accidental feminist

As Georgie said, maybe it was cathartic. No, on second thought, it was just manipulative. One girl befriends a twelve year old with leukemia, another finally confronts the pain of her mother’s suicide, a third finds her inner beauty with the help of a hunk with a can’t-quite-place-my-finger-on-it unattractiveness, and, for the occular dehydration zinger, the narrator is reunited with her estranged father at his second wedding.

Still, I haven’t seen a Penny Marshall movie for a while, so I was a bit low on my “inspiring stories of strong women overcoming adversity” meter. This did the trick for a good five years.

Also, thanks to Jazmin for pointing out the offensively peppy yet outdated soundtrack (is that “Who Let the Dogs Out?” I hear?)

Rachel’s rating= **1/2