http://ambival.net/movies/riding-in-cars-with-boys Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:56:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/riding-in-cars-with-boys#comment-26849 Jen Jen Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:58:39 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=65#comment-26849 Awww. This is one of my fave movies. Awww. This is one of my fave movies.

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/riding-in-cars-with-boys#comment-10106 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » My Top 100 Movies [current] Wed, 09 May 2007 01:20:46 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=65#comment-10106 [...] Riding in Cars with Boys Penny Marshall [...] [...] Riding in Cars with Boys Penny Marshall [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/riding-in-cars-with-boys#comment-9813 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » Music and Lyrics Wed, 02 May 2007 23:48:32 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=65#comment-9813 [...] I’ve really not been a huge fan of Barrymore’s forays into generic romantic comedy; I didn’t even really love her that much in Charlie’s Angels ... she was doing so great with Donnie Darko and Riding in Cars with Boys but she kind of seems to have sold out just a little (I know how stupid that sounds, she’s not exactly been an indie girl all her life, but still) – though even as I say that, I remember how much I loved 50 First Dates and Fever Pitch, even then, I guess I just know she has so much more inside her and she could do so much better, at the same time as I appreciate she deserves to have some fun. Really, I’m guessing my love of this movie has a whole lot more to do with little personal things than general quality of film making etc, I guess I just feel the need to make that known here. [...] [...] I’ve really not been a huge fan of Barrymore’s forays into generic romantic comedy; I didn’t even really love her that much in Charlie’s Angels … she was doing so great with Donnie Darko and Riding in Cars with Boys but she kind of seems to have sold out just a little (I know how stupid that sounds, she’s not exactly been an indie girl all her life, but still) – though even as I say that, I remember how much I loved 50 First Dates and Fever Pitch, even then, I guess I just know she has so much more inside her and she could do so much better, at the same time as I appreciate she deserves to have some fun. Really, I’m guessing my love of this movie has a whole lot more to do with little personal things than general quality of film making etc, I guess I just feel the need to make that known here. [...]

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