# Who else likes "chick flicks"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 13, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991 "2023-07-13T13:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/41 "2023-07-15T22:57:31Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > You haven’t seen [A Christmas Prince](https://www.vogue.com/article/a-christmas-prince-netflix-binge-watch), I take it? > > It somehow crams every Hallmark trope into one film, and it’s a glory to behold. Holy crap, they made four of those! And Rose McIver starred in three of them while she was in _I,Zombie_ and _Ghosts_ on tv. They must pay well and have a short shooting schedule. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/42 "2023-07-15T23:01:13Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Yes the fresh faced Vicky, I’m not familiar with her otherwise, so Fawlty Towers? Time to look that one up again. I’d seen _Hobson’s Choice_ about a billion years ago, so thanks for confirming it. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/43 "2023-07-17T14:56:37Z")
“Fried Green Tomatoes” may very well be the Queen Mother of all chick flicks. 😀 Whad’yall say to that? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/44 "2023-07-17T16:41:56Z")
Huh. I’d never thought of it as a chick flick before. I guess so? Has anyone seen _The Gift_? It’s one of my favorite “wallow” movies, and if _Fried Green Tomatoes_ is considered a chick flick, I think _The Gift_ should be too. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/45 "2023-07-17T18:25:55Z")
Which one? There’s one with Jason Bateman, but I think you mean the one with Cate Blanchett. I’ve seen most of the former and parts of the latter. Sex and the City has got to be another contender for Queen Mother (haven’t seen it or any of its iterations). ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/46 "2023-07-17T18:28:45Z")
The Cate Blanchett one. I’m unfamiliar with the Jason Bateman one. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/47 "2023-07-17T18:46:15Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I admit to liking the Seth Rogan vehicles. _Zach & Miri Make a Porno_ was inspired. _The Long Shot_ was pretty good. No film with Seth Rogan is a “chick flick”. Women are not sitting on the edge of their seat wondering if Charlize Theron or Elizabeth Banks are finally going to win the heart of that really harry but funny stoner guy. Rom coms aren’t necessarily chick flicks. I think they largely depends on the POV of the main character: Is Cameron Diaz she is was in love with that doofus and not the rich jerk all along? or Is Ryan Gosling / Reynolds / whoever going to finally grow up and realize his true feelings for that girl he thought was annoying for for constantly challenging him at every turn for the past 40 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/48 "2023-07-17T18:48:31Z")
I don’t think Seth Rogan movies are chick flicks, either. But I find him borderline repulsive and not funny, so that probably influences my thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/49 "2023-07-17T20:18:38Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Women are not sitting on the edge of their seat wondering if Charlize Theron or Elizabeth Banks are finally going to win the heart of that really harry but funny stoner guy. I mean, I was. You think those movies are marketed to men? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/50 "2023-07-18T14:35:39Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Have you watched **Hobson’s Choice** also directed by _David Lean_ (Blithe Spirit)? It’s brilliant! Nope…but it is on my short list now. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/51 "2023-07-18T14:56:06Z")
All rom-coms are ‘chick flicks’ but not all ‘chick flicks’ are rom-coms. I haven’t seen many very many, but I saw **Notting Hill** and actually laughed out loud with the scene where Hugh Grant makes a desperate attempt to get face time with Julia Roberts and poses as a journalist ostensibly to interview her about the upcoming sci fi movie she’s starring in. They ask what magazine he’s writing for and the first magazine he sees laying on a table (and claims to be writing for) is “Horse & Hound.” His first interview question is “Are there any horses in your movie?” when she tells him no, it’s set in space, he fumbles to come up with a plausible follow up question, “Our readers are equally fond of hounds. Are there any hounds in your movie?” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/52 "2023-07-18T15:13:19Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Has anyone seen _The Gift_? Pretty violent and rapey for a chick flick isn’t it? Not comic irony like Fried Green Tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/53 "2023-07-18T15:20:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Not comic irony like Fried Green Tomatoes. Comic irony? My recollection of the plot of Fried Green Tomatoes is that it involves domestic violence and cannibalism. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991/54 "2023-07-18T16:20:48Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Pretty violent and rapey for a chick flick isn’t it? Not comic irony like Fried Green Tomatoes. True. Not played for humor _that_ way. Considering what a reputation Keanu Reeves has for being a good guy, I thought he was completely convincing as a violent thug in this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-chick-flicks/986991.md?page=2)