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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
Say Anything is a chick flick? Thats one of Dave's all time fav movies and I def wouldnt categorize it as a chick flick
...unless we arent talking about the same John Cusack classic?
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Yes, it's a chick flick, and it mostly follows the formula. Quirky guy, middle class or working class, dates smart, attractive, motivated girl. Her best friend (in this case, her father) disapproves, which leads to a small/false crisis, a temporary break up, then they get back together after a second big crisis shows how they really need each other. It does it so well that it's the kind of movie people who don't normally like chick flicks like.
I suppose maybe it's like the genre fiction dilemma, especially with science fiction. Sometimes the best examples of a genre are defined as not being part of it because there's some negative association. Kurt Vonnegut, one of the great science fiction authors, is famous for early on having denied that he writes science fiction (he's since relented).
Say Anything is a chick flick, a teen romantic comedy. It's just one of the best ever made.