I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007 · Directed by Amy Heckerling
Original language: English
- comedy
- drama
- romance
The story
A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time.
What it’s like
Warm, bright suburban comedy with a glossy, slightly stylised sheen: sunlit kitchens, pastel bedrooms, and the flat, polished look of a studio sitcom set spilling into real life, with Hollywood-lit close-ups on Michelle Pfeiffer's face and easy, handheld-loose coverage of the teenage scenes. The sound is pop-leaning and bouncy, with soft romantic underscoring that swells over montages of city streets and late-afternoon walks. The vibe is breezy, witty and a little bittersweet, the kind of thing to put on for a lazy weekend afternoon or a comfort rewatch while folding laundry. Its pacing is brisk and chatty, with snappy banter and sarcastic asides doing most of the work, and its emotional arcs follow a divorced mother and her daughter each learning to trust a new romance, one of them with an unexpectedly younger man. Intensity is low: some profanity, sexual innuendo and sitcom-style awkwardness, with no violence, gore or real danger. It suits viewers who want gentle, funny romance about family and first love without anything heavy.
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