Film Review Essay Examples

Submitted by: Jessica McCartyA movie, which is still as emotionally stimulating as it was when it first hit the big screen, is Dead Poet Society. This modern drama effectively uses the aspects of music, splendid acting, and realistic scenery to create a must see movie that will strike the hearts of its viewers over and…

Schindler’s List Set in the most hideous period of universe history,Schindler’s Listtells the existent life narrative of Oscar Schindler. Set in Krakow ghetto of German occupied Poland,Schindler’s Listtakes a expression at the life and development of Oscar Schindler, a Nazi profiteer who changed the class of tonss of Polish Jews. Despite originally siding with the…

On December 14, 1989, the movie Civil War based movie, “Glory,” was released to across-the-board rave reviews. Starring Andre Braugher as Private Thomas Searles and Denzel Washington as Private Silas Trip, the film gave audiences the chance to witness the close relationship between these two very different men. Starting out as men from different classes…

The film, “Stranger Than Fiction,” is an excellent movie in dealing with the stages of the Hero’s Journey. The use of imagery is also often used to illustrate the theme. The main character Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) commences on a journey of self-exploration and struggles to find balance. With his presumptuous lifestyle, Harold begins to…

As a first time viewer of Sofia Coppola’s third motion picture Marie Antoinette, it was intriguing to look at her interpretation of the period and characterization of the young Marie Antoinette. I can see where is would be troubling for some viewers when sometimes the film comes across all wrong because of the use of…

Disney, as a production company, has been around for many years. From their first full-length animated movie, “Snow White,” in 1937, to the most recent Disney Film, “Planes: Fire & Rescue,” I’m sure close to everyone has seen one Disney movie. Disney has been around to not only entertain, but to also educate people all…

In the motion picture, “Tsotsi,” directed by Gavin Hood, Tsosti is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. Tsosti was not a criminal just because he encountered a hard lifestyle from young causing him interact in violent crimes for survival. After a series of violent crimes, he hijacks a car while driving and…

In “The Pianist,” director Roman Polanski reveals the struggles that Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew and talented pianist, must endure as he struggles for survival in WWII Warsaw. As all that he has known and loved is torn from him, including his entire family and way of life, Mr. Szpilman must resort to any means…

“The Lego Movie” is a story about becoming who you are, realizing you are unique and exploiting your strengths to become who you are supposed to become. Oddly enough, it happens to be in a utopian dictatorship that this story takes place, yet by the end it all makes sense and you are left feeling…

The documentary film Devil Came On Horseback is a tragedy that takes place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness, who has since returned to the U. S. to take action to stop it. It uses the photograph’s and first hand testimony of former U. S marine captain Brian Steidle to…