Chick Flicks: Movies Women Love

by Jo Berry

Women know what they want-weepies such as Now Voyager; love stories such as Dirty Dancing, where the heroine dances cheek-to-cheek with the hunk; and sweet, funny romances typified by When Harry Met Sally. And now chicks have a place to check out their flicks, because more than 600 of them are reviewed right here, organized by the likely romantic comedies, period dramas, musicals, even Jane Austen adaptations. The reviews get right to the point, answering such questions Will it make me cry? Does the girl get the guy? How are the clothes? The sassy, smart coverage will delight every woman who has ever curled up with a good movie.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction

378 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2005

Reviews

[Bonni Sweet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm pretty sure that out of the 600 movies that they listed, I've seen at least 450-475 of them. I guess that makes me a Chick Flick Girl. I don't care, I love them.

[Stevedutch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m a bit of a fan of ‘titbit’ books that you can pick up; gain something useful from by way of inspiration, information, motivation and probably any other of a hundred other words ending in –ion; and put down without worrying about losing your place! In common with a host of other such books, this one fulfils, at least, some of that criteria: it will be a somewhat light-hearted trip down memory lane for the older reader who may remember watching, as a child before we got a thousand channels from which to choose, some of the older entries on Sunday afternoons. And, for some of the younger; a reminder that even in the ‘old days’, before super-duper 21st Century technology, when most movies were, gosh, in black and white, they made some pretty decent films, well worth taking the time to watch. So we have, for example, William Wyler’s take on Wuthering Heights, with Olivier and Oberon as the leads, through obvious 1970’s fayre, The Way We Were, with Streisand and Redford, right up to 2003’s Calendar Girls – my edition is the 2004. Also, you may be pleased to learn, non-Hollywood stuff is included; e.g. Almodovar’s, 1988, Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown.

For those looking for more serious, maybe feminist, critique, ladled with heavy duty info. Re: production details etc. best look elsewhere. For those who simply want a well-written glimpse at some ideas for movies that might embody those characteristics commonly felt to appeal more to woman this would be the perfect snack! The similarly named volume edited by Suzanne Ferris and Mallory Young, 2007’s Chick Flicks: Contemporary Women at the Movies, which supplies a slightly more academic content and also available on Amazon, would provide an excellent companion volume.