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Monster-in-Law (2005)

Directed by Robert Luketic · Cinematography by Russell Carpenter

PG-13101 min155 frames

RomanceComedy

This relationship is going to be a real mother.

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What is Monster-in-Law about?

Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. Fearing she'll lose her son's affections forever, Viola decides to break up the happy couple by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.

Monster-in-Law is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Anya Kochoff and starring Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, and Wanda Sykes. It marked a return to cinema for Fonda, being her first film in 15 years since Stanley & Iris in 1990.

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Sampled across 155 frames, the coverage of Monster-in-Law leans heavily on medium shots (74% of the sample). Cinematographer Russell Carpenter keeps 49% of it in soft, high-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 91% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

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