Women Movie Reviews Samples For Students

The movie “A Dog’s Love” is a short film that was made in 1914. Despite that this is an old movie I think it is still very efficient. Charlie Chaplin once said that babies and dogs are the best actors. This movie truly proves it. The plot involves a rich little girl. No one wants to play with her, because she is rich. Her parents don’t play with her too.I think that this situation is common even nowadays.

Children don’t need money, they need to communicate with the others. A lot of times children don’t want to ...

12 Years a Slave

The concepts of freedom and democracy in America have developed significantly since the colonial periods. The foundation of these concepts lay in the enlightenment period when the colonists sought independence from the Crown. However, soon after the enlightenment period and independence only white people benefited in terms of freedom and independence. African American citizens continued to live with limited freedom and did not enjoy the benefits of democracy such as voting. Although America was independent, the thought of freedom and majority rule did not mean much to African Americans who were subjected to serve their ...

Vertigo is a brilliant piece of work that presents psychoanalytic issue in an efficient manner. Vertigo is a psychological thriller directed by A. Hitchcock. The movie was premiered during sixties and praised by the audience. The director utilized all film elements in a manner to create an impression on the minds of audience. All filmic elements such as sound, color, music makes the movie very remarkable. This paper presents a detailed analysis of movie Vertigo, and how director illustrated psychoanalytical issue in an impressive manner.
Vertigo has great influence of 1920’s art and movies that emphasize on imagination and experiments. Vertigo ...

Movie Review

In the film “Image is Powerful: a Cameron Russell TED Talk”, the model Cameron Russell explains how beauty is not always synonymous with happiness. A model at a young age, Russell proclaims that she was the result of a “genetic lottery”, in other words her appearance gave her advantages in life such as her career. However she also relates the downside of being objectified because of her looks.

In one instance she described a highly sexualized photo shoot that occurred when she was only 16 making her very uncomfortable about how she was valued only for her appearance.

In the short ...

In Susan Hayward’s summary of David Bordwell in “Classical Hollywood Cinema,” the author relates how the dominant ideology of American culture in the 1930s and 1940s was often conveyed in the films of the era. This particular genre of film follows a narrative tendency towards literalism and dramatic formula over nuance and complexity: “The narrative of [classical Hollywood cinema] reposes upon the triad ‘order/disorder/order-restored,’ also known as disruption/resolution” (Hayward 82). Through these styles of filmmaking, a consistent, accessible reality is created in which to impart the dominant ideology of the time. In the case of The Best Years of Our ...

Introduction

Raise the red lantern (1991) is a Chinese film whose main theme is sexual enslavement. The protagonist in the film lives life in a closed system where the long established customs that rule demand no escape. The protagonist in the film is a nineteen year old girl who drops out of college in the event of her father’s death. The girl is condemned into a life of a concubine of a wealthy man, alongside four others, because her mother denied her support after the demise of her father. The movie in itself is an anthropological lesson because it enlightens on the nature of humans ...

Introduction The Odd Couple is a film written by Neil Simon. It is an American comedy with a unique theme. The film stars two divorced men, Felix (Jack Lemmon), a clean freak and perfectionist, and Oscar (Walter Matthau), crude, disorganized divorced man whose life can be likened to slob. The two men decide to co-habit despite their different personalities, and the results are disastrous.Plot Oscar feels incomplete without his wife and kids. He misses them and wishes he could have been more supportive (by making his alimony payments) than he was. Felix also wallows in self pity when he is free because ...

Introduction

The Devil Wears Prada is a story which focuses on the lives of career women and the kind of power influences they adapt in order to climb higher up the ladder. In this case, the storyline is simple and revolves around the life and career decisions of the main protagonist, Andrea who has just completed her college education and is aspiring to become a journalist. Despite having the skills, she lands up in a job as a second assistant to the editor of a magazine. The female lead, accepted the offer for this job as she thought that after completion of around 12 months, ...

