Name:_________________________________________________________ Date:___________________ Hour:_______________________
Sociology in film
Sociology Movie Analysis
Movie:_______________________________________________________________________________________Rating:__________________________
1. Include a brief summary about the movie.
2. Which of the three main sociological perspectives we covered in class best characterizes the film: conflict,
Interactionist, or Functionalist? If more than one theory characterizes the movie, explain each thoroughly.
3. Applying: Throughout the course, you have been studying about the field of sociology.
a. How does the movie pertain to the category in which it is placed on the movie list?
b. What evidence do you see in the film that represents other core issues we have explored in the class
[sociological research methods, sociological imagination, race, class, gender, religion, health &
medicine, education, crime, deviance, environment, economy, and social change?
4. Is the topic discussed in the movie controversial? Explain.
5. Choose two characters form the movie. Explain the following for each:
Character #1:
Character #2:
Example of achieved status:
Example of achieved status:
Examples of ascribed status:
Examples of ascribed status:
Example of Role conflict:
Example of Role conflict:
Example of Role strain:
Example of Role strain:
6. Find an example of a deviant behavior in the movie. Describe it. Then explain what theory [from the ones we
covered] best describes the deviance, what typology would it be classified as, and which of the nine root
causes explains its cause.
7. Is the film historically accurate? If it doesn’t contain any history, then is it factually accurate to the political,
legal, constitutional, or economic principles you have studied?
8. In a paragraph answer the following: did you like or dislike the topic of the movie? Would you recommend
this movie to others as useful in helping others understand the government topic it portrays?