LITTLE BLACK BOOK (2004)

NICK HURRAN

Comedy Chick Flicks Drama Romantic Comedy

Cast

BRITTANY MURPHY HOLLY HUNTER KATHY BATES RON LIVINGSTON JULIANNE NICHOLSON STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY KEVIN SUSSMAN RASHIDA JONES JOSIE MARAN

Plot

A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book, so she uses a pseudonym and a work related pretext to interview them. This inhabits a strange middle ground between cynical comedy and sappy chick flick, and while its preference for realism over romance may be laudable, it's unlikely to satisfy fans of either genre.