Introduction

Careful examination of a person’s behavior can sometimes be the most challenging part. People may not open up about what they are going through or what they are experiencing. It is upon an individual who has proper counseling skills to look at a person and come up with the correct diagnosis of the problem in question. Not all the time would one come up with the correct diagnosis, but the essence is to develop a plan of action with respect to the disability of the individual. The movie ‘Towelhead’ provides a challenge of conceptualization (Ball, 2008). The movie provides a broad converse over ...

Institutional Affilitation

What does this documentary tell us about intimate partner relationships “back in the day” (i.e., when the women were first arrested)?
The documentary tells us that intimate partner relationships that involved a married couple do not take into account the weight of the women’s testimony and experience. In the case of Ruby Jameson, her lawyer gave her advice to avoid mention of domestic violence and explicitly discouraged Ruby from using and citing the “Battered Woman Syndrome” that could have alleviated the prison sentence.
Back in the day, the issue of domestic violence was not taken nearly ...

Secrets and Lies (1996)
This movie focuses on the life and struggle of one woman in finding truths in her life. After her adoptive mama passes away; Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a triumphant black eye physician, searches for her birth mother. She is surprised when her investigation leads her to a plebeian white woman, Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn). Initially, Cynthia denies the claim, but she finally admits to birthing Hortense as an adolescent, and the pair begins to bond. Nevertheless, when Cynthia invites Hortense to a relative’s barbecue, Cynthia's already nervous relationship with her kin becomes even more complex. The film is ...

Movie Review of La Jetée Film and Analysis of the Theme of Obsession

Initial impressions

The film has made me feel sad on how radioactive substances used during World War III caused damage to the human race. The bad experiences in life bring sorrows and suffering that the mind usually “rewinds” over. I perceive the film as an open edge in science in the need for solving the present problems using the past and the future. As I watch it, I can recognize from the still images that the movie is about a man who was a victim of war during his ...

Hell’s Kitchen is an American reality tv cooking competition, and it has been running on Fox since 2005. The show became rather popular among the audience and it is oficially extended for a new season.
I decided to watch the first episode of the last 13th season, which was originally aired on September 10, 2014 called "Top 18 Compete" and included all the chefs, who are going to try to win the main award - $250 000 and the possibility to work as a chef in one of the fanciest restaurants in Atlantic City. Gordon Ramsay, a famous British restaurateur, ...

Movie Review of Erin Brockovich

Introduction
“It only takes a single act of kindness to turn the world around and put yourself at the center of it.” If there is one statement that could describe the plot of the film Erin Brockovich, the beginning statement captures everything. Erin Crockovich is a true story of a woman who fought the ill practice of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Released in 2000, the film that stars Julia Robert was a biographical sketch of how a single mother has been able to overcome the challenges presented her coming from an accident and an unsuccessful lawsuit. While the film was a success, ...

This film is about two Chinese people from mainland China who migrate to Hong Kong with the objective making a living. The two Chinese mainlanders, Li Xiao-Jun and Li Qiao end up falling in love whilst in Hong Kong. Whereas Li Xiao-Jun is a naive person from northern China, Li Qiao is an opportunist who takes advantage of the naivety of mainland Chinese people to attain financial gains. Although the two people have fallen in love, circumstances separate them because Li Xiao-Jun has plans to bring his wife to Hong Kong whereas Li Qiao is planning to work hard and become ...

Chinese cinema has always been at the forefront of international cinema. Despite it being only the 4th largest industry in the world, it has still managed to create an impact on American and European audiences. The story coupled with martial arts and action created crossover appeal with American audiences as early as the 1960s. Characteristics of Hong Kong cinema gave rise to anti-heroes whom went against type but were heroes at the end of the day. Drunken Master (1978), Hard Boiled (1992) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) are 3 films which speak to the evolution of Chinese cinema in ...

The movie analyzed is titled ‘Shall We Dance?” (Sharu wi Dansu? in Japanese). The objective of the analysis is to explore the how social and work related stress as well as the lack of happiness may lead to infidelity in marriage. The movie is a romantic piece in which a jaded, exploited accountant, Shohei Sugiyama, decides to join a ballroom dancing classes. It is based on 1960s Japanese culture where the society expected the woman to be housewife while the men fetch for the families. The decision by Shohei Sugiyama, however, was not informed by the need to deal with the boring ...

