Career Movie Reviews Samples For Students

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, ...

October Sky

Question 1
Homer’s father expects him to follow in his footsteps, to labor in the mines and create his own legacy by surpassing the shadow of his brother.

Question 2

Homer faced several challenges. These include: First, lack of support from his father in the pursuit of his dreams. Secondly, failures during trial and error rocket launches caused many people to rebuke him and his friends. Thirdly, there was criticism from members of the town and the principal of his school. The fourth main challenge is the accident that left his father injured. Homer had to put his dreams ...

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 ...

Sports Analysis- Movie Analysis

Cinderella Man
Synopsis
The Cinderella Man movie was developed in New York, and its scenes took place in both New Jersey and New York. The movie was developed during the time of the Great Depression, a time when many people’s economic statuses were in great danger. The movie depicted a time in the U.S history when its economic status was at a derailing point, and the country was suffering so much.
During this time, there emerged a light weight a boxer named James J. Braddock. He participated in many boxing activities for a very long time. During his career years, his ...

Interview One Report

The first interview I conducted was with Joseph Morgan, a young man from my neighborhood who recently cleared high school. He is currently in the process of looking for a suitable college which he will attend during the fall. My interview with Joseph was centered on his general outlook on life and his future dreams and goals.
The first thing I wanted to know from Joseph was the role or impact that both his parents had on his life that now that he had cleared high school and he would soon be an independent man in college. Joseph was very ...

Introduction

The film, The Secrets of my Success, is a viewed as a comedy that presents a young and determined business man who continues his business ambitions by strategizing on business oriented plans that consequently brings his company into a better position and outweighing the competitors. By just reading an email that passed through his hands, Fox devises a defined and brilliant project of streaming his uncle’s multinational corporation. The film presents the ladders that brilliant business individuals should undertake in moving a company to better heights. However, one can clearly see the integration of personal issues in business where Britney interacts sexually with a fellow ...

Birdman, also referred to as ‘The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,’ is a 2014 American comedy movie. The film was produced and directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and written by the director and a couple of other people. The starring of the movie is Michael Keaton and has a supporting cast that includes people like Edward Norton, Amy Ryan, and Zach Galifianakis, among others. Riggan Thomson, the star of the movie, is regularly tormented by the scornful and critical voice of the Birdman. In most instances, he visualizes himself doing several feats of telekinesis and levitation. He believes that one ...

In the 1999 comedy-drama film, The Big Kahuna, three salesmen are presented in a hotel hospitality suite at an industrial tradeshow. The name of the film is based on the name that these three character use to refer to Dick Fuller, a wealthy businessman they plan to deliver their sales pitch to. The first character is Larry, played by Kevin Spacey, a forthright, sharp-tongued veteran, who lives his life just to sell industrial lubricants. The second character is Phil played by Danny DeVito, another veteran, whose personal problems have caused him to become depressed, shabby and threadbare. Finally, there is Bob played ...

Movie Title: The Pursuit of Happ(y)ness

Released Date : 2006
Director: Gabrielle Muccino
Written by : Steven Conrad
Cinematography : Phedon Papamichael
Produced by : David Alper, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Mark Clayman, Louis D'Esposito, Chris Gardner, James Lessiter, Will Smith, Steve Tisch and Teddy Zee.

Genre: Drama

Story : Bibliographical, based on the true-to-life story of Christopher Gardner
Main Cast : 1. Will Smith as Chris Gardner, 2. Jaden Smith as Christopher 3. Thandie Newton as Linda

Plot Summary

The movie is based from the true events on the life of a man named ...

American Feature Film Critique

The Pursuit of Happiness
Introduction

An emotionally wrenching story of a father and son's struggle for survival from life's challenges has been the thematic foundation of the movie “The Pursuit of Happiness (otherwise spelled as Happyness)”. The film starring Will Smith as Chris Gardner together with real-life son Jaden Smith have delivered a remarkable performance portraying the characters based on real-life accounts. It was directed by Gabrielle Mucciono and was released in cinemas on December 15, 2006. The movie was inspired by the life story of the now CEO and founder of Gardner Rich & Co. Christopher Paul Gardner (Henning, n.d., ...

