Unemployment Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Summary of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

In the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, director Alex Gibney tells the story of the fall of the energy company through a series of stories on the characters involved, using a lot of archival videos. Enron was basically a Ponzi scheme, and the scandal was similar to the Bernie Madoff saga of 2008, which was another conspiracy, based on exploiting deregulation and preying on investor greed. The timing is also interesting. Madoff’s scheme fell apart during the recession of 2008, while the Enron bankruptcy occurred right after the “dot-com” bust of 2000. As long as the economy was ...

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History stands witness, even today to the fact that that The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis to have ever hit the nations of the world. Nearly all the countries across the world bore the brunt of this economic crisis and were left to fend for themselves without the support of one another. There are varied timings of the origin of the Depression all over the world that fall in the 1930s to the 1940s. America however, was the worst victim of this recession as the ...

The main theme of Up in the Air (2009) is the effective management of employee termination. This is an unpleasant topic in employee/employer interaction but increasingly important in a competitive business world. The film focuses on the often emotional relationship between employees and their organizations. The main character is Ryan Bingham who is a corporate downsizer. He works for a company that specializes in firing employees which is shown to be a delicate task. The movie is an excellent portrayal of the challenges of terminating employees in a positive and productive manner.
The main principles covered in the film are that terminating employees ...

Introduction

Set in the timeframe of 1981, ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ is based on the real life story of Chris Gardner who ascended from a destitute to a stock market magnate. Cast in the role of Gardner, Will Smith did an astounding job in essaying the character to perfection. The movie bagged many accolades and awards upon its release in 2006. The most notable one was the Academy Award rewarded to Will Smith for best male actor. The opening scene gives a glimpse of the phrase ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ as mentioned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that the Americans are ...

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1.The primary focus of the clip is the organization, where Carter works. However, it also looks at a bigger picture with the consideration of organizational stakeholders, such as its employees, business partners, who were influenced by the political issues around the company, etc.
2. Carter’s understanding of the relationships within the organization and in particular towards employees is extremely pragmatic. The need to cut costs by firing people has been evaluated by him only from the financial prospective, while the ethical aspect of the issue does not seem to concern Carter. This attitude, however, does not fit into ...

The Pursuit Of Happiness Summary

Movie is a form of art just like literature, music and paintings but movie is much beyond that. Movie is a pictorial representation of a story one reads in a book. Movie is an expression of life in motion as one sees in paintings. Movie is a medley of colors and sound which provide a gateway to its audience from all the worries of life for a short while. Movie is a means of escape from the reality of life to find solace in something more cheerful. During Great Depression when people were bogged down with the distressing economic condition of the country, many Americans find something ...

The Great Depression was a severe global economic meltdown that happened in the decade that preceded the Second World War. The time of the recession differed from country to country, but it was from 1930 till late 1930s and mid 1940s in some countries. The second film in the Great Depression Series by PBS, The Road to Rock Bottom, critically looks at the problems that faced farmers in United States before and during the Great Depression. The film examines the predicament of farmers, agricultural workers and sharecroppers. The focus is on the effects of harsh environmental factors such as drought ...

The documentary from the PBS and Frontline with the title Two American families, is presenting the ordinary and middle income families over the time period of 22 years. The documentary was released in the year 2013. The documentary wanted to present the reality of the American dreams to have a family, own a house and have a steady income with the possibility of retirement at older age. The efforts of two American families the Nuemanns and the Stanleys to succeed in two decades despite the hard work did not work out. It shows that despite the race all middle ...

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The following paper is a movie review for the movie “Inside Job” used as an example to discuss various aspects of business ethics. The paper will discuss what ethical or unethical business decisions were taken into account in the movie along with the stance of the movie maker or characters about those ethical or unethical practices. The paper will also analyze the rationales behind those decisions and what lessons can be learned and what steps can be taken to ensure more ethical business decisions by an organization.
The movie “ ...

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Cinderella Man
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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 ...

