Movie Critique
Your Name _______________________________________________
Name of Movie:____________________________________________
Date viewed:______________________________________________
I. In 50 words or less, tell what this movie was about.
II. Which was more important/memorable/significant—the plot (story of the movie) or the
characters? Why?
III a. If the plot was more important, answer the following questions in complete
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Does the story start at the beginning, or are there flashbacks to get background material?
Does this make the story harder or easier to follow?
What background material is necessary to understand the story?
What conflicts do you see in the story line? Are these man vs. man conflicts? Man vs.
society? Nature? Himself?
Does the movie make use of foreshadowing? Do you get the sense that something is going
to happen? What clues are used to plant that idea?
Does the movie make use of irony? Do you want, at any point, to jump into the movie and
warn the characters about something they are going to do?
Are there any plot twists? Anything very surprising that happens…that you didn’t see
coming?
What do you think the message of the movie is? What insight into life does it provide? What
did you go out of the movie thinking about?
Was this a “good” movie? If so, why? If not, why not? BE SPECIFIC. If it was a bad movie
because it was “boring,” what would have made it better?
III b. If the characters were more important, answer these questions:
1. Who was the main character or characters? What do you know about them?
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Are there any characters that you can guess a lot of stuff about without being told or
shown? (stereotypical/stock/flat characters)
3. What problems arise in the story? Are any of them because of the type of personality the
character or characters have?
4. How is the character developed? By what he or she says? Or does? Wears?
5. What do other characters think about the character?
6. Does the character or so characters go through some kind of change in the movie (like
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol)? If so, what causes that change?
7. What do you think the message of the movie is? Does the character help to teach that
lesson? How?
8. Was this a “good” movie? If so, why? If not, why not? BE SPECIFIC. If it was a bad movie
because it was “boring,” what would have made it better?