Mother-Daughter Movies: 101 Films to See Together
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Mother-Daughter Movies: 101 Films to See Together
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Overview
Nobody has a perfect mother. And, despite what some pushy moms would have us believe, nobody has a perfect daughter, either. It's sometimes hard to communicate with each other, but what can you do? Should you turn to Dr. Phil, psychotropic drugs, a hit man? No! Here's the solution: It's so simple, so obvious, so painless---the movies!
Drawing on more than twenty years of watching movies together, real-life mother and daughter Rosemary Rogers and Nell Rogers Michlin offer plot synopses, cast reviews, and behind-the-scenes gossip for more than one hundred of their all-time-favorite movies, including invaluable ratings you won't find anywhere else, such as:
*Bonding Potential: Looking for serious mother-daughter time? Try one of their top picks, like Terms of Endearment, Freaky Friday, or The Joy Luck Club.
*Hunk Factor: Hannah and Her Sisters may only rate a 1 (Michael Caine and Woody Allen have other important qualities....), but School Ties, with a shirtless Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Brendan Fraser, gets a well-earned 10.
*Hankie Factor: Because sometimes we all need a good cry.
*Squirming in Your Seat Watching a Sex Scene with Your Mother/Daughter: Trust us, you'll want to know ahead of time.
Wise and witty, Mother-Daughter Movies offers a fresh perspective on life's most important issues---from family conflict to surviving high school to understanding when tweezed eyebrows can totally change your life.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781466864245 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 02/04/2014 |
| Sold by: | Macmillan |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 288 |
| File size: | 607 KB |
About the Author
Rosemary Rogers is a humorist and the coauthor of several books, including Boomer Babes: A Woman's Guide to the Middle Ages. She's married to the filmmaker Robert Downey, Sr., and lives in New York City.
Her daughter, Nell Rogers Michlin, currently lives in Los Angeles.
Christine Ernst Bode, a contributing editor for the Girls' Intelligence Agency, lives in Santa Monica, California.
Rosemary Rogers is a humorist and the coauthor of several books, including
Boomer Babes: A Woman's Guide to the Middle Ages. She's married to the filmmaker Robert Downey, Sr., and lives in New York City.
Nell Rogers Michlin is the daughter of author Rosemary Rogers, and is the coauthor of Mother-Daughter Movies. She lives in Los Angeles.
Christine Ernst Bode, a contributing editor for the Girls' Intelligence Agency and coauthor of Mother-Daughter Movies, lives in Santa Monica, California.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | xv | |
| Preface | xvii | |
| 1. | If It's not One Thing, It's a Mother | |
| Ever After (1998) | 2 | |
| Mommie Dearest (1981) | 4 | |
| Now, Voyager (1942) | 6 | |
| Postcards from the Edge (1990) | 8 | |
| Real Women Have Curves (2002) | 11 | |
| Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) | 14 | |
| White Oleander (2002) | 17 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| American Beauty (1999) | 20 | |
| Like Water for Chocolate (1993) | 23 | |
| 2. | Daughters Behaving Badly | |
| Freaky Friday (2003) | 26 | |
| Imitation of Life (1959) | 29 | |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | 31 | |
| Stepmom (1998) | 33 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| Cruel Intentions (1999) | 36 | |
| The Opposite of Sex (1998) | 38 | |
| Traffic (2000) | 41 | |
| 3. | And god Created girlfriends | |
| A League of Their Own (1992) | 46 | |
| Beaches (1988) | 48 | |
| The Color Purple (1985) | 50 | |
| Mystic Pizza (1988) | 52 | |
| The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996) | 54 | |
| Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) | 57 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| Muriel's Wedding (1994) | 60 | |
| Thelma and Louise (1991) | 62 | |
| 4. | Is There Life after High School? | |
