Film Analysis : Parenthood

While watching the movie “Parenthood” I took an interest in the character Gary Buckman. Gary is the youngest child to Helen Buckman who is Gil, the main characters, sister. Helen is a single mother who is still struggling with the fact that her ex-husband wants nothing to do with his children and is refusing to help raise them. Gary has an older sister, Julie, who, instead of worrying about SAT scores she is totally wrapped up in her boyfriend Todd, who is a race car wannabe that is not too much liked by Helen.

In the movie Parenthood (1989), Gil says his dream is to be different with his kids, have strong, happy, and confident kids. This is Gil wanting to do something positive with his kids and different. Gil didn’t want to leave a negative aspect on his kids, like how his father did to him. Gil showed signs of exhibiting generativity when he threw Kevin a birthday party and the cowboy didn’t show up. Being the father he is, he seen Kevin getting emotional and the other kids was making fun of his party. Gil dressed up as a cowboy and turned the party around. Which made Kevin trust in his father more. Also, In the movie Parenthood (1989), Gil says to his wife why is Kevin so high sprung, he is like a poodle and everything is blown out of proportion. Where do he get this obsession behavior? And his wife says sarcastically I wish I knew. This is an example of biological generativity. Gil displays generativity more than stagnation towards his kids and family. He made sure he was there for his kids and

When Kevin starts having difficulties in school (these difficulties are not expanded on greatly) it begins to test Gil and Karen’s families’ culture and eventually their marriage. This structural issue causes Gil and Karen to doubt their

The relationship between the two fathers and the two sons is a very important theme in this book. Because of their different backgrounds, Reb Saunders and David Malters approached raising a child from two totally different perspectives.

In the film Babies, 4 infants are being observed for the first two years of their lives. Each babies comes from different culture, which shows how the various customs can impact the child’s development. Ponijao is the youngest one in his family and lives in a village in Opuwo Namibia. Bayar lives in Bayanchandmachi, Mongolia. Mari is the first child of a couple who lives in Tokyo Japan, and Hattie lives in Sans Francisco California. The film shows the babies develop cognitively, physically and socially-emotionally, during the infancy and toddler years. The Infancy and toddlerhood period is from birth to 2 years. “This period brings dramatic changes in the body and brain that support the emergence of a wide array of motor, perceptual, and intellectual capacities” (Berk & Meyers, 2016, p.6).

Psychological disorders are very real and present in many people we come in contact with daily, however, are very rarely talked about. Learning about these disorders can help us to understand others and ourselves better by telling us why we do and think the things we do. One effective way that we can observe and learn about psychological disorders is through movies. “Mommie Dearest” was directed by Frank Perry. It is centered around the actress Joan Crawford, who suffered from various psychological disorders. Joan’s daughter, Christina, wrote a book about her mother and her many problems and it was later turned into a movie. It is very effective to use movie analysis as a way of learning, especially in psychology, because it provides a great way to observe without distractions. When you’re looking at disorders, it’s difficult to find a person who has many of these disorders and will allow you to observe them. Psychological disorders can be split into two major groups, personality disorders and mood disorders. Personality disorders are patterns of traits that can get in the way of your social or work life and may interrupt the individual’s normal lifestyle. Mood disorders are inconsistent and unreliable changes in mood by the affected individual. (Rathus, 1998). With all of this being said, it brings me to my point that I will be talking about for the rest of this essay. Joan Crawford demonstrates the personality disorders of histrionic, narcissism, and OCPD. When it comes to mood disorders, Joan demonstrates bipolar disorder.

The Parenthood film depicts average family that are changing life course which is the building block of many families. We have the father and mother with marital disfigurations of attachments, and lack of attachment between themselves and the relationships involving their four adult children and grandchildren. Furthermore, in this paper a description of accepting the shift generational roles and Structural Theory is analyzed and discussed in an article moreover, the Buckman’s family members accept financial responsibility for self and their families. Lastly, the subsystem chosen for the analysis, speculation is Larry.

