Romance Genre Clichés

·         Main character of the film usually female

·         Lead character very attractive

·         Unlucky in love

·         Narrator tends to talk about her life story and her unfortunate relationships

·         Tends to have love rivalry

·         Tends to have a supportive character / best friend

·         Best friend is usually fat or gay

·         Tends to have an A/B list of actors in the cast

·         Slow romantic music at intro to films

·         Comical scenes

·         Gay stereotypes

·         Faithful, but hopeless sidekick

·         Getting ditched at alter

·         Will they/won’t they moments

·         Pushy mother, subordinate father

·         We know he’s a wrong’un

·         Opposites attract

·         Mr Right finds her initially annoying

·         A confrontation

·         Mr Wrong split up

·         Wedding at end of film