- Depicts Catwoman at her apartment, having yoghurt or something from a packet and listening to messages from her answering machine
- The house and just about everything in here is faded pink in colour (pink is a feminine colour). Appears both exhausted and frustrated
- Answering machine gives advert about one of Shreck’s perfume that would make your boss want you to work late
- She flies into a rage, and ransacks her apartment, smashes just about everything including teddies. Street cats are coming through the walls. She has blood on her face
- Good lighting ...

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Thread of Lies is a drama movie that revolves around the story of a family whose daily life is a struggle to make ends meet. The family whom after the father died of accident, their mother was left trying to tide-over her two daughters of their daily needs. Until one day, Cheon-ji, the younger of the two daughters took her own life. Left without any suicide note, the mother and Man-ji, the elder sister were trapped in confusion and suspicion on the reasons why Cheon-ji committed suicide. In their quest to find out the reasons, they were able to ...

The movie “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring” starts with showing a small Buddhist temple on the river. In the temple, there were both old and young Buddhist monks. Leafy trees and clear spring weather evoke peaceful background of this movie. To gather medical herbs and to get into land, two monks have to take a small boat. A young monk teases small animals like frogs, snakes, and fish by suspending stones to them with his innocent smile; at the same time, the old monk observes young monk without any comments. That night an old monk suspends rock to young monk ...

Movie Paper

The movie, North Country has shown the controversial nature and the ugliness of the sexual harassment issue that is still prevailing in the developed as well as in the developing countries (Collin-Vezina, Dion, and Trocme). The story of the movie is an indication of the fact that the prejudice and bias against the women have never concluded in spite of the persistent claims of the theories regarding the efficiency of the law in promoting the equality between men and women. The movie North Country, has, however, also pointed out towards the fact that how the declared official equality of ...

The pressure of being a single parent dealing with an adolescent daughter or son can be a handful. In most cases, the father-daughter, mother-son relationships are quite more compatible, as the father has a soft spot for his daughter, and the mother, has for her son. But, when a single mother has to deal with her growing daughter, who is attached to her father, the implications can be volatile, as seen in the change in Traci’s attitude in the movie, Thirteen. Right at the start of the movie, Traci is seen asking, looking at the camera, and asking to be hit! To ...

Richard III written by William Shakespeare was a play based on the historical English king named Richard, the Third. Although the film was given with a modern twist by setting the plot in the 1930 post-war Britain. Richard Loncraine’s film was a daring attempt and inventive; instead of creating a story wherein all the characters moves in a medieval setting, the film was placed in a modernized era. Fancy cars, beautiful costumes depicting the 1930’s fashion, historical places and excellent acting made by the actors are the few reasons for the films excellent remark. Set in an era when England became a Fascist state, ...

The animated film Rio 2 that appeared on screens in spring 2014 is a sequel to the infamous and highly successful Rio introduced to the wide public in 2011. The movie’s target audience is the children, although the ratings and reviews showed that the story was greatly appreciated by other age groups, as well. The main characters of the movies stayed the same, while the new plot was supported by the new protagonists and antagonists. The mood of the movie is just as kind and spiritual as the one of the first film. The creators of the movie shared a ...

The 1958 thriller Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is commonly considered to be one of the finest films ever made, and one of the best works of Hitchcock’s career. The tale of a former police officer (James Stewart) who must deal with his issues with heights while also tracking a woman through two different lifetimes, Vertigo is a masterclass in filmmaking’s most subtle and effective techniques, resulting in a work that stands the test of time. Through its innovative use of mise-en-scene, music, performance and more, the film allows for a stunning look into paranoia and duality, raising questions about identity and ...

Riverside Theatre presents an epic illustration of a well and specifically designed arrangement meant to accommodate the diverse activities. The range of events of events from concerts conferences, speaker presentations, ceremonies and graduations clearly highlights the importance attached to the theatre itself.
The stage management and the latest lighting effects bring the epic presentation that reveals a dramatic revelation of opportunities. The lighting effects feature an operable wall that perfectly attaches the audience to the centre stage. This helps in the staging techniques that help in the live performance. The artistic paintings on the stage help in the communicating of ...

