Claim: Jane Fonda is an actress.

Monster-in-Law is a 2005 Australian-American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic and starring Jane Fonda , Jennifer Lopez , Michael Vartan and Wanda Sykes . It marks a return to cinema for Fonda , being her first film since Stanley & Iris fifteen years earlier . The screenplay is written by Anya Kochoff . The original music score is composed by David Newman . The film was negatively received by critics but was a huge box office success .