Film critique
Film critique based off the characters experience of death and dying within the film. The film must be from the following list, whichever film is easiest for the writers choice.
Approved Film List:
About Schmidt
Bucket List
WIT
Last Holiday
Meet Joe Black
No Reservations
PS I Love You Soul Food
The Descendants
A Mighty Heart
Charlie St. Cloud
Message in a Bottle
My Sister’s Keeper
Ordinary People
Saving Private Ryan
The Savages
Away From Her
Grace is Gone
In the Bedroom
Million Dollar Baby
Mystic River
Philadelphia
Steel Magnolias
Terms of Endearment
Up – Disney Animated Film
World Trade Center
Dallas Buyers Club
Collateral Beauty
Marley & Me
The Fault in Our Stars
The Descendants
The Green Mile
Manchester by the Sea
A Walk to Remember
My Girl
Megan Leavey
Seven Pounds
Rabbit Hole
Reign Over Me
50/50
Stepmom
A Little Bit of Heaven
A Dog’s Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to give learners the chance to apply knowledge about death and dying into a social context, applying Kubler-Ross’s grief stages to the main characters of the chosen film.
Select a film from the list to be viewed. When viewing this film, pay particular attention to the social context of the death(s), the effect on other individuals, the choices the individuals made during the end-of-life, the family context (and by family I mean everyone involved with the individual). The particular issues differ based upon which movie you choose, however the idea is to apply the stages of grief covered in class to the scenario presented in the film.
You will want to view your selected film a second time, carefully noting the themes related to death and dying. Each of the films on the list contains a number of these themes, and each learner is responsible for identifying them. Begin your paper by presenting the basic themes of the film and the death, dying experience. This should be approx 2-3 paragraphs max. This is the time when you can introduce themes and characters from the film. I do not want a lengthy summary of the film. The majority of your paper should discuss specific evidence describing how the main characters portrayed Kubler-Ross’s stages of grief. You should not only cite your lecture notes, but a minimum of 2 other scholarly sources to support your arguments. I want you to identify the parallels between the film’s characters grieving experience and Kubler-Ross’s stages.
