The "Chick Flick" : s/d c or d, etc.

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What are the gems?

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

There's an ad on the el for Always, I think, and all it says is GO SEE A CHICK FLICK against a purple background, and then the Always logo is in the corner. WTF.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

Magnificent Obsession vs. Steel Magnolias

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

I take issue with some of these being considered as chick flicks. (Before Sunrise? Chasing Amy??)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

I sorta like Sliding Doors, but don't like Ghost.

― andy --, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

I was going to mention Sliding Doors, too, actually.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

MST3K on really femmie movies (the skit is from 1993 so no titles from after then, obviously).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

i'd rather be a chick flick than a jerry bruckheimer production.

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Bend it Like Beckham - look, I'm an American, I didn't even know what a Beckham was - turns out he's the hot soccer hunk honey of one of the Spice Girls. (They're still around?) And I still don't get the whole bend it reference but forget that, this is the coolest girl power story with a swinging Indian dance number and sweet romance.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Dirty Dancing and Satisfaction are my personal faves.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

Did anyone see Win a Date with Tad Hamilton?

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

I heard it was good!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Wikipedia cautions that 50 First Dates "contains non-chick-flick humor."

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Tom: Whooo! Bingo! Good one!

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Beaches

― Rumpie, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

My wife LOVED 50 First Dates.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

I'd like to see Down with Love.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Looking through these things on Netflix is a REAL eye-opener! Are Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey and Drew Barrymore making their whole careers out of this racket?

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

Dangerous Liasons is so cuddly

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

I like While You Were Sleeping a lot, because it has some great scenes in Chicago at Christmastime

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Bull Durham??

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Dig out that Edith Piaf cd for the make-out session afterwards

errrrrr...will do!

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Sex, Lies, and Videotape??!

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

You can see why this girl had the time to make a webpage.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

"bend it like beckham" is awesome. "bring it on" is excellent, but only debatably a "chick flick." i love me some teensploitation and theres some crossover, but not all teensploitation is chick flick, etc.

ooh - i love "little women." i hate "what women want."

― petesmith (plsmith), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

ADAM'S TOP SEXXXY MAKIN' OUT CHICK FLIX

1. Time Of The Wolf (dir. Michael Haneke)
2. Code Uknown (dir. Michael Haneke)
3. Funny Games (dir. Michael Haneke)
4. Last Year At Marienbad (dir. Alan Resnais)
5. Dogtown & Z-Boys (dir. Stacy Peralta)
6. Riding Giants (dir. Stacy Peralta)
7. Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (dir. Des McAnuff)
8. Short Circuit 2 (dir. Kenneth Johnson)
9. Bus 174 (dir. Jose Padilha)
10. License To Drive (dir. Greg Beeman)

Watch the whole lot in a 2 day movie marathon. The put on Pharoah Sanders and MAKE OUT.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

oh shit i forgot "Ironweed"

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

that webpage is a joke, right?

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

Forget the plot, it's just there to lead from one song to the other, and that's the sign of a great musical.

― nijoli (nijoli), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

license to drive w/ the coreys? (xpost) i saw that movie on the day it came out in an old theatre inside a hotel. it had chandeliers on the celing, art deco wall lights and wooden floors. beautiful. best of all i was the only one in the audience.

i hate chick flicks because im anti-poignancy but i didnt mind steel magnolias (which a friend of mine called 'steel mongolias' before someone finally corrected her) but im kind of goofy for dolly parton's voice so I attribute it to that. what is the definition of chick flick? romantic comedys, yes. ensemble female casts, yes. painfully long snow falling on cedars crap, yes. boring stuff, but girl-centric movies i love are betty blue, christiane f, frances and im crazy for high school bitch brigade/cheerleading/beauty pageant comedy/dramas. drop dead gorgeous ruled. are these chick flicks? i dont know.

guy movies - action, kung-fu, car chases etc - are pretty lame too. ooo..something exploded! yay!

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

The Transporter 2 is apparently quite good.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

I showed my dad Down with Love while he was here, because he loves lighthearted romcoms, but he was shocked and appalled by all the innuendo and lack of feeling. It wasn't heart-warming enough for him basically.

13 going on 30 is a good chick flick.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

I did not like Down With Love.

At all.

Not even a small bit.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

I quite liked Down With Love (xpost!). I have seen an alarming amount of the films on the Wikipedia list of chick flicks. I blame in-flight movies and my predilection for cheesy films when alone in the house of an evening.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

I don't really think "Bring It On" is a chick flick. Come on now. I know a million people who love that movie, and every one of them is a guy.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

I think my problem with chick flicks is that they seem to be marketed at girls who drink Lambrusco in their pyjamas and paint each others nails. I am not one of those people.

