"Something Borrowed" does not go into its opening weekend with a whole lot of goodwill. Fans of the best-selling Emily Giffin novel have not been shy expressing their displeasure with the casting of stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Kate Hudson, and critics have largely panned the movie -- earning it a 35 out of 100 on review aggregate Metacritic and an even more dismal 15% on RottenTomatoes.com.
Film adaptations rarely live up to the books that inspire them, even under the best of circumstances, and few genres seem to highlight this more than the unfortunately named "chick lit."
Since "Borrowed" seems to be headed for straight the genre's Fail bin, we've come up with an alternative viewing list of the female-driven books that ended up besting expectations -- and, for balance's sake, a few stinkers from the undistinguished cannon of chic lit adaptions gone awry.
The highs
"The Devil Wears Prada"
The definitive chick lit success story,...
Film adaptations rarely live up to the books that inspire them, even under the best of circumstances, and few genres seem to highlight this more than the unfortunately named "chick lit."
Since "Borrowed" seems to be headed for straight the genre's Fail bin, we've come up with an alternative viewing list of the female-driven books that ended up besting expectations -- and, for balance's sake, a few stinkers from the undistinguished cannon of chic lit adaptions gone awry.
The highs
"The Devil Wears Prada"
The definitive chick lit success story,...
- 5/6/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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