Common actresses in Chickflicks are Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Anniston, Rachael McAdams and Katherine Heigl, plus many others.
This sub-genre has been popular since the mid-80's. Film critic Molly Haskwell has previously said
"chick flick," chirrupy and upbeat, sings a different tune, more defiant and ironic, postmodern and post-feminist, like the growling braggadocio of "grrrl power." Where "grrrl power" says "I can be cute and assertive too," "chick flick" says: "I'm emancipated but it's OK to long for romance, to get hung up on a guy, to obsess about mothers or children.".
Some of the Most Memberable Chickflicks - from Filmsite.org
- Gone With the Wind (1939) - Victor Fleming
- Casablanca (1942) - Michael Curtiz
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Blake Edwards
- Grease (1978) - Randal Kleiser
- Dirty Dancing (1987) - Emile Ardolino
- When Harry Met Sally (1989) - Rob Reiner
- Thelma & Louise (1991) - Ridley Scott
More Recent:
- Love Actually (2003) - Richard Curtis
- Mean Girls (2004) -Mark Waters
- The Notebook (2004) - Nick Cassavetes
- 27 Dresses (2008) - Anne Fletcher
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