And, despite seeing most of the films on the Wikipedia list, I haven't seen the *really* chick-flicky ones (Beaches, Dirty Dancing), probably because they will make me feel sad that I don't have silly girly friends to share pizza with and tell me why my hair's so crap.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Beaches is really chick flicky tear your own eyes out nonsense but Dirty Dancing is a camp classic, not a chick flick!

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

Dirty Dancing was on the TV the other night. I nearly gave in, but somehow still managed to not see it.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Hm. If left alone in the house I sort of run to kung-fu movies and The Transporter/The Fast and the Furious so clearly I am not the expert on chick flicks, but I could watch Sixteen Candles once a week for the next couple of years, I think. It's got everything: teenage martyrdom, random acts of humiliation, devastating crushes, and a perfect ending.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

MY LIST OF WIKIPEDIA CHICK FLICK OPINIONS

Good movies:
Erin Brockovich (??? Do movies what star women just auto-qualify here?)
Legally Blonde
Clueless
Legends of the Fall (I am ashamed to admit this)
Thelma and Louise
Say Anything
Pretty in Pink
Gone With The Wind
Stage Door

OK Movies:
10 Things I Hate About You
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, mainly because of JOHN CORBETT being v. hot
Notting Hill, during the scenes that did not involve Julia or Hugh
She's All That
Titanic, for comedy value
My Best Friend's Wedding
Sense and Sensibility
Muriel's Wedding
Four Weddings and a Funeral, depending on how much I'm willing to tolerate Andie MacMoron
Mermaids
When Harry Met Sally
Steel Magnolias
Working Girl
Dirty Dancing
Breakfast at Tiffany's, though it loses points for changing the ending of the book

Movies that are crap:
EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE LIST except:

WORST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN:
What Women Want

SPECIAL CREDIT (non-categorized):
While You Were Sleeping, for putting forth the theory that either Bill Pullman or Peter Gallagher are hot men.

please note that I am more of a Steve McQueen/Al Pacino type of person than a Julia Roberts/Drew Barrymore type of person.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Man why you all have to make me think of Legends of the Fall, damn that is a sad ass movie.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

HEY ALLZ YOU FORGOT SIXTEEN CANDLES.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

I haven't seen but I heard about the ending. Hilarious!

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

If they would have made Notting Hill about Rhys Ifans' character it would have been the greatest chick flick ever.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah you're right, that is an oversight! Sixteen Candles is a fine film and goes under "Good Movies"!!

Adam I think you should probably see Legends of the Fall. I'd like to see you find it all hilarious then!

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

I saw Legends of the Fall and found it hilarious!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

So typical...MEN!

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

I secretly enjoy almost any romantic comedy - even the really lame ones. 9 Months is a favorite, but recently I even enjoyed Laws of Attraction and Two Weeks Notice.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

My dad was sad when he saw it cos he has a man-crush on teh Pittster.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

The satisfaction I derive from them is puts me into a catatonic-bordering-on-incontinent-state - that's a slight overstatement, but you get the picture.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

yeah, thanks Spencer! we do

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

I got stuck watching that awful movie with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore, on a boat. We dislike it, Drew Barrymore is not even half as cute as she seems to think she is, and Jimmy Fallon cannot speak in a voice that isn't whining, he should just SHUT UP. Ugh. Awful movie.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

I would enjoy an ILE top 50 chick flicks poll.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

We should totally do it. I will not be compiling it, though.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

That's because you would make Bring It On #1, regardless of how the voters feel.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

Drew Barrymore should have stuck to things like Poison Ivy and Doppelganger. You know, the pervy stuff.

xp yes

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

ouch what an xpost

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't Drew Barrymore in that made for tv movie about Amy Fisher? That was pretty good.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

People -- where is the love for SATISFACTION?!?! Girl band goes to the shore for the summer to play shitty cover songs in a bar, drama ensues! Boozy Liam Neeson sexing with a teenager? Britta Philips as the dog-loving druggie? Justine Bateman SINGING? Her pants alone make that movie.

Like the wind talks to the trees, with a soft whispering breeze. That shit is classic.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

In general, any movie where Drew is psycho = good movie. (EXCEPTION: "Ever After". Yeah, I said it.)

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

My ex was obsessed with the lesbian and class subtexts in Bring It On which made it easier for me to rationalize my own obsession with the film on other pretexts.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Look, if you need to justify your love of these movies with examples of gender studies and bowel metaphors, go ahead. But we're all smart here and we see through it.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Wait, lesbian subtext?

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Actually yes, do tell.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

I hate Drew Barrymore.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

The subtext is rapidly becoming, er...text.

