The main character of this movie is a character named Happy Gilmore. The movie begins with Happy describing his past life and how he is into hockey. He also talks about how his father is also obsessed with hockey, how his mother left them because of that, and how his father died by getting hit in...

American BeautyAmerican Beauty is a movie that exposes preconceived notions about living in suburban America. This movie also becomes a commentary on the human condition while exposing the raw truth of a dysfunctional family. The Burnhams Lester, Carolyn, and Jane start out as the typical middle-cl...

The Movie, The Patriot, starts out with most of the colonists angered. This part of the movie caught my attention at the very beginning and kept it throughout the entire movie. I enjoyed especially the action and war scenes in the movie, but the storyline was very good as well. To understand this ...

If you haven't seen Magnolia yet, I truly ask you to stop reading now, and rent the movie. Then read this paper and form an opinion on it. I really don't want to ruin the experience for you.Isn't it odd how things happen? How people affect one another in ways that can't be seen until you take a s...

Movie ReviewI Am SamFor people who have disabilities it has become known to me over the past years how people can take advantage of them and do. From the movie clips I have seen from classes to actually hearing people who have disabilities talk, many times people take advantage of them and then bla...

In the movie Whale Rider, the characterization of Pai is an importantcomponent of both the movement of the story and an important insight intodirector Niki Caro's vision for the theme and meaning of the film. Pai'spoised and gentle assurance gives the viewer with an understanding that sheis t...

A review of American Beauty American Beauty challenges every aspect of human existence and makes you question every value you believe to be true. Each character in the movie has a unique personality. The mixture of different personalities makes the story interesting and fills the story line with...

Analysis of What A Girl Wants The movie What A Girl Wants could be said to be a modern take on Pygmalion. It focuses mainly on the relationship of Daphne Reynolds and her parents. Because Daphne's dad was not in their lives, Daphne and her mother's relationship is very close. Although t...

Dead Man Walking "The motion picture Dead Man Walking provided a non-fiction insight into the world of crime, justice, and capital punishment. The film cast several characters from different backgrounds and opinion sets in direct conflict with one another. Several small t...

AMERICAN BEAUTY: LIFE THROUGH A CHILDS EYE "The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm" (qtd. In Elibron). These are the words spoken by world-renowned author Aldous Huxley, whose ...

I watched the movie "Spanglish" about the cultural groups of the Mexicans coming to America and a single parent's experience of 'becoming' American. I choose this movie for two main reasons, first being that a friend recommended it, and second I wanted to watch it for pur...

Prisoner of The PastGrowing up in what today is considered a dysfunctional family, Pat Conroy took advantage of this opportunity to write some of the most intriguing stories of his past that capture the attention of his readers. In the movie "Prince of Tides" that was based on his life, Pat Conroy ...

American History X David McKenna wrote the book and the story was awesome! I think that every one should read the book rather than see the movie. It makes one think about the way people act toward and treat other people based upon their beliefs. I now understand that there are different paths that a...

The movie The Joy Luck Club is based on the novel by Amy Tan. It describes the stories of immigrant mothers and their American born daughters. It emphasizes There are four mothers/daughter pairs. The main part of the movie is set in a living room with all characters having a going-away dinner for...

A Child's Wish Leads to FMLA Picture it, April 1, 1992, there was a beautiful, young peasant girl with a serious medical condition. Her family is so poor that they cannot afford all of her medical expenses by themselves. Her father is thankful that he has medical insurance th...

The films Daughters of the Dust and Fire each address the cultural passage from tradition to modernity. On one hand are duties, obligations, and traditions. On the other are needs, desires, and freedom. Wars between these two antagonistic camps have been fought through the ages across many societie...

"Home Burial" and The Closure of Gaps While reading "Home Burial" I encountered many gaps. These smaller gaps seemed to lead me to one main gap, which I picked to concentrate on. The gap was, what did the man do to upset his wife, and how was the man and wife's relation...

Today we are living in a time of increasing tolerance when it comes to alternative family forms, those other than the nuclear family. The nuclear family, made up of two biological parents and their children, is associated with the stability of the 1950s, when it was most prevalent. Because it is as...

Bend it Like Beckham is about a young Indian woman named Jessminder who struggles between being herself and doing what she loves and pleasing her family and their traditional values. Jess's parents want her to lead a traditional life and learn to cook, work on her education, and get married li...

Stereotype of the Typical North American Teenager Sullen, disrespectful and cynical, these are character traits North Americans generate when they reflect of what a typical teenager is. Are these adjectives appropriate for describing an average adolescent, one of which one was themselves? In...

Freedom What is freedom? Freedom is the ability for every individual to have complete control of his life, the ability to make his own decisions. From the moment an individual wakes up in the morning to the moment he lays back down to sleep in the evening, thousands, if not millions, of choices...

Not So Pleasant (ville)"(A) Nuclear family was where people could try to satisfy their long-pent-up desires for a more stable marriage, a decent home, and a chance to really enjoy their children" (Coontz, 59). What makes a family ideal or popularly called "nuclear"? In the movie Pleasantville, the...

Tom Wingfield the narrator and a character in The Glass Menagerie felt torn between the loyalty to his mother and sister or finding his own identity. He was forced at a young age to be the man of the house and was expected to help support the family. They lived in an overcrowded lower mid-class ar...

We Are Dysfunctional FamilyWho is to say what is normal or dysfunctional in today's society, a society in which almost nothing can seem to surprise? However, having watched The Lion in Winter, directed by Anthony Harvey, there exists no question in my mind as to the dysfunctional nature of the roya...

Magnolia is a film about nine different people who are faced with regrets. "We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us." This is a line in the movie that best describes the plot. Each story consisted of complex situations that somehow correlate with one anot...