Introduction

The film Last Vegas, directed by Jon Turteltaub, was released in 2013. It stars cinematic heavyweights like Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline. Some of these actors, like Kline and Douglas, have faded into general obscurity in recent years, but still have managed to maintain relative clout with their reputations, making this film seem like it was going to be one to remember. Unfortunately, most will probably remember it as one they wish they could forget. The storyline is boring, the jokes are stale, and the material is dull. There are a few redeeming qualities about ...

Movie Review of Incident at Oglala

Interesting drum beat, like the beating of a heart. Multiple people telling the story

leading up to the shootings. “The agents committed suicide when they went in there after

Jimmy Eagle.” Indians are saying they do not understand why the Fed agents would

surround a place where there were families, children, homes, and start firing. Some say

they were fired upon first by the agents, some say the agents came into the Jumping Bull

compound and were immediately fired upon. FBI spokes person said that Agent

Williams put up his hand in front of his face and was shot through his ...

Inside Job: Story of the Crisis

The Oscar winning movie “Inside Job” is a documentary on the financial crisis of 2008, showing a chain of events leading up to the final crisis and the aftermath following. Inside Job takes its cue from the Reagan administrations move to relax rules on banks and other business during the 1980’s, leading to a huge boom in the financial sector. Over the next 30 years, the gradual removal of rules continued such as the dropping of the Glass-Steagall barrier between deposit and investment banking. The growth of the securitization market at the same time lead to a boom ...

Since British slave owner Willie Lynch gave his speech on how to control slaves at the colony of Virginia in 1712, it seems like a lot has changed to improve for Black American citizens (Lynch ¶ 1). The Emancipation Proclamation officially abolished slavery in America, and the civil rights movement throughout the 20th century brought the right to vote, desegregation, America has its first Black President, and recognition of other rights for equality for Blacks fought for by the American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, and other organizations focused on rights and opportunity. At the same time, it seems very little has ...

I love Lucy is one of the pioneer sitcom comedies shot in front of a live audience in the US. The setting of the sitcom is in New York with the show following the life of Lucy Ricardo and her husband Ricky Ricardo, who is a professional singer. The show also includes the couple's friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz. The show follows the life of Lucy, who is naïve in her ambitions to become a star in the big city. Together, the cast gets into various hilarious situations that are brought about by the actions of Lucy in ...

The tale of the Great Recession is one that has been told and retold countless of times. In the years following the 2007-2008 financial crisis, much has been said in retrospect, and numerous conversations have been initiated with the key players that have made a significant impact in the event. And yet, the story of the financial crisis, and the recession that followed it, is still rife for exploration, particularly in considering the steps which are to be taken to prevent it from happening again. In this regard, it is important to question the matter of accountability. Who were the ...

After watching the videos, I do agree with Druckenmiller's idea that today's youth are being robbed by retirees. This is so because entitlement spending is stealing opportunities from the youth of America. This concept of generational theft is based on the fact that opportunities for the youth are extremely important and the entitlement spending or the money spent by the government in retirement fund can be better utilized for the purpose of building job opportunities for the youth. In present times of recession, it becomes even more important to build these opportunities.
It is important to divert the ...

Inside Job is an excellent documentary which deals with the banking crisis and all that went along with it. It is an indictment of those CEO’s and financial traders who risked the market without any sort of scruples and who also demonstrated a tactical acumen to destroy others without any qualms or compunction.
Principally the documentary focuses on the disaster which occurred when sub prime loans began invading the market. This undoubtedly led to huge problems when those who began buying houses which they couldn’t afford and started losing their jobs ended up defaulting on their loans ...

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In the 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott takes great care to fashion a detailed, unique dystopian world for the characters to inhabit. The setting is Los Angeles in the (at the time of production) dystopian future of 2019, where corporations rule the world and synthetic humans called replicants have been outlawed. The film follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he is tasked to hunt down several replicants who have escaped to Earth. The care taken in the creation of the world of Blade Runner, in combination with the dreamlike, meandering story, creates a visual and cultural ...