What is Manic Pixie Dream Girl?


1.

A Manic Pixie Dream Girl or MPDG, is a term coined by film critic Nathan Rabin after seeing Elizabethtown. It refers to "that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures." A pretty, outgoing, whacky female romantic lead whose sole purpose is to help broody male characters lighten up and enjoy their lives.

In Garden State, Natalie Portman was a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

See manic, pixie, dream, girl, whacky


8

Random Words:

1. A literary term reffering similar to "get her done" but in a different context. He said "Get her done" so I told h..
1. You fight dirty, just like Michael Vick. This can be used as a comeback as well as calling someone out on their rudeness. "Vaness..
1. Forcing the line of best fit of a graph through the origin (0,0). Widely discredited by the AQA exam board. Will: You didn't just ..