Regarding Henry Movie Analysis

Henry was a normal boy and did all of the normal things young boys do: making noise, being busy and active, nosing around in the refrigerator, and asking questions - all part and parcel of being a normal child. But he was brought up to believe he wasn't a "model boy." His parents were constantly interrupted by him - his mother while she was reading and grading papers, and his father so much so that he spent most of his time in his office on campus, joining them only at mealtimes. His father wished to remain "blissfully unaware."

Moreover, another event from the movie that shows his (CD) is his attempt to kill his mother. After running away from her in the woods and hiding, he tries to push his mother of a cliff. This plan was once again stopped by Mark. This ultimately led to Henrys death. This shows just how maladaptive or out of touch with the world Henry was. As I pointed out earlier, Henry was a very intelligent and manipulative child. He convinced his parents and other elders around him to believe that he was the perfect child and tried turning them against his cousin Mark. He even had Mark’s doctor believing that Mark had a problem. According to (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 12/10/09) both of these events are characteristics of (CD).

The movie Regarding Henry tells the story of a man named Henry who is shot and subsequently loses his memory. The movie follows him as he treks through his recovery, picking up bits and pieces of his past along the way as he tries to recall the events that make him who has grown to be. His family and friends encourage him as he searches for clues of his past and attempts to build himself up once again. One day, Henry goes to buy a packet of cigarettes. After walking in at the wrong time and angering a robber, he gets shot in the chest and head.

In the first place, Henry Turner shows a more complex nuanced Id by cheating on his wife. In the movie “Regarding Henry” Henry shows a part of his unconscious mind that relates to basic needs and desires, by cheating on his wife with a former colleague.

Sigmund Freud, the renown creator and main psychologist to develop the idea of the Id, Ego, Superego, was the basis for this fantastically edited, written, and directed movie, titled almost perfectly, Regarding Henry, stars Harrison Ford as a recent victim of a robbery, Henry Turner. Henry Turner is a despicable and a ruthless trial lawyer whose life is turned upside down when he is shot in the head during a robbery. He survives the injury with significant brain damage and must re-learn how to speak, walk, and function normally. He has also lost most of the memory of his personal life, and must adjust to life with the family that he does not remember. To the surprise of his wife and daughter, Henry becomes a loving and affectionate man at the

In the movie, “Regarding Henry,” after the accident Henry begins making decisions without think or fully understanding his actions. For example, coming home with a puppy after his long walk, or throwing paper balls at Rachel in the library. His ID makes him act and think more like a child. As a result of this side being present after the superego existed before the accident.

Henry started rationalizing his behavior in running from the enemy. At first he feels he was a

Regarding Henry is a movie about a lawyer named Henry that walks into a shop and gets shot in the head. The whole story takes you through the journey of his recovery and him regaining his memory and finding out his true self. In the beginning of the film, Henry's personality is more of his Id, but as the movie progresses and Henry gets better, his superego starts to shine through and you find out his real personality.

Henry’s natural state switches from superego and id. However, during most of the movie, he shows the id. At some points it was hard to tell which one he uses more because in certain parts of the movie, he uses both. However, the id was apparent more often.

As we are introduced to Henry, we see him as a superficial businessman with a short temper. His life is full of wealth and parties. In a specific scene we see Henry talking to his daughter very irritably. This represents his Id taking over before he speaks to his daughter, someone he loves and cares for. Moreover, when Henry goes into the convenience and held at

The first scene that shows Henry using the Id is when he goes to the store to get cigarettes. He knows it is morally wrong to smoke, but his need for nicotine overruled the moral

However, through Henry’s journey of regaining his life he displays many traits of the Id. It comes out majority of the time for he doesn’t have discipline on self control. For example, he instinctively just buys a puppy without asking anyone or thinking about consequences. He also wanders off without telling anybody where he is at times. At other times, he displays id around his daughter while he throws paper at her while she's trying to read, or even buy barging to her boarding school class to take her out.

In the movie Regarding Henry, Henry is introduced as a rich lawyer who has a reputation of winning cases. After going out to buy cigarettes, Henry is shot and suffered a coma. He has a long recovery process to go through and this when his outlook is completely flipped. Starting from the beginning, every decision he makes is influenced primarily on his Id, but this all changes after he wakes up from his coma. After awakening, Henry discovers that everything he did in his past life was wrong and shows aspects of his superego by trying to right his wrongs revealing that his natural state is really the superego.

Henry’s Id shows through at many parts of the movie. At the beginning of the movie, Henry acts on his Id and goes to buy cigarettes. This leads to him being shot and once he wakes up, they find he has lost his memory. Due to this, he has also lost his ability to speak, read, and do almost everything that he could do prior to getting shot. At this point, Henry acts mostly based on his Id. When it comes time to leave the hospital, Henry throws a fit because he does not want to go home, and this also showcases his Id. In addition to this, he also acts mainly on impulse when he is first at home as well, showing this when he stole money and went for a walk. Consequently, there are many scenes in the movie where Henry is influenced by his Id.

During the movie Regarding a lawyer who will do anything to win a case even if it is wrong gets shot on the way to get a pack of cigarettes. In which he comes out of his near death experience a new person who is not nearly as much focused on his business and more focused about his family and friends. I believe that Henry starts out as an Id character but after he gets shot and sees how nicely everyone treats him he becomes a superego character.