| Bring It On (2000) | 66 | |
| Clueless (1995) | 68 | |
| How to Deal (2003) | 70 | |
| Never Been Kissed (1999) | 73 | |
| The Princess Diaries (2001) | 75 | |
| Sixteen Candles (1984) | 78 | |
| She's All That (1999) | 80 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| Election (1999) | 82 | |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) | 84 | |
| Ghost World (2001) | 87 | |
| Heathers (1989) | 90 | |
| 5. | Girl Power | |
| Amelie (2001) | 94 | |
| Charlie's Angels (2000) | 96 | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) | 98 | |
| Dick (1999) | 101 | |
| Legally Blonde (2001) | 104 | |
| A Little Princess (1995) | 106 | |
| Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 108 | |
| The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) | 111 | |
| That Hamilton Woman (1941) | 113 | |
| Whale Rider (2002) | 115 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| Aliens (1986) | 117 | |
| Fargo (1996) | 120 | |
| Run, Lola, Run (1998) | 122 | |
| 6. | Family Ties | |
| Bend It Like Beckham (2002) | 126 | |
| How to Make an American Quilt (1995) | 128 | |
| The Joy Luck Club (1993) | 130 | |
| Moonstruck (1987) | 132 | |
| My Life as a Dog (1985) | 135 | |
| Parenthood (1989) | 137 | |
| William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1996) | 139 | |
| The Secret Life of Girls (1998) | 141 | |
| Spellbound (2003) | 144 | |
| Terms of Endearment (1983) | 146 | |
| Dirty Dancing (1987) | 148 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) | 152 | |
| Two Women (La Ciociara) (1960) | 154 | |
| A Walk on the Moon (1999) | 156 | |
| 7. | There's no Place Like Home? | |
| An American Rhapsody (2001) | 160 | |
| Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | 162 | |
| Far from Heaven (2002) | 164 | |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) | 166 | |
| Tuck Everlasting (2002) | 169 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| All About My Mother (1999) | 171 | |
| The Matrix (1999) | 173 | |
| One True Thing (1998) | 176 | |
| Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) | 179 | |
| 8. | Sisterhood | |
| Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | 182 | |
| Little Women (1994) | 184 | |
| Pride and Prejudice (1996) | 186 | |
| Sense and Sensibility (1995) | 188 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| Manny and Lo (1996) | 191 | |
| The Virgin Suicides (2000) | 193 | |
| 9. | Sex and the Single Mom | |
| Anywhere but Here (1999) | 198 | |
| Chocolat (2000) | 200 | |
| Indochine (1992) | 202 | |
| Mermaids (1990) | 205 | |
| Mostly Martha (2002) | 207 | |
| Mr. Skeffington (1944) | 209 | |
| Tumbleweeds (1999) | 211 | |
| 10. | Men are from ... Somewhere Else | |
| About a Boy (2002) | 214 | |
| Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) | 216 | |
| Desert Bloom (1986) | 218 | |
| Say Anything (1989) | 220 | |
| School Ties (1992) | 223 | |
| The Stepford Wives (1975) | 225 | |
| What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) | 227 | |
| Older Teens Only | ||
| The Good Girl (2002) | 230 | |
| Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 232 | |
| Saturday Night Fever (1977) | 234 | |
| 11. | Goddesses and Other Mortals | |
| All About Eve (1950) | 240 | |
| The Barefoot Contessa (1954) | 242 | |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) | 244 | |
| Double Indemnity (1944) | 247 | |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) | 250 | |
| Gone With the Wind (1939) | 252 | |
| Jules et Jim (1961) | 255 | |
| 12. | Briefly Noted: The Big Fat Lies | |
| The Best of Everything (1959) | 259 | |
| Disclosure (1994) | 260 | |
| Indecent Proposal (1993) | 260 | |
| Flashdance (1983) | 260 | |
| Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) | 260 | |
| Maid in Manhattan (2002) | 260 | |
| Pretty Woman (1990) | 261 | |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) | 261 | |
| Splendor in the Grass (1961) | 261 | |
| Striptease (1996) | 261 | |
| That Touch of Mink (1962) | 261 | |
| An Unmarried Woman (1978) | 262 | |
| Any Woody Allen Movie | 262 | |
| Index | 263 |