Charlie Chaplin directed the silent talkie movie “City Lights”, after working for decades in truly silent movies. The movie was released on 7th March, 1931 at George M Cohan Theater that saw excellent crowd on the initial day of its screening. The genre of the movie can be classified as romance, drama and comedy. Charlie Chaplin has contributed in many departments of the movie as an actor, director, producer, scorer, and screenwriter. The movie was a huge success due to the contribution of many versatile actors like, Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Al Garcia, Harry Myers, Florence Lee, and Hank Mann. ...

1. PERSEPOLIS (2007) & GONE WITH THE WIND (1939).
*How does the theme of survival and having a female protagonist relate in these two films?
In the film gone with the wind, Scarlet O’Hara, the daughter of Gerald O’Hara is the major character, and she carries most of the burden of the characters, who are related to her in one way or the other. Scarlet struggles with marriage throughout the film since she cannot find her ideal man. In the beginning, she is surrounded by many admirers. On the contrary, she is not interested in these men ...

ABSTRACT

During the last decade, Asian horror cinema has seen a surge in popularity throughout the world, especially in western countries. Traditionally, Japan has dominated the Asian horror cinema, but recently Hong Kong and South Korea have emerged as major powerhouses in the genre. Majority of these movies have enjoyed international success. Moreover, many of these movies have been adapted and remade by Hollywood. As the genre continues to grow, there is a need to understand the social conditions, cultural values, and cinematic traditions which influence the horror movies from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. In particular, ...

Directed by the famous Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai, whose films have entered the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival numerous times, Kadosh is a 1999 feature fiction film depicting the Haredi society lifestyle and its traditions, as well as the tragedies its members may sometimes face in their observant lives. Kadosh takes it to the extremes, submerging the viewer into the vital problems of men and women, who live in the Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem and choose or are forced to choose the path of the ultra-Orthodox Judaism. The plot develops around the lives of two sisters, ...

This is a 2003 South Korean film in form of a psychological horror. It was written and directed by Kim Ji-woon. This movie was as a result of a folktale entitled ‘Janghwa Hongryeon’ which was done by Joseon Dynasty. This folktale by Joseon has been adapted to several films, including that of ‘a tale of two sisters’. It is basically on two sisters who faced a lot of problems and challenges. This is because after returning from the hospital, they experience several disturbing events which involve them and their step mother. The superb acting of this movie has seen it win a price of the best ...

Let the right one in is a Swedish film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The movie is based on the novel of Swedish writer Yuna Ayvide Lindqvist, who became the film screenwriter. This is the story of a 12 -year-old boy living in a suburb of Stockholm Blackeberg and is hurt by peers. He becomes friends a girl named Eli, who is a vampire. The film received the recognition of international critics, as well as numerous awards, including the Award for Best Feature founders Story at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. In Sweden, the film received four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute. ...

For many years, between 1964-1974 the people of the US were awakening by imaginations, this was when people started forming the movements so that they can protest against the injustices imposed to them by the whites. The following movements were formed, The Free Speech Movement, The Anti-War Movement, The Counter-Culture Movement (Hippies in SF) and Women's Movement. Each with its objectives and methods of achieving them for instance: The Free Speech Movement
The university students to protest against the abolishment of the no-campus political activities and allow free speech formed this movement. This movement had an impact on ...

For years, women in America had no rights. Any woman who demanded for equal rights was accused of blasphemy.They faced major setback from the men, government and among other women. A woman was not supposed to own property they were barred by law and customs. In 1848 a major meeting was called by Elizabeth C Stanton at Seneca Falls to end slavery and demand for their rights, issues that were addressed in the meeting were divorce, education and property rights and the right to vote was considered the most important.
Women wanted equal rights. Women had no right to ...

The Personals

The movie was shot in 1998 by Chen Kou-Fu. The next year the movie was presented at the Cannes Festival. The story described in the movie, in my opinion, is rather banal. There is a woman who is rather busy and does not have time for her personal life. However, she is at that very age when everybody around her has a family. She decided to solve the problem with a partner by simply posting an ad in a newspaper. Soon she gets more than a hundred calls. The “potential” partners are rather strange: beginning with a restaurant manager who adores shoes and ending with a ...

