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Great Films For Women
Chick flick, a term first used in 1992, is slang for film designed to appeal to a female target audience.These are some of my favorite films. Help me create a list of the best Boomer Chick flicks!
Mama Mia The Musical
Mamma Mia! The Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1999 London Cast)
Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 12/21/2009)
Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine
The Mighty Chick Flicks
Women's pictures used to be guilty pleasures: No more! Now they're kicking butt, getting respect, and grossing huge. From frothy romances to action to whale-riding adventures, these films show us who we are, where we've been, what we can take, and better yet, what we can dish out.
Karen Durbin
50 Greatest Chick Flicks of all time
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Best Chick Flick Movies- Part 1
Enjoy!bE PATIENT NUM 2 IS ON ITS WAY!!IT HAS WAYYY BETTER MOVIES! 10 Things I Hate About You She's all that Titanic Picture this A cinderella story Another cinderella story Step up1 & 2 Ella enchanted Twilight Camp Rock The Holiday Dirty dancing Pride and prejudice-all versions Princess Diaries 1 & 2 royal engagment Confessions of a Shopaholic The Devil Wears Prada Knocked Up First daughter Blast from the Past Raise your voice Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen Mean Girls The Nanny Diaries ...
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Movies about Women and Relationships
Shirley Valentine
As movie midlife crises go, Shirley Valentine's is more...1 point
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Enchanted April (1991)
This lovely, 1991 adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arni more...1 point
The Princess Bride (Special Edition)
From celebrated director Rob Reiner (When Harry Me more...1 point
Under the Tuscan Sun (Full Screen Edition)
An attourney moves to Tuscany and purchases a vill more...1 point
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Enchanted April [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
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Boom: Talking About The Sixties
Boom!: Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 12/21/2009)
Enchanted April
It was one of those films that appeal definitely to females more than males, but it wasn't your typical 'girlie' film. It was really funny, and it was one of those films that touch some place in your heart (even though you know in your head that it's a fairytale and not real - some part of you still wishes that somehow it would be wonderful if fairy tales like that could come true).
~~Ash
Chick Flicks According to Wikipedia
Chick flick is slang for a film designed to appeal to a female target audience. The term was first used in 1992. "History of 'Chick Flicks' Although many types of films may be directed toward the female gender, "chick flick" is typically used only in reference to films that are heavy with emotion or contain themes that are relationship-based (though not necessarily romantic).
Cook This information is very wrong as Chick flick was a common term for romantic movies as early as the mid-1980s.
The concept of movies designed to appeal specifically to women has existed since the early days of cinema and has been known by other colloquial terms, including "women's pictures." However, women's films such as Brief Encounter, Now, Voyager, and Mildred Pierce and the 1950s melodramas directed by Douglas Sirk, such as All That Heaven Allows and Written on the Wind, it might be argued, are sufficiently different in tone and content to be seen as a sub-genre of women's films.
Film critic Molly Haskell suggested that chick flicks are very different from the women's films of the 1940s and '50s in that they now "sing a different tune." She feels that they are "more defiant and upbeat, post-modern and post-feminist."
Several chick flicks have been patterned after the story of Cinderella or other fairy tales (e.g. The Princess Diaries, A Cinderella Story, Ever After, and Pretty Woman), or even Shakespeare in the case of Shes the Man; a large number are adapted from popular novels (e.g. The Devil Wears Prada) and literary classics (e.g. Little Women). Other prominent examples include Terms of Endearment and Steel Magnolias.
While most movies that are considered chick flicks are light-hearted, some suspense films also fall under this category. See What Lies Beneath''.
Other Chick Flick Lists
- 50 Greatest Chick Flicks
- 50 Greatest 'Chick' Flicks of All Time by O Magazine
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
An adventure drama set in 1931, regarding Molly (E more...1 point
Add Chocolat To Your DVD Library
Chocolat (Miramax Collector's Series)
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 12/21/2009)
Chocolat
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"With movies like Chocolat, it's always best to relax your intellectual faculties and absorb the abundant sensual pleasures, be it the heart-stopping smile of chocolatier Juliette Binoche as she greets a new customer, an intoxicating cup of spiced hot cocoa, or the soothing guitar of an Irish gypsy played by Johnny Depp."
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Chick Flicks Blog Posts
- Actress Brittany Murphy dies at the age of 32
- Murphy's very prolific career included chick flick favorites Little Black Book, Uptown Girls, and Riding in Cars With Boys. Several films are currently in ...
- Sandra Bullock is "the Nolan Ryan of Chick Flicks"
- Sandra Bullock is still carrying chick flicks and heartwarming Disney-esque movies at age 45, with no signs of slowing down. She's like the Nolan Ryan of ...
- Is 'Avatar' Really a Chick Flick?
- The sci-fi movie Avatar arrives in theaters today, and it's one of the year's most hotly anticipated openings. If you've seen the trailer -- full of ...
- Going beyond usual chick flicks
- When you think of films geared toward female audiences, the first thing that comes to mind is the stereotypical chick flick featuring some contrived ...
What Makes A Film A Chick Flick for Boomers?
Peter Bart, Variety Columnist, Fri., May 9, 2008, writes
I've always thought -- perhaps simplistically -- that a chick flick is, basically, a good date film. The difference is that it's the girl who motivates her guy to buy the ticket. For this summer's films he mentions "Mamma Mia" and "Sex and the City".
I totally disagree! To me a Chick Flick is a film you watch WITHOUT your date/husband/boyfriend. These are films I prefer to watch with my women friends or even by myself.
What do you think?
What is a Chich Flick?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byIs a Chich Flick a DATE Film?
Clara says:
a movie that has a special appeal to women usually romantic or heartfelt themes - love, family,etc. When there's some hot romantic scenes also then that is considered a "Date" Film
Posted September 13, 2008
Is a Chick Flick a GIRLS-NIGHT-OUT Film?
poutine says:
It's definitively movies to watch "alone" or with some women friends.
Posted September 07, 2008
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- johndilbeck johndilbeck Jun 29, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
- Hey Pat, I just watched The Lake House last weekend. I got it from NetFlix. My daughter recommended it to me. I liked it. Does that make me a Boomer Chick? (grin) Act on your dream! JD
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