Film Review Essay Examples Page 2

“Return to Paradise” is a movie about three guys, Sheriff, Lewis, and Tony who become friends while on vacation in Malaysia. The movie opens with the men obliviously enjoying their time in Malaysia with drinks, women, and hash. The vacation comes to end for Sheriff and tony the night after they may have partied too…

“Gung Ho” is a story of a Japanese company, Assan Motors, which comes to a small town, Hadleyville, to reopen a car factory. The story shows us that the Japanese and Americans have very different styles of operating a company, based in large measures on differences in cultural values. Hunt Stevenson is the employee liaison…

The film, Forrest Gump has taught and given me numerous insights to the cinematography world and what lies behind it. I believe everything happens for a reason, and if a scene is shot in a particular method, there has to be a reason or an idea to justify it. The opening scene of the film…

“Difret” is a movie about a young, 14 year old girl, who was kidnapped on her way home from school one day. Her name was Hirut and seemed very quite. She had just received a note from the teacher saying she could move on to the 5th grade. Unfortunate for her, it wasn’t a good…

There is an everlasting struggle for self-identity within the African American community. Primarily, due to the trauma created during American history. Many men and women have overcome the trauma, and found their own purpose for their life. Some attribute their self-discovery to a higher education. College is supposed to be a place to find out…

The film” Children of Heaven” shows people a totally different kind of life. The film follows the main characters Ali and his little sister Zahra, who are born in a poor family in Iran. It shocks many students who first watch this movie. In China there are many families who are very poor, especially those…

Jubilee Project in partnership with Pastor Francis Chan recently made an extremely touching short film titled “Blind Devotion,” a masterpiece about unconditional love. The story goes when a devoted wife and her loving husband faced the biggest dilemma in their lives, which will put their commitment as a couple to an ultimate test. The double-pun…

If you ever came across a man with the name Orpheus you would assume that his wife would be Eurydice? A vast majority of people would agree because of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice which was composed thousands of years ago. Marcel Camus tries to recreate the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in his…

In the film, “Almos’ A Man,” Dave is a young boy who works as a farm hand who feels like he is treated like a boy but he feels like he should be treated like a man. He even quips to his mother that she often tells him “he is almos’ a man now,” during…

In the movie “35 and Ticking”, four friends are trying to find their way to the lives they promised they would get by age 45. The friends have always dreamed of their “perfect family” , being married, with children. Cleavon is single, and he “works” for the sperm bank, and isn’t worried about finding love,…