Sentences with phrase «pixie dream girl who»

Of course, the manic pixie dream girl who comes to life is an affectation, too, but in the screenplay by Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks (played by Kazan) turns out to be a multi-layered woman, with a personality all her own, which is not always to Calvin's liking.

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The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is really a muse who exists to be the inspiration for the troubled, tortured man.

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a cute, bubbly, young (usually white) woman who has recently entered the life of our brooding hero to teach him how to loosen up and enjoy life.

Many other cultural critics have since picked up on the trope of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, including Anita Sarkeesian who explored the issue in her Tropes vs. Women: # 1 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl video where she concludes the such characters have little of their own purpose or autonomy:

But really, she's the antithetical example of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, the tired movie trope of the quirky, cute girl who solely exists to fulfill the dreams and desires of her male love interest, the protagonGirl, the tired movie trope of the quirky, cute girl who solely exists to fulfill the dreams and desires of her male love interest, the protagongirl who solely exists to fulfill the dreams and desires of her male love interest, the protagonist.

The term Manic Pixie Dream Girl (or MPDG, for those who like short - hand) has been floating around for years.

Doris is an eccentric character to say the least, almost like what the typical Manic Pixie Dream Girl would look like four decades later when it stops being cute and starts being a little sad, but Showalter and Field make sure that her quirks are a part of who she is, rather than being the things that define her.

In Elizabethtown, Kirsten Dunst plays the archetypal Manic Pixie Dream Girl, a flirty, flighty chatterbox stewardess who razzles and dazzles brooding sensitive guy Orlando Bloom.

Margot becomes the very enigmatic vision of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, a perfect angel to a Richie who knows not and cares not her flaws.

The character is a manic pixie dream girl (Mackenzie Davis) who wheels into Marlo (Charlize Theron)'s life, attempting to free her from the stress and burdens of motherhood.

Ben finds Hanna (Jess Weixler), who seems to be the usual movie manic pixie dream girl, but (1) Weixler, an exceptionally appealing and talented actress, makes her more than that, and (2) that is what writer Jason Filiatrault and director Jason James want us to think so they can surprise us with a twist of that tired concept at the end.

And there are plentiful delights to be found in the eclectic supporting cast, from Wasikowska's fragile love interest, adeptly staying this side of manic pixie dream girl territory, to return appearances from all the principles of «Submarine» (it's impossible to dislike a film in which Paddy Considine essentially plays Doctor Who), to J. Mascis, of all people, as a janitor.

Mercifully far too subdued to ever be confused for a manic pixie dream girl — a trope that Jacobs, who continues to improve everything she's in, just defenestrated in the Netflix series «Love» — Nicky is never meant to be the solution to all of Dean's problems, but it's inevitable that she'll be forced into that role.

Tom Hollander steals the few scenes he's in as the bitter playwright who serves as Tim's first roommate, while Lydia Wilson is borderline cringe - inducing as Tim's Manic Pixie Dream Girl sister.

On the surface, Kazan, who also wrote the film, has scripted a somewhat clever takedown of the «manic pixie dream girl» phenomenon, highlighting the implausibility of male expectations in a similar manner to how Weird Science looked at the fantasy of the buxom bombshell back in the»80s.

An article in today's New York Times Sunday Styles section got me thinking about the indie - film phenomenon of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl: a young woman who's beautiful and quirky and perfect in the eyes of the lovestruck, mixed - up guy who falls for her.

Is she just a pint - size version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, the kind of cute female character, best epitomized by Zooey Deschanel, who exists as nothing more than an emotional delivery system — whether of support or rejection — for male characters?

Tom Grendel lives a quiet life - writing in his notebooks, mowing lawns for his elderly neighbors, and pining for Willow, a girl next door who rejects the «manic - pixie - dream» label.