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"...that shit and I don’t like what I found. Manic Pixie Dream Girl? First of all, a manic is..."

"...strong evidence the French have gotten into the so-called Manic Pixie Dream Girl market. (Then again, all those wide-eyed..."

"...and mysteriously has broken her cell phone. She’s a manic pixie dream girl, with emphasis on the dream...."

"...Darius' endless emotional pall. A sly variation on the "manic pixie dream girl," Plaza plays Darius opposite from the..."

"...most transparent in Thana, who remains an enigma, a manic-depressive pixie girl into whom Applegate can only layer so..."

"...women that he thinks he can form-fit into his manic pixie idealizations. In reality, they come with all the..."

"...Seiko Tanabe’s 1984 short story could have fallen into manic pixie dream girl tropes amplified by the narrative of..."

"...Hong’s film. Min-jung attracts men because she is borderline manic pixie dream girl. She floats through Yourself and Yours..."

"...should have been wary of all along? Seemingly the manic pixie perfect dream girl type, when she disappears there..."

"...cooler-than-thou revolutionary Art3mis. In the book, she's basically a manic pixie gamer Princess Peach, but here Cooke embodies the..."

"...a white lead’s epiphany: the Magical Negro and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. But I think that misses the..."

"...for Hilker, the burden falls to infusing a potential manic pixie dream girl with equal volatility and vulnerability. Both..."

"...what might otherwise be seen as originality to a manic-pixie stereotype...."

"...ones having the most fun." Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by..."

"...Billie, on the other hand, is the most stock manic pixie dream girl to grace our screen in years...."

"...the stick in Shakespeare's grand tragedy. Arguably the original manic pixie dream girl, Ophelia goes mad after Hamlet's betrayal..."

"...and authenticity; her Georgie seems almost like a reformed "manic pixie dream girl" with whom life has had its..."

"...ago, and we've all learned a lot about the Manic Pixie since then...."

"...to Nick Hornby and Cameron Crowe, he imagines the Manic Pixie into the eternal sunshine and then cruelly denies..."

"...Explodes is lodged in one such uncertain territory: between “manic pixie dream girl” romantic comedy and stalker thriller...."

"...for successful cougaring. 74-year-old Ruth Gordon plays a 79-year-old manic pixie dream girl to a baby-faced, 20-ish, death-obsessed Bud..."

"...packaging. She's two inches away from being a teen manic pixie girl, while Andy is so fragile that his..."

"...Good is the best rebuttal – to that whole manic pixie dream girl thing – that you’re ever likely..."

"...crumple-suited Gatsby, and Mia Wasikowska plays her as the anti-manic pixie dream girl. Her casting seems part of a..."

"...imaginary Central Texas, encountering Zen ranchers and a particularly manic pixie dream girl along the way. But when Kayla..."

"...also on the jury that year was the Italian manic-pixie-nightmare boy Roberto Benigni. As Jarmusch tells it, they bonded..."

"...Clive Bar Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, is the ultimate manic pixie, producing art and music with odd but entrancing..."

"...kind of boring. Secondly, Mercer's voice, perfectly appealing to Manic Pixie Dream Girls, doesn't hold up to the juggernaut..."

"...most transparent in Thana, who remains an enigma, a manic depressive pixie girl into whom Applegate can only layer..."

"...behind her. She could have played Olivia as a manic goth pixie girl, but she and Yeltsin have the..."