This movie is totally watchable, but if you have a brain you can't help but notice what an awful message it is putting out.
Similar to John Hughes' film '16 candles', Molly Ringwald spends the entire film complaining about her perfect life and swatting away her weird best friend who is totally in love with her. Her interest in the friend grows throughout the film, but then eventually ends up getting together with the dull characterless hottie which leaves you completely unsatisfied. Blane treats her really badly! Like outwardly badly. Again and again. And she still goes for it.
And then there's Iona - a really cool character who owns a record store and experiments with fashion, and then there's this bizarre scene where she tells Molly Ringwald she's in love with some guy who owns a pet store and is dressed all conservatively and we're supposed to just accept that she can forget she has a personality now because she's found her man.
This film is sexist and tacky and has disturbing traditionalist and anti feminist undertones.
Similar to John Hughes' film '16 candles', Molly Ringwald spends the entire film complaining about her perfect life and swatting away her weird best friend who is totally in love with her. Her interest in the friend grows throughout the film, but then eventually ends up getting together with the dull characterless hottie which leaves you completely unsatisfied. Blane treats her really badly! Like outwardly badly. Again and again. And she still goes for it.
And then there's Iona - a really cool character who owns a record store and experiments with fashion, and then there's this bizarre scene where she tells Molly Ringwald she's in love with some guy who owns a pet store and is dressed all conservatively and we're supposed to just accept that she can forget she has a personality now because she's found her man.
This film is sexist and tacky and has disturbing traditionalist and anti feminist undertones.