I just saw an honest to goodness "Chick Flick" ...and that is soooooo not like me. I'm like the anti-chick-flick. I like action movies and dramas and comedies and etc, but definitely not something that I am "supposed to" like. Call it a childhood disorder that carried over into adulthood. Basically, if someone tells me to do something (be that a friend, a boyfriend, an advertising agency), EVERYTHING in me tells me to do the exact opposite. So, I have made it a point to not watch Lifetime, movies about being a parent or otherwise.
But, I really love Annette Benning and Naomi Watts and my mom and I had nothing better to do...so, I found myself at an arthouse watching "Mother and Child" this weekend.
Did I hate it? No. Did I love it? No. Is that because I am just being stubborn? Maybe. ...but, movies that are made specifically for women can be very contrived, focused on pulling on heartstrings and creating characters that are really "quirky." This one followed the formula to a T. ...but, the performances were amazing and some of the themes really stuck with me.
Am I turning over a new leaf? Don't count on it.
I'll still take an intense foreign film any day over a chick-flick.
April Wade
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