film review

· Watch the movie twice and take notes of all major and minor details, characters and such on a piece of paper. Don’t rely on your memory only, that way you’d leave out some important details

· Collect the information about the movie through research. Find information about the director, theme, locations, plot, characterization, and other important things that can help you write your review

· Analyze the entire movie after watching it. This will require more time, but in order to write a review, you have to understand what you just watched. To do that, you’ll have to evaluate it from the beginning to the end, just like you would analyze a book

· Don’t insert yourself – you’re writing the review which means it reflects your understanding and opinion of the movie you’ve seen. Therefore, there is no need to write in first person all the time: I noticed this, I saw that, I liked this, I disliked that, especially without data to back it up.

· Include examples for everything you say about the movie e.g. if the casting is bad, then why is it? If dialogues are good/bad, then name an example or two. Make sure that everything you mention in the review is supported with evidence. That way your professor will know you watched a movie and developed critical thinking skills