You may dislike the term "chick flick" (mostly, if you're a woman), or chuckle at it and fear it (if you're a man), and I really, really don't want to label this film this early in a review, but the fact is that Curtis Hanson's latest is a film with a decidedly female bent. The main characters, the family dysfunctions and the story's progression all serve to showcase three leading ladies and a story about female bonding and family values above everything.
But on the other hand, this is also a fairly well-made drama about family and relationships, with enough emotional depth to b....