The Movie 'Coming Of Age Film Speak'

Speak, a Coming of Age Film

The movie Speak is a coming of age film based off of the novel. It is a story about a young women undergoing the transformation from ignorance to maturity. This film is a classic example of the coming of age genre portrayed by a more modern view point. It contains many actors including, Kristen Stewart, who plays Melinda Sordino, (the main character). The film also has star Steve Zahn, it was director by Jessica Sharzer and produced in 2004. Speak is a excellent film that clearly depicts the true meaning of coming of age. The film begins with Melinda Sordino sitting in front of a mirror putting on makeup. This makes you believe that she is a women already as makeup is almost a right of passage in our culture today. Melinda's mother enters the room and

This is a huge step in he coming of age direction. Even though she isn't yet able to say it out loud, she has written it down. Her friend doesn't believe her, because Melinda than tells her that the boy who raped her is now her ex best friends boyfriend. Melinda’s ex best friend thinks that Melinda is just jealous of her boyfriend and she’s saying this to make them breakup. As the year continues she doesn't tell anyone. At the end of the year she shows the art teacher what she had worked on the whole year. After the art teacher left, her rapist confronted her and they fought. But this time many girls witnessed the attack and helped defender her. They finally understood and told him, “The whole school knows what you’ve done.” Later that day she finally reveals to her mother what had happened. At that party. Her mother says you don't need to share. Melinda says that she needs to and she proceeds to tell her mother about the night that she was raped. She finally “Speaks.” This is a moving point in the film and has an immense amount of power over the