"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." (coined by Nathan Rabin) A male fantasy of being saved from depression and ennui by a woman who sweeps in like a glittery breeze to save him from himself, disappears once her work is done, teasing and torturing male characters, bringing excitement to their lives with infantile eccentricity, heartbreaking with emotional aloofness. Vgl. http://bit.ly/ArthouseStudMonkey