Now It's a Girl Thing

摘要

Hollywood is smitten with teen girls-and not just as perky daughters or cute girlfriends on the big screen. From near-obscurity a decade ago, they have become the audience of choice for many filmmakers. Witness the explosion of girl-power movies, from sappy romantic fantasies to snappy comedies. Among the top 10 box office draws over the May 8 weekend: Mean Girls, starring 17-year-old Lindsay Lohan as a home-schooled innocent who becomes queen bee of a high school clique; New York Minute, with teen stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as bickering twins on a madcap Manhattan adventure; and 13 Going on 30, with Jennifer Garner as a girl thrust into the body and life of her older, successful self.