The Break Up Film Review

and Sally demonstrate what couples go through in the phases of coming together and pulling

She could have stopped everything from happening. She could have left Brooke’s father and got a job. She could have got all of her children out of the situation. Brooke may have very serious problems in the future and have miss-trust by her love ones. Brooke has it all to thank to her worthless and terrible mother for not stopping it in the first place. The first time that Brooke tried to tell the social worker that her father was abusing her, her mother could have had it stopped. She didn’t want to because, she didn’t want to get a job herself and make money. They solely depended on her father for income. The concept of not wanting to break up her family is very understandable, but not a good excuse if they are being violently abused. I think her mom just didn’t want to think about it all. This was the reason why they argued about it in the car on the way home from the police station. The argument in the car of the way home should have never happened. A good mother would try to fix it all. The first thing that should have happened was to leave the house and move somewhere that no one would know about. Then, the next step should have been compile all the evidence they could for the lawyer in court. I can understand why Brooke did not want to live in that house again. I don’t see how she could even when her mom and other aunt went to go to get all new things to try to mask over the truth about the house. It was a crime scene of domestic abuse and rape. I wouldn’t want to have lived in a house after I was violently raped in it. It would be too hard to have all the memoires coming back about the events. It was the cause of major psychological issues with the victim about the event, if they continued to live at the scene of the

Almost every relationship begins and ends following Knapp’s model of interaction stages whether people know of it or not. The 5 stages described in this model are noticeable in most every romantic movie. The movie Safe Haven is a perfect example of coming together as it clearly displays Initiating, Experimenting, Intensifying, Integrating and Bonding throughout the movie.

were in the same place as themselves so they could talk to each other, no matter what you

     Later that night when Blake and his brother, Quinn got home, they were greeted by an unexpected guest. It was their mom’s newest boyfriend. He stood beside their mom. Him and Blake’s mom wanted to announce something together. Quinn and Blake didn’t trust this guy and were most appalled to find out that the announcement was their mom and her boyfriend, Russ’s engagement. Quinn and Blake talked about it a little later, but only got themselves into an argument over it.

They progress beyond casual dating and find out yourself has a strong feeling and attraction toward another person. When that happens, I see it as Intensifying. The third stage is Intensifying. During this stage, Pat and Tiffany becomes less formal and other people will think they are committed to each other. Tiffany begins to use the word “we” more often and she meets Pat’s family. Their conversation has no limitation and they are freely to discuss mostly anything. However, their relationship starts to go downhill when Pat finds out the letter was not deliver to his wife and she never made any contact with Pat’s wife. Pat gets upset and they enter a stage called Circumscribing. In Circumscribing, partners will limit their conversation both quantity, quality, and tend to avoid certain subjects and will have boundaries in their personal space. When Pat walks in to the practice room, he simply says, “Hey” and sits down without a word. Tiffany knew something was wrong. Similarly, she sat down and said nothing. During this scene, we see less quantity of conversation. They restrict the quality of conversation. In the same scene, Pat and Tiffany only exchange less than five words. They did not communicate about the issue at hand that would lead to an argument. Tiffany and Pat both sat away from each other and maintain their own personal space. The relationship worsen and we enter the next stage, Stagnating. In this stage, partners feel “stuck” or “trapped”. The lack of verbal communication can be deadly to end the relationship. In the “tie” scene, Tiffany feels trapped because she had to perform the dance with Pat while acting they are alright. In reality, she is very upset as Pat anticipate his reunion with Nikki (Pat’s wife). The tension in the tie scene was not show verbally but Tiffany was very frustrated and even exploded her feeling by grunting and walking away when she had trouble fixing Pat’s tie. In this

I chose the movie “Spring Breakers”, to illustrate how sexism, rape culture, and sexual assault play an enormous role in society. The movie is about 4 college best friends, Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Faith (Selena Gomez), Brit (Ashley Benson) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) , who are in need of money so they can go to Florida for their spring-break trip. The girls end up robbing a diner and they head down to Florida. However, the police soon find the group of girls and arrest them. The four college girls are then bailed out of jail by drug dealer and aspiring rap artist, Alien (James Franco). Afterwards, Faith cannot handle the pressure of being a “bad girl” and decides to go home. The other three girls decide to join Alien in a life of crime.

and finds Anita sitting on his porch waiting for him. They sit down at the kitchen table and she

However, instead of coming to a resolution, they enter the social support process by telling their friends about their problems. (This shows that Gary and Brooke lack of communication with each other and might possibly lead to a breakup.)From their conversation, we could infer the conflict management style the protagonists predominately adopt. Brooke seems to take on the competing style as she puts the blames on Gary, hoping that Gary will change and “he’s gonna come home and apologize.” Initially, Gary avoided conflict by moving into the living room. He then wilfully irritates Brooke with his behaviours, expressing his disagreement in an indirect manner that shuts down discussion. This puts them in a demand-withdrawal sequence, where Brooke makes demand on Gary to apologize, and Gary avoids it by withdrawing. As they each “punctuate” the cause of the conflict differently, they blame the other party for their behaviours. However, when Gary tries to salvage the situation, Brooke makes it difficult by embarrassing him publicly during the couple bowling competition. They even attack each other family members by using the information disclosed in their earlier stage of the relationship, thus

To sum it up The Break-up was filled with an abundant amount of examples relating to interpersonal communication. Unfortunately, in the end, Brooke and Gary decided to break up and go their separate ways because they could not find a way to communicate. It is clear that no matter what the issue is, a defensive and unsupportive communication climate can be very destructive to relationships. If Brooke and Gary would have not been passive aggressive, truly listened, had empathy for one another, and had been direct and open with one another, they could have worked together to compromise and solve their problems. Even though they ended up being honest with one another at the end it wasn’t enough to hold their relationship together. Although Brooke and Gary loved each other very much, they could not communicate effectively. They put their own needs before their partner’s needs, and their relationship ended because of their lack of interpersonal

I have not seen the film before; however, I thoroughly enjoyed it as it pushed me to think more deeply into the context of the situations occurring.

In many books, movies, and T.V. shows characters create Unlikely Alliances with each other. An unlikely alliance is when two or more characters who are very different, unintentionally use their unique factors to relate and become amazing friends. Today this essay will walk through three interesting ones. In writing it is fascinating when two very distinct characters come together and become fantastic friends. Often these relationships are concealed until later in the plot ,but sometimes they are evident from the beginning. Sometimes the characters’ bond can be so powerful that they will risk their lives for each other. Also, some people may have discovered that sometimes actors in movies who grow up together such as Daniel Radcliffe, Emma

In "The Breakup," two very different people are shown falling in love, moving in together, and finally breaking up. Gary is a typical middle-aged man who is obsessed with sports, video games, and tends to live the life of a confirmed bachelor. However, when he enters the first stage of 'contact' with Brooke, a very organized art curator at a gallery, he is willing to try to make a change in his life and move in with her. Brooke is likewise intrigued by the differences between herself and Gary. The film seems to suggest that because Gary meets Brooke during a Chicago Cubs game when the team is losing that he is especially emotionally vulnerable at the moment he lays eyes on her.

The movie really relates the main idea of the story and that is what psychologists call intimacy. The two characters of Will and Sean are the central focus of the movie. Skylark, Chuckie and his friends help in the bigger scope but the relationship between the psychologist Sean and Will is what really counts in this tale.

It is then that the two start an unlikely relationship that we gradually see that they might have more in common than one would think.