant and protective
person of Kevin.
In the movie Kevin is the only child, and Viola the mother of Kevin thinks that Charlotte
(Lopez) is not the right one for her son. Viola (Fonda) will do whatever it takes to keep her
son from marrying Charlotte. Viola thinks that Kevin is more in love with Charlotte and not
thinking of her anymore. In one scene where Viola hugs Charlie and has this vision that she

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ENG 225 Introductions to Film Final Film Critique Monster-in-Law Have you ever been in serious relationship with a man whose mother you considered to be a monster in law? If so, you and Charlie can definitely relate. Monster-in-law is a movie that a lot of women can connect to whether they are dating, engaged, married, or divorced. Anaya Kochoff's 2005 film Monster in Law comically demonstrates most mother and daughter in laws' relationships are. Jennifer Lopez plays Charlotte, the fianc?e who knows the mother in law who is Viola Field's does not approve of her relationship with her son Kevin who is played by Michael Vartan. Everyone in the movie does a great job because they understand their role in the movie. Lopez who is a very good actor knows and understands that she has to get the mother in law off her and her future husband back. Ruby (Sikes) the secretary is aware that Viola is doing things to Charlotte, but insists on staying out of it because she is only the secretary in the movie. Sikes is always listening and trying to tell Viola to stay out of the kid's way. Ruby try's to tell Viola that Charlie is a good person and Kevin loves her and he is happy. Charlie who had decided to give up on love until Kevin came into the picture. Charlie was just an ordinary person and Kevin was from a different world and the two comes together. After a couple of months dating in the movie Kevin ask Charlotte to marry him. She was really nervous when it was time to ...
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