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Movie Review Prompt (including links to reviews)

Movie Review

Write a review of a satirical film that we are not watching in class. Your audience is this class: educated people who are interested in film in general and satire in particular, and who know something about both. The point is to make a viewing recommendation, either positive or negative, about the film. Your recommendation should concentrate on the satirical aspect of the film; in other words, you’re recommending (or not recommending) a satirical film to people who are interested in satire. Your recommendation should take other aspects of filmmaking and storytelling into account, however. Perhaps it’s a strong satire that’s undermined by poor editing or lighting or narrative structure; perhaps it’s a weak satire but a good film in other respects.

I am evaluating your argument and your writing, not whether I think you’re right or wrong.

Your goals are to include:

• A brief overview of the film.
• An analysis of the film’s strengths and weaknesses.
• A discussion of the film’s satiric content/target/message.
• An evaluation/recommendation.

Be sure to use the technical terms you’re learning from our text as appropriate.

The review should be roughly 500 words, and is due on April 25. Reviews will be posted on the class Moodle page.

CLAIMED

• Morrison, Tori – Warm Bodies
• Stonikinis, Brian – American Psycho
• Tobin, Cory – Anchorman 2
  

MOVIE REVIEWS

• “Sly Zombie Fun in ‘Shaun of the Dead'” – Christy Lemire
• “The Importance of Being Undead” – David Edelstein
• “This is Spinal Tap” – Roger Ebert
• “This is Spinal Tap” – James Berardinelli
• “Heathers” – Rita Kempley
• “‘Heathers’ Gets Lost In a Moral Thicket” – Sheila Benson
• “Birdman” – Christy Lemire
• “Michael Keaton Takes Flight in Bold, Brilliant ‘Birdman'” – J. Olson