Guys, if your gal wants to drag you to the latest Eva Longoria Parker chick flick in an attempt at entertainment gender balance this Super Bowl weekend, just say: “Over my dead body.” Because “Over Her Dead Body” is one of the most lifeless romantic comedies in any astral plane.

The diminutive desperate housewife is billed as if she is the lead. But Parker isreally only the obnoxious supernatural supporting character, a diva poltergeist named Kate, meant to supply narrative conflict for the two main potential paramours played by formerly more cute Paul Rudd (“Clueless”) and young new movie ingenue Lake Bell (of TV’s “Boston Legal”).

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