In the movie, Wo Ai Ni Mommy demonstrated that Sadowsky used several ways to help her adopted daughters to appreciate the Chinese heritage. For example, Sadowsky brought Faith to a Chinese school and ask her to continue her Chinese class to keep learning the Chinese language. Also, she was able to meet some other children were Chinese and have adopted by American parents that also provided her a chance to expose other Chinese. In addition, the whole adopt family celebrated the Chinese festival such as Chinese New Year which helps her appreciated the Chinese tradition. Furthermore, Sadowsky let faith talked to her foster parents and foster sister once in a while, which gave her a better motivation to catch up her Chinese identity. In my point of view, Sadowsky let Faith talked to her foster family and greeted them during the Chinese New Year is the most helpful in maintaining Faith’s Chinese identity because it is a unique and meaningful event for Chinese culture. It is a time that all the family members went home for the celebration. It does not only carry the Chinese tradition but also represent Chinese cultural filial spirit. In my own family, we will kneel down and greet the elder people in my family and appreciate how much they did for the family to show our respect. We will practice this custom on the first day of the new year to show our highest esteem for our grandparent

The movie Dad is centered around a father and son pair, who are brought together and go on the journey of mending their dilapidated relationship. In addition to this struggle, there are several other dilemmas that both characters must face. These challenges can be identified using Erik Erikson’s eight crisis. As an elderly man, Jake lives every day relying on his wife, Betty. He is not happy with his current life and often gives up before even making an attempt. According to Erik Erikson, Jake suffers from being stuck within the autonomy vs shame and doubt phase, as well as, the integrity vs despair phase. Later on, Jake also encounters the crisis of identity vs role confusion. Jake’s son, John, is in a completely separate situation. As a successful, wealthy businessman, Jake is completely independent, however he struggles to maintain healthy relationships with his family. Throughout the movie, Jake must learn to give back to his parents, as well as, his own son, Billy and recognize what is truly important in life. In Dad, Jake must face the crises of Intimacy vs. Isolation, generativity vs stagnation, as well as, Integrity vs Despair. As both Jake and John are brought together they must resolve their personal dilemmas in order to live truly fulfilling lives.

After watching the documentary, “Babies”, I learned specifically about the social interaction between babies and their mothers. Socialization is a huge part in the younger years of life because it sets a basis of social norms that should be followed in that certain baby’s society throughout their life. There were four families touched on in the documentary from four different countries; Japan, Mongolia, Africa and America. Many similarities and differences were recognized and easily helped illustrate how diverse the world is.

The movie Parenthood is a great movie to watch. It delivers a good message about parenting, life struggles, and love. Just as grandma stated that life was like a roller coaster, up and down, up and down. Each sibling of the Buckman family has struggles in his or her own family. Helen Buckman, as a single mom stands out the most to me.

Gil Buckman, the main character, is a 35 year-old father of three living in a typical suburban setting. He works as a sales executive while his wife, Karen, is a stay-at-home mom, caring for their eldest son Kevin, daughter Taylor, and toddler son Justin. Gil is constantly struggling to find balance between his family and career. At work, his ethics are often overlooked and inner office politics seem to favor those with younger personalities over those who work hard. At home, he deals with the strains of parenthood and sometimes admits he sees himself as a failure of a father when they start having problems with his son Kevin. His main priority is to avoid being the type of father his dad was, unavailable and distant. Karen, meanwhile, tries to remain calm and supportive.

Describe some of the ways in which the caregivers are affected in the film. (How are they coping? How have their lives changed? What are some of the challenges

“Everybody loves babies”, a trademark quote from the documentary movie “Babies” features an insight on the many reasons babies are loved. Although many documentaries are narrated, director Thomas Balmès uses a different approach by eliminating a voiceover. By manifesting this film without narration, he focuses on a learning technique all babies go through in their early stages of life. Aiming for viewers to learn from observation, as babies do, we are left to focus on the babies, their environment and interactions. Through subtitles, this film reveals the different locations the footage of the four newborns are from. By viewing the babies different upbringings from different cultures, we learn how the various lifestyles of each culture impacts a child’s development. The babies are Hattie from California, Mari from Japan, Bayar from Mongolia, and Ponijao from Namibia.The film shows the infancy and toddlerhood period of the babies as well as their development physically, cognitively, and socially.

. In today’s society, certain stereotypes have been established towards a myriad of classifications. The separation of gender roles has affected the diplomatic expectation mothers face, whereas Bad Moms (SNX Entertainment), has depicted the standards of a mother in a comical stance. This trailer emphasizes the roles of woman in society during motherhood, moreover, by leaning towards the contrast of a “perfect” mother. Mila Kunis’s character, Amy, is a member of a society that houses the ideal perfect mother. In which, she struggles with following the guidelines that allude to a perfect family. Therefore, a group of friends and Amy liberate themselves from the stereotypical life of a mother after they become too stressed out. In the trailer Bad Moms, the director uses a sundry of visual, diction, and satirical devices to emphasize the overall message of motherhood into the premise of this trailer.