Character:

Lester Burnham
Diagnosis:
Mid-life Crisis, Sexual Addiction, Marijuana Addiction
Burnham was showing signs of three basic issues. The first one was that he was suffering from sexual addiction. He also showed signs of marijuana addiction. Lastly, he was suffering through a mid-life crisis. Between these three factors, he lost many great aspects of his life. One thing that seemed to be a theme within his life was that he was building the number of issues based off of the basic idea that he was suffering the mid-life crisis.
A mid-life crisis will cause a person to suffer many ...

Movie Review: The Twilight Samurai

The twilight samurai was produced in 2002 by Yoji Yama. The setting of the film is sometime before Meiji Restoration. The film follows the life of a poor samurai Seibei Iguchi, working as an accountant. Despite his poverty, he is able to live a happy and content life with his two young daughters and aging mother. However, through the thing do not go his way, and life turns unbearable for him and his family. The film has won many Academy Awards including the Best Director, Best Picture, Best Screen Play, and Best Actress. This film produced a very interesting film that would ...

Introduction

The short novel ‘The Necklace’ by Guy De Maupassant revolves around a couple Mme.Louisel. The narration begins with a reflection of Mme. Loisel and her perceptions about her own life. She seems desperate and hopeless as she thinks that she was born in underprivileged circumstances and that she has no chance to succeed in life. She looks at her backgrounds as the hindering block to success in life. She thinks that because of her poor background she cannot make to get a rich man to marry her, she reflects that she has no expectations, no dowry and no people to love he ...

Introduction

Cyrus Nowrasteh is a film director widely known for his true story based film production. True story films present an actual situation or a condition. They serve a communication purpose of informing the public of a certain issue of human concern happening in a particular area. True story based films may also be geared to eliminate certain undesired norms practiced by a certain community in a society. A good example of a true based story film is “The Storming of Soraya M.”. This is a drama film presented in American Persian language. It is adopted from Freidoune Sahebjam’s book entitled “La Femme Lapidee” which is a true life ...

The Official Story (La historia oficial), the 1985 film, marks a splendid point of withdrawal for the study of the recent culture of Argentina. Perhaps that is a staple in many Latin American culture courses throughout Europe and the United States, as a result of which its relevance has remained intact in this decade.
Although it may seem that the film has a tragic ending, it is arguable that there are signs that point toward hopeful, positive changes in the future of Latin American women. Alicia’s insistent demonstrations and the push for change in the streets can be seen as a sign ...

Movie review: ‘what time is it there’ and ‘pushing hands’

The two movies, ‘What time is it there’ and pushing hands are similar and also different in a number of ways. In both movies, we find at least two contrasting situations, for instance, in what time is it there, we realize that the two sittings we have totally different situations. They are Taipei, Taiwan and Paris, France. Chen Shiang-Chyi who goes to Paris finds totally different conditions there and she feels out of place, lonely and bored too. She misses sex and has to find another woman to help her ease it.
On the other hand in ‘pushing hands’, ...

Human psychology deals with the nature and behavior of human beings. There are many disorders that human beings face and affect even their mental nature. One of the most common psychological disorders is the bipolar disorder; it is mostly experienced in the teenage years which were the case with Pollock. Most of the cases of this disorder begins before the age of 25 but might start and a young age or later in life. When one suffers from bipolar disorder, he/she experiences a shift in mood. The behavior is also influenced, and the mood shifts from low to high and even ...

The video talks about enabling the poor rural people to overcome poverty through revitalizing of agriculture.Agriculture is the main economic activity of the rural society.70% of the people in the rural area depend directly on agriculture,for example most people benefit directly from agriculture,while 13% depend indirectly from agriculture and the rest depend on commercial activities and government jobs.
The International Fund for Agriculture Development(IFAD),a specialized agency of the United nations was established in 1977 to serve as a financial institution for agricultural sector after 1974 world food conference.This specialized agency is used to assist farmers financially ...

