The Onion has an excellent list of 16 Manic Pixie Dream Girls in film. What is the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, you ask? According to the AV Club:
Nathan
Rabin coined the phrase "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" to describe that bubbly,
shallow cinematic creature that "exists solely in the fevered imaginations of
sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace
life and its infinite mysteries and adventures."
Yes. We are familiar with this Manic Pixie Dream Girl. She looks like Peter Pan and acts like your 7-year-old cousin if your 7-year-old cousin drank, wore perfume and listened to The Shins on her iPod. (I mean, we assume that she does not do these things.)
So, this is a ubiquitous and annoying character-type. One that, according to the list, is ruthlessly exploited in the upcoming Elisha Cuthbert film My Sassy Girl. We had not heard about the American remake of Korean rom-com My Sassy Girl, but after watching the preview we have officially given up on life. From what we can tell, Cuthbert's character may be a sloppy, drunken sadist, but since she's blonde and wears unusual sweaters she deserves love rather than a restraining order. Watch the preview and just try not to throw your computer down a well.
For the thousandth and final time, hitting, kicking, pinching and slapping are not appropriate ways to show affection once you've graduated from kindergarten.