I watched a clip called “Is there a Bomb?” from the film Man on a Ledge. The director is Asger Leth. The production designer is Alec Hammond. The art director is David Swayze.

Directors turn the script into the action on screen (“Film Director”). Directors are responsible for “casting, script editing, shot composition, shot selection, and editing” (“Film Director”). Directors must have creative vision regarding bringing the story to life. Casting the right actors to bring characters to life is crucial. Actors must be believable in their role. Editing the script to make the story flow better helps audiences understand the message ...

Throughout the history, there were created many films that involved the elements of sex and sexuality. One of such films is Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 movie, Boogie Nights which describes the pornography business in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. In this industry viewers have a chance to meet a lot of characters which are passing through different problems. The protagonist of the story is a handsome seventeen year-old nightclub dishwasher, Eddie Adams, who was introduced to the pornography industry. One night pornographer Jack Horner noticed Eddie and turned him into a porn star Dirk Diggler. ...

Intersectionalities

Thesis: Overlap of cultures and identities contributes to the degradation of women in Hispanic Communities.
Real Women have Curves a film that was released in 2002, featuring a Latino family that had Ana, Carmen (her mother) and Estela, who used to run a clothing warehouse, where, apparently, Carmen works. When Ana clears high school a debate emerges that she should not join college, rather, she should work in the clothing factory. Carmen keeps making remarks on the appearances of the ladies working in the factory, prompting them to strip to their pants one day to compare their bodies. Ideally, ...

The issue of feminism in the film industry is a common topic for controversial discussions. Many writers are more popular than others because of the ways in which feminism surfaces as the driving force behind their presentations. Feminism can be classified as a social movement that has created an enormous impact on culture of film, the theories of films and the critical reviews of films. A number of films represent the myths that reveal ideas on women and their femininity. In addition, there are films that speak to men and their masculinity. The issues of representation and spectatorship form ...

1. The War Room is a movie that tells the story of a family who, apparently, were well-off. The couple, Tony and Elizabeth, both have a successful career, and more than that, they too have a beautiful daughter. However, what happened inside the home, was in contrast to how they appear to other people. Tony, who was a pharmaceutical salesman was a verbally abusive husband, had thoughts of infidelity and do not spend much time for his daughter. On the other hand, Elizabeth is a real estate agent who felt bitter about how her husband has turned out over ...

In DeMille’s “The Cheat”

The art is a magical invention of the mankind, although it is possible to say that the art has invented a human being in some strange way too – that human with a delicate vision of the beauty and with fascinating creative abilities. The cinematography is one of the greatest arts. However, it is important to note the fact that the modern cinematography has turned into a huge commercial business (but not the whole, of course).
It is difficult to impress a contemporary representative of our consumer society because he is surrounded by the entertainment business everywhere. However, the movies ...

Complete Name of Professor

The Express: There’s So Much More than Just a Football Game
The face of American sports would not be what it is today if it weren’t for the huge contributions of many real sports’ heroes. In true American tradition many movies are made to honor these heroes lives and acheivemeents. The Express is a movie based upon the true story of Ernie Davis. The movie depicts Ernie Davis’ extraordinary life as a gifted African-American athlete and a reknown football hero. Ernie Davis was portrayed by Rob Brown in the film. Ernie Davis was the first African-American to win the Heisman ...

SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE

In the late 1960s and the beginning of 1970s, Steve Prefontaine was a distinctive and unique personality. He was an athlete who revolutionized his running career and managed to bring his sport in the headlines. The movie majorly focuses on Prefontaine aggressive personality and his constant refusal to pace himself. The only way Prefontaine was interested in winning was by “flat-out leading” in the whole race. He was undefeated in the US and acquired all of the American records between 2000-10000 meters. At the Munich Olympics, he ran one of the most memorable races. Prefontaine was greatly favoured to attain ...