1. “Ordo Virtutam [Play of Virtues]”Hildegarde of Bingen (Germany, 1098-1179), Bonds p. 22
The cultural environment under which this music is composed is one of social stratification. Religion and social class seems to a fundamental component of this music. The dressing that is adopted by the presenters of this music illustrates the holiness of the environment under which the song is presented. Some of the important characteristics of this music are that the recording takes advantage of the variety of pitches among the presenters. Different voices which include soprano, base, and alto collaborate to create an effective tone ...

Film studies:

In An Education it is 1961 in London. We meet a sixteen year old girl who plays the cello called Jenny. After one of her practice sessions it starts raining and she is standing at the bus stop getting rained on. A fancy looking car soon pulls up next to her and the car’s window rolls down. The driver introduces himself. His name is David and claims to share a mutual attraction towards the cello with Jenny. He proceeds to offer Jenny’s cello a ride and claims to be of the notion that Jenny would probably not agree to riding ...

Introduction

The film “crash” is directed by Paul Haggis. He brings out the issue of divergence in characters and race. It illustrates the level by which characters crash. The movie implicates knit stories based on whites, blacks, Koreans, Iranians, the rich and the poor, cops and criminals. Many of the actors found in the film “crash” performed racist action. The actors’ personality, background and skill let to a completely believable impression.
The movie shows difference in racial characteristics in clear dimensions. The white characters portray possession of comfortable positions. The blacks, including the television director play a cold role. The main ...

Sam needs to have a very good communication and relationship with his daughter despite the fact that he is mentally challenged. In order for this to happen, there has to be somebody who should help Sam as a father to achieve what he cannot achieve as a father, that is, a good communication network between the two of them. If I could take the role of Lucy’s teacher I would do a number of things in order to ensure that Sam in a way overcomes this major challenge that seemingly is standing in the way of possessing the father figure position in Lucy’s ...

Psychological issues in the movie

Dream House, a psychological movie, illustrates how psychological issues can affect the reasoning, imagination and well-being of an individual. Directed by Jim Sheridan, this movie has been rated a must watch by psychiatric nurses and this piece looks into some psychological issues arising from the movie. These are issues that affect one psychologically.
The first psychological issue witnessed in this movie is heart break. Boyce had been hired by Jack to kill Ann, her ex-wife in revenge. This is because he is heart broken by the move Ann took to divorce him. However, the killer gets into a wrong house thereby ...

Introduction

The movie is about the murders committed by Mrs. Bates because her jealousy of seeing Norman with a beautiful woman. Marion made a mistake of running with her employee client’s money and become the first victim. On her way to her lover's place she decides to spend a night in the Bate Motel where she was stub to death by an old jealous woman (Norman’s mother) after being seen with Norman. Marion disappearance also leads to the death of a detective who was also stub while trying to investigate the where about of Marion.
The shareholder of the movie includes ...

Psychological thrillers have had a long and storied history in film; the ability to capture stories about the deranged and the psychotic, whatever their diagnosis, has led to many intriguing and critically acclaimed films. Two of these are Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller Psycho, in which mother-obsessed serial killer Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) stalks and murders women who check into his hotel, and the 1980 Stanley Kubrick chiller The Shining, where Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) goes insane over a harsh winter in a disturbing hotel he must oversee for the winter. Both films exercise wonderful filmic techniques to convey the shock and terror ...

1. What issues need to be dealt with before the King found his voice?
In the movie, The King’s Speech, which starred Colin Firth as King George VI of England, needed to deal with different issues in his personal, professional, and family life. For one, the debilitating issue of his being found to be afflicted with a speech impediment (both stuttering and stammering) worried him and his wife, Elizabeth, who was played by Helena Bonham Carter in the movie . This was the major issue in the film since ascending to the throne as King George VI requires a lot ...

Mise-En-Scene in Citizen Kane Clip

Mise en scene entails the principle aspects used in a clip to fully explore its meaning to the viewers. It involves the combination of aspects such as movements, background plays or insights, various opus amongst others. It’s basically the control of events by the director of the film.
The first scene on the clip is done on Mrs. Kane’s boarding house. At the background of the scene we see the small child Kane playing with a lot of naivety outside the apartment in the snow. This is seen through the white window screen. The mother inside the house ...

