chickflick - мелодрама, женский фильм, слезливое кино ( translation glossary) Cinema, Film, TV, Drama,Art/Literary

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English term or phrase:	chickflick
Russian translation:	мелодрама, женский фильм, слезливое кино
Entered by:	Kirill Semenov

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2:12pm Jan 24, 2005

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English term or phrase: chickflick

Характеристика фильма. В частности, фильма "Милашка".
Сверхсрочно, господа. ;)

Kirill Semenov

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Kirill Semenov (asker): 2:14pm Jan 24, 2005: В том смысле, - что это типа жанр. :)

Explanation:
слезливая мелодрамма для женщин

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-01-24 14:20:07 GMT)
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мелодраМа :)

Selected response from:

Aljona Fuhrmann
Belarus

Note from asker to answerer

Всем огромное спасибо, мне в контекст чудесно легла "слезливая мелодрама".

Алёна, special thanks! :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

женский фильм

Alex Pchelintsev

5 +2

Aljona Fuhrmann

not for grading

Nik-On/Off

женское кино, дамское кино

mk_lab

См. ниже

Mark Vaintroub

без перевода

Yuri Smirnov

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

женский фильм

Explanation:
или, по аналогии с дамским романом, дамский фильм.

Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chick+flick&r...

Alex Pchelintsev
Russian Federation
Native speaker of:

Russian

7 mins confidence:

без перевода

Explanation:
"Любовь по правилам... и без" (Something's ...
... благородной сединой заокеанские синефилы называют
подобное явление природы Chick Flick. ...
www.kino-govno.com/index.php?reviews& id=somethingsgottagive&aut=kassad

Yuri Smirnov
Belarus
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Belarusian,

Russian

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

>>

Explanation:
слезливая мелодрамма для женщин

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-01-24 14:20:07 GMT)
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мелодраМа :)

Aljona Fuhrmann
Belarus
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Belarusian
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Всем огромное спасибо, мне в контекст чудесно легла "слезливая мелодрама".

Алёна, special thanks! :)

11 mins confidence:

См. ниже

Explanation:
Если с оттенком иронии - женский фильм.
Если просто констатация факта - мелодрама

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-01-24 14:26:13 GMT)
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Оба-на! Не видел ответов...
Ответ дополняю:
Если с оттенком иронии - женский фильм (как у Алёны)
Если с оттенком иронии - женский фильм (как у Алекса)
:-))

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-01-24 14:32:14 GMT)
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Ну вот, опять всё напутал...
Если с оттенком иронии - женский фильм (как у Алекса)
Если констатация - мелодрама (как у Алёны)
:-))

Mark Vaintroub
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

22 mins confidence:

женское кино, дамское кино

Explanation:
Опоздав на вступительные титры "Любви по правилам… и без", а также случайно и/или нарочно проигнорировав рекламные листочки со списком ответственных за появление этого фильма на свет личностей, вам не понадобится сильно напрягать серые клеточки, чтобы понять — он снят бабой для баб. Умудренные благородной сединой заокеанские синефилы называют подобное явление природы Chick Flick. Точнее не охарактеризуешь. Вот вам крест.
http://www.kino-govno.com/index.php?reviews&id=somethingsgot...

mk_lab
Ukraine
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

27 mins confidence:

not for grading

Explanation:
After examining the 100 Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made and the 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time, it only seemed fair to put together a list of gal films or chick flicks (a demeaning and damning term, however, since this sub-genre of film was traditionally known as the "woman's film" in the 30s and 40s). Chick flicks have often been put down as trite, sappy, emotional, soap-opera-ish, cliched, melodramatic, weepy, and trivial. Familiar quotes or taglines from each film have been included.

See other lists in this site related to this subject area, such as:
50 Greatest Chick Flicks by O Magazine
"Womens' Films - Melodramas"
100 Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made
50 Best Guy Movies of All Time

Often considered an all-encompassing sub-genre, they mostly include dialogue-laden, formulated romantic comedies (with mis-matched lovers or female relationships), tearjerkers and gal-pal films, movies about family crises and emotional catharsis, some traditional 'weepies' and fantasy-action adventures, sometimes with foul-mouthed and empowered females, and female bonding situations involving families, mothers, daughters and children.

Actors and actresses typically associated with 'chick' flicks include Meg Ryan, Barbra Streisand, Hugh Grant, Mel Gibson, Emma Thompson, Gwyneth Paltrow, or Julia Roberts, among others. From the following list, it appears that 'chick' flicks have become a prominent staple of films beginning in the mid-1980s and after. Compared to the earlier "woman's film," film critic Molly Haskell has written that the:

"chick flick", chirrupy and upbeat, sings a different tune, more defiant and ironic, postmodern and post-feminist, like the growling braggadocio of "grrrl power". Where "grrrl power" says "I can be cute and assertive too", "chick flick" says: "I'm emancipated but it's OK to long for romance, to get hung up on a guy, to obsess about mothers or children."

Reference: http://www.filmsite.org/chickflicks.html

Nik-On/Off
Ukraine
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

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English: chickflick

Russian translation: мелодрама, женский фильм, слезливое кино