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.
I’d seen Hobson’s Choice about a billion years ago, so thanks for confirming it.
“Fried Green Tomatoes” may very well be the Queen Mother of all chick flicks. 
Whad’yall say to that?
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.
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).
The Cate Blanchett one. I’m unfamiliar with the Jason Bateman one.
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?
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.
I mean, I was. You think those movies are marketed to men?
Nope…but it is on my short list now.
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?”
Pretty violent and rapey for a chick flick isn’t it? 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.
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.