Introduction

Erickson’s Psychological Development stages explain 8 stages through which a developing human who is healthy have to pass from infancy to the late adulthood. According to him, in every stage an individual confronts and buoyantly masters new challenges.
Turning back to the video, it is unquestionably that it is related to Erickson’s Psychological Development stages since from the interview we understand that the “princess boy” enters autonomy vs. shame and doubt stage with more trust than distrust hence this helps him carry the virtue of courage into the remaining stages of development. The boy is very courageous ...

Critical review of the movie “The Help”

Synopsis of the movie
The Help is a 2011 motion picture directed by Taylor Tate and based on Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller under the same title. The movie’s setting is Jackson, Mississippi which was one of the most violent and dangerous towns for African Americans and consequently vehemently resisted the civil rights movement. The movie is based on the untold lives of African American women in their service to their Caucasian counterparts. The movie’s main characters are Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan and Aibileen Clark. Skeeter is an idealistic young lady who has just returned to her home from ...

The Handmaid's Tale movie is an adaptation of the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. It is directed by Volker Schlondoff and the screen play written by Harold Pinter. The movie is about the republic of Gilead. It was set in totalitarian future of America. It tells of Kate’s story as a handmaid where she is subjected to bear children so as to avoid facing criminal charges. Kate nicknamed as Offred is the protagonist in the movie who is trained to become a Handmaid and a concubine for one of the barren couple’s ruling the countries religious primary regimes. ...

Rob Reiner’s 1989 comedy When Harry Met Sally is one of the most nuanced and multifaceted depictions of a modern romantic relationship in film history, and for good reason. Nora Ephron’s script, bolstered by strong performances from Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the couple in question, plays with ideas of interpersonal communication, the complexity of modern relationships, and the impact of beliefs and opinions on our interactions with people. Harry and Sally, throughout the years in which they know each other, challenge the notion that men and women can simply just be friends, as their feelings for each ...

Rob Reiner’s 1989 comedy When Harry Met Sally is one of the most nuanced and multifaceted depictions of a modern romantic relationship in film history, and for good reason. Nora Ephron’s script, bolstered by strong performances from Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the couple in question, plays with ideas of interpersonal communication, the complexity of modern relationships, and the impact of beliefs and opinions on our interactions with people. Harry and Sally, throughout the years in which they know each other, challenge the notion that men and women can simply just be friends, as their feelings for each ...

Nursing: Parenthood TV series (2010)

Parenthood TV series (2010) captures parenthood occurring within the Braverman family expanding through three generations. Featured characters include father Zeek Braverman and mother Camille Braverman; oldest son Adam; his wife and three children; daughter Sarah and her two children; second son Crosby, Jasmine his new wife, Jabbar another son and last child daughter Julia, her husband Joel and their daughter Sydney, and adopted son, Victor. Julia Graham played Erika Christensen is the character of focus for this movie review. Importantly, she is the youngest of four Braverman siblings and an astute lawyer at a top ...

In the 1988 film Camille Claudel, the young French sculptor Camille Claudel is depicted, focusing primarily on her tumultuous relationship with Auguste Rodin, the legendary sculptor. Set in the 1880s, the film shows us how a young Claudel met Rodin, which was the beginning of their romance; as their relationship grows, so does Claudel’s burgeoning career in art. This brings along several obstacles, as people were prejudiced against female artists at that time; however, Claudel herself became quite the famous sculptor despite this. However, by the end of the film, Rodin’s own career takes off, and he starts ...

In the 1998 action-comedy Rush Hour, veteran Chinese Detective Lee (Jackie Chan) forms an unlikely partnership with loudmouth LA cop James Carter (Chris Tucker) to solve the kidnapping of the daughter of the Chinese consul Han (Tzi Ma). Along the way, they form a strong friendship built upon trust and mutual respect, acknowledging their unique strengths and weaknesses to solve the crime that the FBI brass cannot. In Rush Hour, racial minorities are shown to overcome their white counterparts, commenting on both California white-black relations and Western imperialism in both main characters fighting back against the racial majority.
The film ...