Wow, I can't stop with the quotes today.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

"Bring It On" was like "Wild Things", only they replaced all of the sex with cheering competitions! (And all the murdering with cheering competitions.)

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Drew Barrymore was awesome in "Ever After". THERE I SAID IT, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW????

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Wild Things had that unexpected shot of Kevin Bacon's penis. Bring It On is a movie you can trust not to pull any shit like that.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Heavenly Creatures
Clueless
All About Eve
Sixteen Candles
Heathers
But I'm A Cheerleader
Room With A View
Brief Encounter
Summertime
Poison Ivy
Thelma and Louise

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

They replaced Kevin Bacon's penis with cheering competitions.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

We're gonna tour EUROPE instead of going to college...wait, no we're not.
http://image3.excite.co.jp/jp/cinema/photos/Reps/973072/MSDSATI/MSDSATI_EC004_T.JPG

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

I agree with Suzy's list too. But who WHO could forget Say Anything? That's the ultimate classic chick flick for setting unrealistic expectations in a romantic relationship.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

One time my mother was surprised that I had not gone out to see Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. I had to break it to her that American pop culture and marketing was becoming increasingly balkanized and that no one ever intended for me to see that.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

my fave chick flicks (not counting those that transcend chick-ness, such as Clueless or 10 Things I Hate About You):
Where The Heart Is
A Walk To Remember
She's All That - the DVD has a Sixpence None The RIcher video as an extra, you can't beat that

Chick flicks starring Sandra Bullock are uniformly awful, unless 28 Days counts, that one is brilliant. Meg Ryan chick flicks are indefensible. Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias are the work of Lucifer and Osama Bin Laden.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

fuuuuuck Say Anything.

Heavenly Creatures isn't a chick flick - teenage lesbian murderers = major male audience share.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

fuuuuuck Say Anything.
I agree, but it's a total chick flick. Isn't an unreasonably, ludicrously romantic male lead one simple requirement of the chick flick credo?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

28 Days IS good

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

My girls never let no steenky boys watch Heavenly Creatures with us!

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Is crazy/beautiful a chick flick?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Will I ever get laid again if I frame a crazy/beautiful poster and hang it above my couch?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Probably not, but I'll come over. With treats!

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

HOW CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL WOULD THAT BE?

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

"Lone Star" described as a chick-flick is very creative (and creepy, and disturbing!)

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

The John Sayles movie?

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Lone Star - Intense love story masquerading as an intense murder mystery. Fabulous.

I think she meant "Fabulous for incest." [sorry SPOILER]

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

I got stuck watching that awful movie with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore, on a boat.

Eurgh. Somehow that seems worse than being on a plane with said film.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

Fever Pitch?

I paid to see it. So did Alex in SF.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Damn drunks.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

I also paid to see Riding In Cars With Boys, which is the worst movie ever.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Alex and I also paid to see The Wedding Crashers.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

Oh, never mind "Say Anything", my teenage years were spent crushing on John Cusack in "The Sure Thing".

I keep seeing films with Drew Barrymore because people seem to have convinced me she's great, but I still haven't seen much evidence to back this up.

(xpost - Fever Pitch is AWFUL! And not because it is Hornby, but because they took all the Hornby-isms out of it to make it a film for girls)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

'coyote ugly' has to be up there on the worst list.

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

I love (some of) that movie.

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

Yes, Riding in Cars With Boys is terrible.

Are there any movies that don't portray working-class life in the '50s as anything but abject misery? Ever movie I see, from Spider to Riding In Cars..., takes the same attitude.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, how bad could it have been with two Chevy's, a house, and June at home.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

hold on, hold on - no way is HEATHERS a chick flick!

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

Last night, due to being bored and a bit poorly, I made the mistake of watching "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days". Dear God, it was awful. Matthew McConnaughey is just horrible. Kate Hudson seemed to want to be Drew Barrymore (this is not really a good thing for her). It had a woefully miscast Bebeb Neuwirth as a luvvie magazine editor. It was like the worst ever episode of Sex and the City, but without any of the humour *or* pathos.

I like chick flicks, but this was beyond shit.

I am also fighting the urge to go and see "confetti" at the cinema, and trying to justify it to myself on the grounds that it's got the bloke from Peep Show, Jessica Stevenson and Martin Freeman in it. I know it's just going to be the lower-budget version of Love Actually though, but this isn't enough to stop me.

(haha, I can't believe I slated Fever Pitch for not being Hornbyish enough)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:33 (twenty years ago)

chixploitation

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:42 (twenty years ago)

I agree with you, Ailsa. How to Lose a Guy in Ten Dates is beyond awful, and that's coming from someone who quite liked Two Weeks' Notice.