Movie review

Narco Cultura is a 2013 documentary film describing Mexican Drug War in the borderland city of Juarez, directed by Shaul Schwarz. The following documentary focuses on two main story lines: fragments of life and career of Edgar Quintero, American singer, songwriter, and the member of Mexican folk style band named “Buknas de Culiacan”. Another story line portrays daily routine of Ricardo Soto, a crime scene investigator and the member of the police unit investigating numerous drug-related killings in the city of Juarez.
The documentary shows a depressing picture of the city of Juarez struck by the ongoing war on drugs, as ...

In the movie entitled, As It Is in Heaven directed by Kay Pollak, an efficacious international conductor suddenly abandons his career objectives and decides to return to his home village Norrland, in north Sweden, while at his home village, he is requested to come along and listen to fragment of the church choir as they practice at the parish Hall every Thursdays (Foley 166). Upon joining the choir in their daily practices, nothing in the village ever became the same henceforth. The church choir evident in the movie grow incredibly and the successful international conductor the main character in ...

Death defying stunts, combat aerobatics and epic matchups are just some of the notable features comprising a martial arts movie. People who are unaware or disinterested in this genre would often argue that these movies just advocate violence and killing. However, this conceptualization of martial arts films had been refurbished and reinvented by one man as his work ethic, ideology, acting, directing, and way of the fist exemplified that there is more to martial arts films than just pure violence and conflict. Many people – from artists, martial arts practitioners to fans – would hail this man as an indispensable foundation to ...

In the summer of 1974 a then 26 year old Steven Spielberg is going about his business of making sure that his movie about a shark that had overshot the expected $3.5 million budget does not sink his career in Hollywood. Everything that could go wrong had already gone wrong and it was hard to see the light at the end of this very dark tunnel. The movie he was making was Jaws, a movie that is today classed as a master piece in many circles and topping many greatest films lists while being one of the most commercially successful films in movie ...

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 ...

Introduction

This movie was written by Tom Eyen and Condon, directed by Bill Condon and produced by Laurence Mark. The actors and the actresses include Deena Jones famously known as Beyoncé Knowles, Curtis Taylor Junior whose real name is Jamie Foxx, James Thunder Early who is the famous Eddie Murphy, Effie, Lorrel, White, Wayne and Battle. The main songs that have been used in this film are compositions from Eyen and Krieger with four of Krieger’s new songs (Millner et al 5).

The musicians credited and the creditors of this movie

The creditor of this musical play, dream girls is the 2006 academy awards. This is attributed to ...

The Wrestler (2008) features the story of Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), an aging wrestler. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film shows a wrestler’s attempts to hang on to the glory days of the 1980’s by wrestling past his prime, even though his health is sputtering and his personal life is on the downturn. A part-time employee of a supermarket, Randy has a manager who makes fun of his attempts to wrestle on the weekends. He meets Cassidy (Marisa Tomei), who works at a strip club and – much like Randy – is too old for the work she is doing. He ...

Michelle Williams becomes Marilyn Monroe in the film My Week With Marilyn. It is obvious that Williams spent hours studying both movie and news footage of Monroe. Williams perfectly portrays Monroe’s voice, body language, and facial expressions. This film gives viewers a glimpse into Monroe’s fragile ego. Monroe’s low self-esteem causes her to be late on the movie set and influences who she chooses to have in her inner circle.
The story is told from the perspective of the young Colin Clark. Clark was only twenty-three years old when he landed his first job in filmmaking ...

Feminism in Movies: Just Wright

Introduction

Decades after Mary Wollstonecraft began the suffrage movement, women’s liberation is in its third wave and has changed its style with feminists shedding the image of bra-burning activists to one of “the woman on the top” (Britannica Encyclopedia). According to prolific feminist studies writer Susan J. Douglas, as advocated by the British female pop group, Spice Girls, feminism has become a dirty word, and girl power has become the acceptable way to think and speak of strong women (2010). Feminists are no longer women clad in baggy clothes striving for better recognition and respect for their gender. In the ...