Is This Movie a Chick Flick? A Checklist

1. Which of the following elements/devices are found in this movie? Check all that apply:

Actor playing a character with his/her own first name (e.g., Amy Adams playing Amy in The Wedding Date; Amy Schumer playing Amy in Trainwreck)

Adapted from a stage musical

Adapted into a stage musical

Airport or train station scene of any kind

Bad date/bad date montage (blind or otherwise)

Based on a book (written by someone other than Jane Austen, Terry McMillan, or Nicholas Sparks) or newspaper column

Character reading and/or referring to a self-help book(s)

Character(s) watching a chick flick

Chase scene that does not feature explosions or cars rolling over

Christmas and/or New Year's Day is instrumental to the plot

Corsets

Directed by the late, great Garry Marshall

Dudes having heart-to-heart chats about how infatuated they are with particular women

Dudes physically fighting over a girl

Enlisting the help of friends/strangers to help the character win their love

Falling in love montage

Fashion/hair/makeup montage

Female director

Female producer

Female screenwriter

Feminist under-/overtones

Focus on female relationship

Gay best friend

Kissing in front of a crowd

Knicks game

Letter writing

Lighthearted time travel

Love triangle

Makeover montage

Male eye-candy

Male nudity

Meryl Streep singing

More than eight lead characters

Mother-daughter storyline

Movie is generally derided by men

Movie was suggested by Netflix after you streamed Leap Year

Musical/dance numbers

New York/Los Angeles/London as a character

Numerals in title; not a sequel (e.g., 13 Going on 30, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)

One or more characters with alliterative full names (e.g., Andie Anderson, Benjamin Barry, Miles Massey)

One or more scenes featuring a rowboat or canoe

On-screen sex partially or completely obscured by bedsheets/blankets

Piss-poor soundtrack

Pivotal scene in women's restroom

Pivotal scene involving answering machine

Primary love interests clumsily falling on each other in romantically convenient ways

Primary love interests lying to each other/keeping a major secret(s) from each other

Previously straight/predictable hair style becomes curlyish/wild as character falls in love

Protagonist works for an ad agency

Protagonist works for a magazine

Road Trip

Sage advice delivered by parent, best friend, token black character, boss, landlord/lady, homeless person, etc.

School dance

Sexy precipitation (i.e., rain or snow that is good for kissing in)

Sisterhood

Shopping montage

Single dad trying desperately to relate to daughter as she blossoms into a young woman

Song written for movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song

Strong female protagonist(s)

Takes place at least 15 years in the past (from the film's release date), but no earlier than 1558

Terrible girlfriend/boyfriend/fiance(e)/spouse (as competition for protagonist)

Uncomfortably sincere declaration of love

Weak female protagonist(s)

"Wedding" or "Bride" in the title

Wedding(s)/wedding planning/wedding crashing

Widower character

Woman makes a fool of herself at work

None of the above

2. Which of the following performers are featured in this movie? Check all that apply:

Award one quarter tampon for every checkbox you selected for questions 1 and 2 (excluding "None of the above").

3. Was this movie adapted from a novel written by Jane Austen, Terry McMillan, or Nicholas Sparks?

No

Award one full tampon if Q3 is Yes.

4. Does this movie pass the reverse Bechdel test (i.e., does it feature two or more named male characters who talk to each other about something other than a woman)?

Yes

No

Kind of?

Award one full tampon if Q4 is No. Award one half tampon if Q4 is "Kind of?"

Tally your tampons!

If you figured 3 or more full tampons, this movie is a chick flick!
Fewer than 3 -- not so much for you, ladies.