Offered: "I don't want to be original, I want to be cool" as a bad lesson, "you can't just turn back time" as profound, or "slow down you crazy child."
Kathy Baker's "those aren't real people, honey, those are models" is offered and accepted as one of them.
Kathy Baker is too known to count; Gollum is "clearly" offered, but the response is that he is too famous after 20 years of movies.
The alternative is Kiersten Warren as Trish, the frizzy-haired Sparkle editor-in-chief at the party, recognized from Saved by the Bell: The College Years; called a good one and a great call.
J.Lo magazine covers; the Six Chicks; Kathy Baker as the mom; wardrobe color shifts; Billy Joel; Ruffalo's wardrobe; luxury references; New York exteriors; the pink slip dress; the 61 Fifth Avenue apartment
Obviously and unquestionably the J.Lo magazine covers in a Garner movie, right as J.Lo is about to split from Ben Affleck, whom Garner is about to date.
Near the end Jenna takes down the J.Lo Sparkle covers; the hosts say that five months later Garner and Affleck debuted at Fenway for Game 1 of the World Series, which the speaker says they attended.
The hosts say the J.Lo relationship didn't go over with the fan base because she was an unabashed Yankees fan from the Bronx; showing up at the 2004 World Series with Garner, who had a 100 percent approval rating, is a Nick Hornby moment.
The Six Chicks as a gimmick: a group of mean girls in a rom-com has a 100 percent success rate, and the name works.
Asked about the mechanics, the answer is that row position reflects closeness to the center of power, so the one on the periphery got pushed out. — Juliet Litman
Mean Girls and the Plastics arrived a week later, which is said to have hurt this movie.
Kathy Baker as the mom is great casting that looks like mother and daughter, with a good line about not regretting her mistakes.
Ariana Grande's thank u, next video homages this movie, with the dream house.
Wardrobe shifts to warmer colors as Jenna softens and darker as Lucy turns ruthless; Garner has reportedly worked with the costume designer, Susie, about ten times since.
The green Thriller dress reportedly ended up in a costume warehouse and was spotted on a Sex and the City extra, looking different.
Billy Joel from the mid-2000s on has aged incredibly, and the 1987 mixtapes are well done.
Matt's girlfriend, an attractive anchorwoman moving to Chicago, introduces the term commuter couple and belittles his vitamin-bottle photos.
Ruffalo's wardrobe (Adidas, CBGB shirt, well-fitted pants) and his pendant light are still in style.
Luxury references like St. Barts and the San Ysidro Ranch remain aspirational.
New York locations such as 444 Madison and 61 Fifth avoid anything gimmicky; the movie shows a sunny, crime-free New York without acknowledging 9/11.
The pink slip dress is something people would wear now.
The apartment at 61 Fifth, 7C, in Greenwich Village would rent for about $55,000 a month now; an Alec Baldwin and Hilaria sighting nearby follows.
Rom-com bitches are loved: mean but never catastrophically so, watered-down versions of people everyone knows; Lucy is one.
Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl is an example; Judy Greer is unassailable and makes this a better movie.
Lucy is Jenna's Darth Vader, pulling her to the Six Chicks from the 13th birthday party.
A tangent asks whether Jenna Rink would have had a bat mitzvah and is Jewish, with Kathy Baker recalled from Picket Fences and Street Smart, and a Jewish-themed pilot with Adam Friedland still only in text messages.
Jennifer Garner's hairstyles, including chopsticks in the hair, track the character's evolution and add a feminine touch.
