MID-TERM - MOVIE REVIEW

MID-TERM - MOVIE REVIEW

Over the past few decades there have been more movies that depict the wide field of professionals in the Human Services field and the clients they serve as it relates to the field of Human Services. The purpose of the movie review is to assist students in understanding how to identify the various stages of grief. Students will find and review a movie based on the following criteria below:

● Submit by due date in class (EMAILED ELECTRONICALLY) ● Movie review must be at least 5 pages in length (no specific formatting) ● Name of the movie and main characters. ● Summary of the movie. ● Explain how the main character is dealing with the loss. ● Identify the stage(s) of grief the main character is demonstrating and explain why you think

his/her behaviors are reflected in the stage you chose ● Describe if the main character transitioned through stages or remained in one stage and the

behaviors that corresponded to the transition ● Discuss the strategies that was used to help the main character work through the grief process ● Provide some insight on how you think other strategies could have been helpful for the

character ● Sample movies: The Notebook, Ghost, The Bucket List, My Life, Philadelphia, Terms of

Endearment, Lila & Eve, We Bought a Zoo, Dr. Doo Little with Robert Downy Jr, Southpaw, Seven Pounds, Message in a Bottle, Marley and Me, Ordinary People, My Girl, 50/50, Nothing Common, Corina Corina, PS I Love You, Up, Big Hero 6, City of angels, Rabbit Hole, The Descendants, Warrior, Collateral Beauty, Sweet November, The Secret Life of Bees, Simon Birch, Field of Dreams, etc. ​If you need help finding a check PGCC’s new resource called Swank.