Chick flicks
Sophie Cunningham
September 09
So, I have been asked to suggest chick flicks for Friday night viewing with a 50-year-old friend and her 12-year-old daughter. Obviously there’s this:
And friends have recommended this:
Other thoughts?
Update. HOW COULD I FORGET GEORGE CLOONEY? (thank you Luke).
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Comments
09 Sep 10 at 15:09
Thelma & Louise The Notebook Sex & the City(s) Any musical Anything with George Clooney
...09 Sep 10 at 15:12
Clueless
BBC’s Pride and Prejudice
Ever After
...09 Sep 10 at 15:12
I can second 500 Days of Summer, though if you are anything like me and mine, you’ll fucking hate Zooey Deschanel’s character and all like her by the end of it.
I’ve always been partial to Amelie as well, but then Audrey Tautou just drives me wild.
...09 Sep 10 at 15:14
THE PRINCESS BRIDE!!!
...09 Sep 10 at 15:16
I vote for ‘Truth about Cats and Dogs’ and ‘Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion’. Both star my favourite actor Janeane Garofalo.
...09 Sep 10 at 15:18
Bridget Jones is a favourite of mine. And a second hand up for Clueless.
Bringing Up Baby for some awesome oldschool romcom.
Anything Austenish. Ten Things I Hate About You.
...09 Sep 10 at 15:19
So many excellent suggestions. Yes to Ameilie. Yes to Janeane Garofalo. And yes,yes , yes to George Clooney.
...09 Sep 10 at 15:20
I love Ten Things I Hate about You -but now it makes me cry too much for Heath.
...09 Sep 10 at 15:20
Woah! Agree times a hundred with Jess. Princess Bride = megawin.
What about some oldies like Sabrina (the Hepburn version) or Casablanca…
...09 Sep 10 at 15:32
All I can think of is Carrie
...09 Sep 10 at 15:38
@laura – Oh you.
...09 Sep 10 at 16:10
Gun Shy, Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock
...09 Sep 10 at 16:39
Bearing in mind that she is a 12 year old, what about something more child-friendly?
E.g. High School Musical 1, 2 or 3 Hannah Montana Camp Rock Starstruck Material Girls Cinderella Story Another Cinderella Story A Walk To Remember
...09 Sep 10 at 16:41
Once, Across the Universe….. mind races through film collection…
...09 Sep 10 at 17:00
So many great suggestions I like the idea of Sabrina. I have never heard of Gun Shy. I’ll check it out. My friend is young – but I think the idea is to find a movie that women of all generations can enjoy. A night with grownups. So maybe not the High School Musical series – though I think that would be great to watch with my nieces.
...09 Sep 10 at 17:25
DEFINITELY 10 things i hate about you!
...09 Sep 10 at 17:59
Steel magnolias (but nothing else with Julia Roberts) Look both ways
...09 Sep 10 at 19:05
Oooh
Ladyhawke!
http://themoralhighground.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-family-movie/
...09 Sep 10 at 21:08
I’m not 50 and my daughter is a lot younger than 12, but watching Meg demonstrate how to fake an orgasm? Really? Wouldn’t that lead to a five-hour discussion of feminism? Nothing wrong with that, but on a Friday night? Really?
...09 Sep 10 at 21:10
Sex and the City?! Serious?
...09 Sep 10 at 21:25
How about Mona Lisa Smile, Erin Brockovich, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Gorillas in the Mist, Ghostbusters, Run, Lola, Run?
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