“Galentine’s Day” created by the great and wise Leslie Knope in Parks & Recreation is celebrated before Valentine’s Day on February 13th. It is a celebration of female friendship and in honour of that, here are five Galentine’s Day themed films to watch on the day (or to watch alone on Valentine’s Day, we’re not here to judge).
Bridesmaids (2011)
What’s it about?
Annie (Kristen Wiig) and Lillian (Maya Rudolph) have been best friends since they were kids. Now that Lillian is getting married, Annie clashes with her best friend’s new friend Helen over the role of maid of honour. Literal shit jokes and drunken plane flights ensue
What makes it a Galentine’s Day film?
The main focus of the film is on Annie and Lillian’s friendship and how Annie struggles with her best friend’s life changing. The main six cast members are also all women and very funny women. And Wilson Philips are in it!!!
Legally Blonde (2001)
What’s it about?
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Warner, for not being smart enough, Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), follows him to Harvard Law School and slowly realises she doesn’t need him and is actually a brilliant lawyer.
What makes it a Galentine’s Day film?
Although Elle goes to law school to get her boyfriend back, she ends up realising she doesn’t need him and instead ends up winning her first case and becomes valedictorian! She also becomes best friends with Warner’s new girlfriend Vivian.
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)
What’s it about?
Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) go to their high school reunion and lie about having wildly successful lives as the inventors of Post-It Notes to impress their ex-classmates who tortured them in high school. And of course, things don’t go smoothly.
What makes it a Galentine’s Day film?
It’s all about friendship and being yourself which, as we all know, are both very good things. There’s also an interpretative dance number to Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time After Time’ between Romy, Michele and Michele’s love interest, Sandy (shown above)
She’s the Man (2006)
What’s it about?
After Viola’s (Amanda Bynes) girls football team gets suspended, she disguises herself as her brother to sneak into elite boarding school and join the boy’s football team. From this description, it should be fairly obvious that the script was based on Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’. Also Tobias Funke is in it.
What makes it a Galentine’s Day film?
Although Viola ends up with Channing Tatum as her boyfriend it isn’t the reason she goes through everything. The reason she disguises herself as a boy is to prove that she is equal to a man. Yay a funny feminist teen film!
Frances Ha (2013)
What’s it about?
Frances (Greta Gerwig) is a dancer who spends most of the film couch surfing after her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner) moves out. Frances struggles with the growing distance between her and her bestie. These struggles include sharing an apartment with Adam Driver and going to Paris – how awful.
What makes it a Galentine’s Day film?
A realistic portrayal of female friendship AND no romantic plot? What more could you ask for in a film? That’s right, nothing else.
Beth Johnston
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