Lady-Like

This is absolutely one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I love super cheesy rom-coms and fun girlfriend movies, but this....this is absolute crap. I can't even imagine having a friend like Allie (the main lead). She is exactly the kind of friend no one should want and no one should have, and yet it seems the writer was trying to make her somehow relatable and likeable? Not even close. It was very cringe-worthy most of the time. Just an absolutely terrible movie.

*full disclosure* I am 40 and probably not the target demographic of this movie. But I'd like to think that even when I was 20, I would still think this was horrendous. It's as though an old film exec was told that he needed to have a film from a young female perspective and he copied some old 80s sexist misogynistic teen film and switched the genders, so instead of a man being disgusting and objectifying, it was a woman. Hooray for a equality. There was literally no point to this film, there is no story, I didn't care about the characters or the relationships and everyone seemed unpleasant. There is no heart to this film. I don't know why I watch the whole thing, I think I just assumed that there would surely be some point to it. I was wrong.

This movie is horrible, the main character is so unlikable it's not even funny. She's self centered, extremely jealous of her friend because she has a boyfriend and she is the one who encouraged her to talk to him in the beginning. She doesn't seem to take anything in her life serious and once her best friend becomes distant she basically loses her mind, talk about dependency. Her best friend and her boyfriend are like totally the American dream couple right(barf) it's so cliche and there is not even a sprinkle of diversity.

A mix of a rom com and a coming of age tale, this has it's moments mainly due to the strong cast and acting. The plot is pretty straight laced and should resonate with a lot of it's target audience. Girl sets up best friend with dishy guy and has to deal with the consequences of being left to fend for herself. Leads to some recriminations and the final reckoning. Goes down easy.

There is a reason they say write what you know... whitewashed college movie that boils a bunch of girls down to surface level cliches. There is an entire genre that should be renamed to 'Bad films about women written by men' which almost always feature a scene where a girl relaxes sexily on her bed in flattering underwear whilst at home on her own. In the first scene of this film one character mentions periods and the other says 'eeeew gross' HAVE YOU ACTUALLY MET A WOMAN?