Movie review rubric/ information presented below
Case Study Movie Review #1:
Watch the movie “Remember the Titans” (available on Netflix/amazon/video store) and follow directions for the movie review below.
Guidelines for Critical Academic Review of Entertainment Movie
**Please follow these guidelines, answer ALL questions…but you may add to them to enhance your review
- RELEVANCE OF THE MOVIE
- Relevance of the movie to our Course’s subject in general
Relevance of the movie to specific area(s) or topic(s) of the Course
- SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE
Story and Plot of the movie
Time frame of the story…it’s historical setting
Main or pertinent characters in the movie
- GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF THE MOVIE/STORY
How was the story presented? ——-i.e. flashbacks, sequential, from a particular character’s point of view, etc.
What was the intention of the film and/or filmmaker? ——-Was this intention fulfilled or met?
Did the way the movie was produced and presented affect the content?
Were there specific scenes or occurrences which stood out as being essential to the development of the story and/or to your understanding of it?
Major substantive points of the movie?
Any secondary points made?
Any ‘unintentional’ results of the movie?
- SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT OF THE MOVIE/STORY
Any identifiable paradigms and theoretical perspectives in use in the movie?
Which issues emerged as the strongest…as the weakest?
Was it more or less sociologically-oriented…how so?
What specific sociological analysis or concepts can be applied?
- CONCLUSION
Overall impact of the movie…on reviewer?
Speculate about variety of impacts on others
