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5 surprisingly good chick flicks... and 5 to miss

bu.jpgChick flicks. Such a crap shoot isn't it? Imdb scores can't help us, here. The public is not to be trusted, Cynical types like to tar all with the same brush, but the very fact that some are just SO DARN GOOD does suggest there's a real art to this. Formula prevails, but a good chick flick, like a good muffin, cannot be made from formula alone...

5 to see

1. 50 First Dates. All the ingredients are wrong. Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler? Are you having a laugh? Turns out we were. And a cry. What an unexpectedly watchable film this turned out to be.

2. In Her Shoes. Despite the fact Cameron Diaz is in it, this film is actually really watchable. I think it's rescued by a star turn from always-good Toni Colette. Touching and fun.

3. Legally Blonde is an oldie but SUCH a goodie. You may be sceptical, and I can understand that. But it bears repeat watching. Bend and snap, girls! Bend... and... snap!

4. Clueless was the film that launched a thousand spin-offs, and a thousand catch-phrases. And rightly so. It's a fine piece of cinema and a landmark in the cultural evolution of the Teenaged Girl.

5. The Break-up. Vaughn-Aniston vehicle, really not as bad as you thought it would be. Jen inevitably out-funnies Vince in the acting stakes, but you've got to pity the foo' who goes up against Aniston in a rom-com. Worth renting.


5 to miss

1. The Holiday. This is the joint worst film I've ever seen. Stars Cameron Diaz's annoying skin and Jude Law's ageing burns-victim face. Even a Winslet/Jack Black romance can't save this sub-Richard Curtis rubbish.

2. PS I love you. Joint worst with the above. Hilary Swank is not a charming leading lady, and it's all OIRISH and everyone's a big dreamy OIRISHMAN. I really can't convey how bad this film is in three sentences.

3. Half Light is another quite remarkably bad film. Really bad. Demi Moore plays a windswept bereaved mother who falls in love with a ghost who lives in a lighthouse or something. Don't put yourself through it.

4. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410297/">The Lake House. Long-awaited reunion of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock turns out to be instantly-forgettable disappointment. Don't look surprised.

5.Music and Lyrics. Drew Barrymore (again) and Hugh Grant do their usual thing around a nice piano, but there's nothing worth getting genuinely misty-eyed about in this soulless extended Fry and Laurie sketch.

Disagree? Well, don't let me get away with it. What are your worst and best romcom/chick flicks? Do share.

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When Harry Met Sally
The Apartment
The Wedding Singer
Coming To America
Casablanca

Posted by: OooohBlarDar | July 16, 2008 5:39 PM

I've been wanting to see P.S. I Love you, even though I'm normally not a fan of chick flicks (although I did love The Break-up too!). Mostly I just wanted to see P.S. I Love You because Dean Winters is in it. I guess I'll pass though..!

Posted by: Jen | July 16, 2008 10:27 PM

Well, don't take my word for it!

Actually do, it's terrible.

Posted by: Leila | July 17, 2008 9:59 AM

I thought music and lyrics was alright, in a sort of so-bad-it's-good kind of way.

Posted by: Weenie | July 17, 2008 2:30 PM

5 Best:
Notting Hill
My Best Friends Wedding
PS I love you (it IS good! It made me cry and films cant normally do that!)
Legally Blonde
Sex and the City

I did also like Music and Lyrics...its good thoughtless and easy viewing!

Posted by: Alex | July 18, 2008 1:02 PM

Beginning to suspect it's just me with the PS I Love You allergy.

I loved the SATC film, but worried people might get sick of me going on about it all the time.

Maybe Music and Lyrics wasn't THAT bad.

I can't get behind Notting Hill though.

Posted by: Leila Johnston | July 18, 2008 1:12 PM

I liked Music and Lyrics more the second time. Once I was ready for the terrible teen 'singer' and the Westlife b-side song that was supposedly the 'hit' she'd been looking for.

You have to love it, surely, for Hugh's Wham-esque 80s music video at the start.

Posted by: Gemma | July 18, 2008 1:41 PM

What about the Notebook??

Posted by: Maddie | July 18, 2008 2:09 PM

Add to best: The Prime of Miss Jean Brody, Death Becomes Her and 4 Weddings and a Funeral. The first two movies are about women's relationships, not romance.

Add to worst: Just about anything with Meg Ryan in it.

Posted by: Kevon | July 18, 2008 4:46 PM

Oh my god. PS I love you is possibly the best movie I have ever seen, it made me actually cry . And there's not another movie that has made me cry as of yet. It's a really great chick flick but it's also really deep! Love it. 5*.

Posted by: sarah | July 20, 2008 1:52 PM

i dont normally like chick flicks and i loved p.s. i love how can you judge movie on the way actresses looked i thought p.s. was one of the best chick flicks i've seen I LOVED IT!!! and recomened it to anyone i also thought the holiday was pretty good not as good as p.s. i love if you watch chick flicks for the meanings behind them and not for the actresses who are in them or the way the actresses look then u should deffinantly see p.s. i love you i havent met anyone who hasnt liked it yet

Posted by: Tallin | July 20, 2008 7:42 PM

What about all of the awesome Jane Austen flicks? I loved Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, and of course Rupert Penry-Jones in Persuasion!

Posted by: Sarah | July 22, 2008 2:40 AM

5 Best Flicks:

When Harry Met Sally
Dirty Dancing
Pretty in Pink
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Legally Blonde

=)

Posted by: Ella | August 21, 2008 12:45 AM

My Fave Chick Flicks Are:

1) PS I Love You (Made Me Cry Every Time)
2) 10 Things I Hate About You (Heath Ledger!!)
3) Mean Girls
4) Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen
5) A Cinderella Story (Chad Micheal Murrey!!)

Oh BTW Watch The Hot Chick (MEGA LOLZ!!)

Posted by: Lola | January 6, 2009 2:51 PM

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