Gifted is a heart-warming film that goes through the emotion spectrum, keeping you smiling through the tears. The film tells a story about a young girl, Mary, who is gifted at math. She lives with her uncle, Frank, who wants her to live her life like a normal kid so, he sends her to a typical elementary school rather than continuing to homeschool her. However many people don't agree with Frank`s choice to not enrolling Mary in a gifted program and with how Frank raises Mary. This turns into a custody battle between Mary`s grandmother, Evelyn, and Frank. Gifted is a wonderful movie and exceeds in plot, character/ actor choice, setting, originality, and accuracy. The movie starts out with Frank and Mary fighting about going to school, which …show more content…
The only other movie that reminded me of this film was Little Man Tate. That movie was also about a gifted child and his mother had the same worry that Frank did. They both wanted their kids to enjoy life like a kid. However the overall story of Little Man Tate takes a completely different turn than Gifted does. The movie, Gifted, was also very accurate in general. Especially with the custody court case that it follows. Through a lot of the movie, Frank and Evelyn are in court arguing about Mary`s well being and who should decisions for her. It follows a typical custody court schedule of witnesses, home visits, plea deals and so on. The script even include court jargon. The accuracy of the movie helps create a relatable and believe storyline. Overall, I loved the movie. It made me feel happy yet sad at the same time. I would recommend this movie to everyone who wants to see a very heart felt story of an extraordinary little girl who ends of getting the best of both …show more content…
It is a local Colorado magazine and so, I was able to connect more with the audience and be able to relate to them within my critical review. The Westword is not a very formal magazine. The Westword Is mainly viewed online and the majority of it audience is male (64.9%) and is around the ages 21 to 49 (78.4%). The Westword appeals to people looking for an opinion and information on music, movies, restaurants and so much more. Therefore I chose to review a movie that was recently in theaters. My tone and style will be fairly informal and laid back as if I am telling a friend about the movie. This is because I am trying to appeal to a younger audience much like my peers. You can see this throughout my review, when I use informal words or ways to describe the film. For example, in my first sentence “Gifted is a heart-warming film that goes through the emotion spectrum, keeping you smiling through the tears.” A writer for the Denver Post or any other more formal magazine would not talk like this in their
In Conclusion, people can live a normal life with mental disabilities thanks to various treatment options and support systems. A mental disability does not have to define who a person is, there many people leading successful lives with these disabilities and its is possible to prosper and live a healthy life. These movies help raise awareness by bringing the issues to a widespread audience and encouraging them to seek help. It also shows that mental illness does not have to derail their lives. These movies do an excellent job in advocating for those who have had to live with the stigmas that come along with being diagnosed with a mental illness.
Overall I think that the show was worth seeing, even though I let my parents pick the film--which I will never do again by the way-- I think that it was a good production. It was a little boring at first, which might have just been because I didn’t really want to see it in the first place, but the storyline was pretty good. I personally like humor, so I tend to pick shows that I know will have some humor, but I’m proud of myself for seeing something outside of my comfort zone.
The movie starts off by introducing a little boy named Matt. We find out that Matt is completely deaf. His grandfather doesn’t take the new lightly and is slightly in denial on the fact that his grandson is deaf. The baby’s mother talks about deaf schools and teaching the boy sign language. The grandfather doesn’t believe in those kind of institutions and believes his grandson would learn how to communicate through Oral education; teaching him how to read lips. The movie fast-forwards into the little boy’s life in elementary school. He’s put into a special-education class, when he’s clearly fine; his only problem is that’s he’s deaf. After watching this scene in the movie, it had me thinking. Not only was this little boy being singled out for one small difference than others, but he was seen as dumber than others because of it. Although this happened years ago, this reminds me of society today. Often time’s people treat others that don’t blend in, differently. People also believe they’re much better than others who have a form of disability, when in fact this is not true. Throughout his childhood he’s often bullied by other kids for being deaf. His grandfather starts to teach him how to talk by making him feel his vocal cords as he speaks. He also encourages him to join the wrestling team. It was difficult for him to adjust to the team because he would hav...
Each boy gets nurtured and find outs what is it that they want in life eventually finding it one way or another.
Whitney, C. S. & Hirsch, G. (2011). Helping Gifted Children Soar. A Practical Guide for
was a spectacular film there were some things that I did not enjoy like, the
field trip. In the movie there are nine kids that are focused on and what there disability is. There is
...r, this movie is lack of depth of storyline. The audiences can even predict what will happen in the next scenes. Moreover, the ending of this movie is too cheesy and irrational according to me. If only they change the ending to become more interesting and rational, I will give a four or five stars out of five. In spite of a lame twist ending, this movie is a perfect example to show that managers should be able to motivate and challenge their employee. It is important to remember that a happy employee means a productive employee.
In my opinion the movie was really tragic were Coraline was looking for her parents.
The film, Of Two Minds, is based on real life accounts of individuals living with bipolar disorder. Before watching this film, I had an idea of what bipolar disorder is , but after viewing this film I was completely mistaken. Previously, I thought being bipolar was going from a “normal” mood to an angry or sad mood in a matter of seconds and could be simply fixed by taking medicine. But my previous thoughts were completely wrong and bipolar disorder is very serious and complicated. I didn’t know the severity of this disease and I think a lot of the general public is uneducated about bipolar disorder as well as mental illness. Terri Cheney describes having bipolar disorder as, “Take the best day you ever had and multiply it by a million, it 's like a flu but one hundred times worse. It 's having flu in your mind."
...amily she finds the true meaning of being brave and saves her family (“Brave”). I like this kind of movie instead of a man being the brave and independent one now the woman is. These are the kind of fairy tales that need to be told so that women do not feel the need to be weak and dependent on other people. If fairy tales slowly become more realistic then I think they are a good thing but teaching women to not be strong or if their not a size 0 and gorgeous, well that in my eyes is not okay.
Forrest Gump was born with a relatively low IQ of only 75, right below the average. He was too young to do anything about it, but his mother insisted and helped him to get into a regular school, instead of schools for special kids, allowing him to have the chance to study with normal kids. This portrays the idea that with strong parental support, everyone has an equal opportunity to be educated and to achieve their own best level.
One of the most controversial things about gifted and talented education is the criterion educators use to identify the gifted and talented. In the past, a student’s intelligence, based on an I.Q. score, was considered the best way to determine whether or not they qualified as gifted. As a result of using this method of identification, many gifted and talented students are not discovered nor are they placed in the appropriate programs to develop their abilities. Talents in the arts or an excellent ability to write are not measured on an I.Q. test but are abilities that may certainly qualify a student as gifted or talented.
Firstly., the ambiguous relationship between adolescence and gifted underachievers has to be considered. John Doe is 15years old and is in mid adolescent years, this is arguably one of the main determining factors that contribute to John Doe’s underachievement. Research suggests that between the ages of 10 to 14 years there is a decline in academic achievement, (Compton, M.F, 1982). Adolescence is a critical time for youth development; it is transitional phase that poses a great challenge for all students. The emergence of identity, relationship needs, the need to achieve and autonomy play an important part in student learning during the period of adolescence. However, it is arguably a more challenging time for gifted students.