It's like I have this huge blank spot where my chick-crit faculties should be.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:46 (twenty years ago)

haha, that is a terrible movie. I watched it in French a couple years ago as part of a learn French program (the "low-key" part (?)) Probably funnier that way though. I haven't seen Two Weeks Notice. Yet.

But last night, fairly impromptu, I watched a chick flick too! With another chick! It was Lovely and Amazing (on VHS!). There were a lot of "fuck you/off"s and Catherine Keener being awesome and Emily Mortimer being neurotic, so, y'know, it was good.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 May 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)

The chick flick is a mood. Moods happen.
Other bad+good gems of the genre, more recently:
In Her Shoes (but argh, C Diaz)
The Notebook (sappy. good.)
Just Like Heaven (okay, for M Ruffalo really)
Pride and Prejudice

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 May 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I sort of liked Two Weeks Notice, despite it being terrible. I can sort of forgive Sandra Bullock anything for being in Miss Congeniality, and I have a horrible shameful crush on Hugh Grant that watching Mickey Blue Eyes didn't get rid of.

(I should explain that I also like appalling chick-lit books as well, and have utterly no shame about any of this.)

I haven't seen Lovely and Amazing, and Emily Mortimer annoys me, but Keener is great so I shall seek that out.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 7 May 2006 15:06 (twenty years ago)

I read In Her Shoes on holiday last year, but the presence of chirpy-Cameron-Diaz is putting me off. However, Toni Colette! Muriel's Wedding is the queen of all chick-flick movies ever. Abba! Rachel Griffiths! A ridiculous wedding! Redemption! Best friends win out over silly dreams!

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 7 May 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

I made the mistake of watching "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days".

Oh dear. (Saw this on a plane trip once. A dreadful mistake on my part and theirs.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 May 2006 15:16 (twenty years ago)

But last night, fairly impromptu, I watched a chick flick too! With another chick! It was Lovely and Amazing (on VHS!). There were a lot of "fuck you/off"s and Catherine Keener being awesome and Emily Mortimer being neurotic, so, y'know, it was good.

that movie is so good. Lisa Holofcener (who directed) has really elevated the chick flick as a form. her movies are less about chick-flick-as-formula and more about chick-flick-as-character-development. have you seen Walking and Talking or Friends with Money, her new one? Walking and Talking may be the best chick flick ever.

and ailsa, Catherine Keener is Holofcener's muse, as far as I can tell, so if you really can't get over the Emily Mortimer thing, Keener's in both of the other movies.

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Sunday, 7 May 2006 23:10 (twenty years ago)

oh! I didn't know Friends with Money was by the same director! I haven't seen Walking and Talking either. I should, when in the right mood for both. (There are other ways to get in that mood, I'm quite sure, but one foolproof way, I've found, is: get in brief relationship, break up, get half over it, watch movies such as these. Longer relationships require the watching of period pieces and/or The Purple Rose of Cairo, pos Annie Hall if relationship ended amicably, def not if relationship ended assholeishly.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 8 May 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

Lovely & Amazing ain't as good as Walking & Talking, but it's got two terrific comedy performances: by the little black girl and Jake Gyllenhaal, graduating from Donnie Darko comb-over mode into a sprightly comedian (love the scene in which Catherine Keener meets his mom, who turns out to be about the same age as Keener).

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:43 (twenty years ago)

dude. Jake Gyllenhaal is the dreamiest in that movie. I'm never sure if that's how I'm supposed to feel about him, since it's kind of an...inappropriate relationship between him and Keener, but--so dreamy! when Catherine Keener is revealing that she doesn't think she's a nice person and he's all, "But you're so nice!" swoon! (it's in the delivery.)

rrobyn, another way to get into the right mood, at least in my experience, is to hang out with your mom. just to drive the whole chick-factor through the roof.

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:41 (twenty years ago)

haha, TOTAL SWOON at that scene. SO CUTE.

aw, moms: the last movie i watched with my mom was at christmastime and was, in fact, a chick flick - Fever Pitch. It was good. She especially loved it. It was pretty light though. She also really loved 40-year-old Virgin. hurrah! cute.

There's a certain kind of chick flick that I feel is better watched alone, or maybe with a friend, if in a mellow mood. I feel like Walking and Talking and Lovely and Amazing are like that. But then, if I watched Lovely and Amazing with my mom, we would be probably teary messes within 30 minutes, so, hm. Subgenre of the chick flick: Mothers and Daughters, Crying Together

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:55 (twenty years ago)

Lovely & Amazing is also noteworthy for featuring one of the few bearable Brenda Blethyn performances.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:14 (twenty years ago)

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