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Episode 99 · August 31, 2020 · 1:38:21
A Life Less Ordinary
John Hodge and Danny Boyle’s 1997 Crime/Comedy/Fantasy/Absurdist Tale brings us a literal and figurative celestial cast and everything else about it, well, it’s not logical, but we love it.
But is it a chick flick? One bark for yes.
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A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)
Directed by Danny Boyle
Fantasy
Comedy
Romance
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3.0
tampons
Chick Flick!
Performers
Cameron Diaz
Tropes
Dudes physically fighting over a girl
Kissing in front of a crowd
Male eye-candy
Musical/dance numbers
Road trip
Strong female protagonist(s)
Uncomfortably sincere declaration of love
Wedding(s)/wedding planning/wedding crashing
Sage advice delivered by parent, best friend, token black character, boss, landlord/lady, homeless person, etc.
Single dad trying desperately to relate to daughter as she blossoms into a young woman
Terrible girlfriend/boyfriend/fiance(e)/spouse (as competition for protagonist)