Movie Analysis: Grown Ups

The movie Parenthood (1989) revolves around the psychological stresses that are faced by families. From the name of the movie, the main theme is coined, involving the issues that are faced by parents while raising up their children. The movie is centered in the family of Gil and Karen, and their extended family. Set in a middle-class white society, the anxieties and pains of raising children are presented in the movie. Gil Buckman is a parent and businessman. His wife, Karen, comes out as a nearly perfect parent, and always stays at home. Gil and Karen have three children. The oldest child is Kevin, a nine-year old boy with emotional problems. The emotional problems that are experienced by Kevin form a very significant aspect of the movie,

Middle Adulthood is a stage that happens when the adult reaches the age of 40-60. According to researchers, we are supposedly the most comfortable and happiest with what we have accomplished and what we have in life at this point. Along with being comfortable with life come the inevitable physical changes of aging. We have to come to grip with what’s happening to our body and the physical changes we see and accept them. This is an involuntary part of aging; a part of life that happens to everyone in the world regardless of culture or race. Just as the outside starts aging; our insides (our organs) start aging as well. This is a point where some of us start to wear corrective lens or may need corrective surgery because we lose the ability to focus on reading the newspaper, or looking at mail and reading small print; this is due to presbyopia- the natural aging process of the eye. Glaucoma is another disease of the eye. The optic nerve that channels sight becomes damaged and therefore builds up pressure causing loss of vision. If glaucoma is caught in time and treated with medications or surgery, you can actually slow down the disease that causes pressure in the eye. Osteoporosis and Presbycusis seems to weave its way into our lives as well. We start noticing that we need the television louder than usual. This is caused by weakening of internal membrane tissue

“There's no crying in baseball!” Jimmy Dugan yells at one of his players in the iconic movie A League of Their Own (Columbia TriStar Home Video, Marshall, Hanks, Davis, & Madonna, 1997). A washed up major leaguer, Dugan played by Tom Hanks was maliciously addressing one of his players over a botched play. These types of situations reflect the aspirations, realities, and possibilities of our culture through competition. A League of their Own chronicles the beginnings of the Rockford Peaches All-American Girls Baseball league, which existed for three years during World War II when men's professional baseball was discontinued. The movie follows two sisters from Willamette, Oregon: Dottie Henson played by Geena Davis, and Dottie's

Late Adulthood is a time in people’s lives when they come to terms with their lives and reevaluate what they have done or accomplished in the lieu of what they still would like to accomplish for the remainder of their lives. During this stage of life adults around the ages of 65 begin to experience a variety of changes in their physical appearance and a decline in their health. The process of aging in an individual occurs at different speeds and during this stage older adults are being treated as second-class citizens especially by younger adults. The skin begins to wrinkle at an

Overall, I believe “Loving” was a fantastic movie. I enjoyed watching it, and it was fascinating throughout. I was very interested to learn the story behind Richard and Mildred Loving and the pivotal struggle they had to face in their lives.

If you have not seen Dazed and Confused than you are really missing out. It is a great movie that relates from everything to High School to Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll. With an outstanding cast (from the past) it is a movie that everyone can relate to. Dazed and Confused reflects the lifestyle of kids that are entering high school for the first time, to seniors owning the school and being the "man" on compass. It portrays that freshman must watch their backs at all times and if you think you're as cool as the seniors, then you better watch out. There is a ritual that the seniors do to the freshman that have given so many people in reality a though of. With School being out for summer, in Dazed and Confused, it offers a great soundtrack from

To my understanding, the movie Home for the Holidays not only reveals a lot of potential family conflicts, but also reflects a lot of different communication approaches of the various family members. As a foreigner, I have never experienced Thanksgiving homecoming dinner before, so I may cannot understand some of the holiday customs in the movie, but I found out that their family interactions are interesting indeed.

Middle-aged adults begin to show visible signs of aging. Vision usually changes and many who did not need corrective lenses or eyeglasses may find that they need them. Hearing loss begins, especially at the higher frequencies. Height begins with the maximum height from young adulthood but then begins to diminish. This process is more rapid in women who have osteoporosis. Changes occur in the nervous system and reaction time slows. The ability to perform complex tasks remains intact. Those in middle age usually begin to gain weight, 5–10 kg (10–20 lb) and experience a decline in strength and flexibility. Women in late middle age experience menopause. Menopause can have many side effects, some welcome and some not so welcome.[2] Menopause ends

Finally, adulthood consists of early adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood. Early adulthood is a stage where individuals are physically in their best condition. Memory and thinking abilities are sharp, life decisions are made, and they take on roles of independence. Middle adulthood is when individuals start to reflect on their lives as a whole. Retirement planning and sadness over unaccomplished goals began to surface, during this particular stage. Some physical changes such as hearing and vision start to take place. Focusing more on health, relationships and becoming tolerable with death are all signs of late adulthood development. The immune system, vision, hearing, and muscle strength start to decline. Loss of memory is a cognitive trait that is related

In the movie Parenthood it is about just what you may think, family. In every one there are complications to maintaining a stable, happy home. There are times where you may think that you have lost control of your relationship and your own life. In this film, that is what it showcases. Reality. Life. Not everything is going to go the way you planned, thus causing you to think your whole world is coming down on you. The main points the director emphasized that caught my attention in this movie were adversity, denial and exhaustion.

As a youthful child, I was prone to think that my family had to be the only one with obstacles, although, this changed dramatically after I watched the movie Parenthood. Because they are amazing at withholding his or her family problems, or at least they think they are, people put up a barrier to the outside world trying to show everyone how they are impeccable. The movie Parenthood really opens up our minds and proves to the frauds that faking perfection in life is not necessary. Besides, you cannot pick your family. They are your personal burden, and different personalities handle this responsibility individually.

As a person grows into their seventies and eighties, they are not only rewarded with extra candles on their cake, but a plethora of medical issues: arthritis, cancer, respiratory disease, osteoporosis. Each and every day there are more people that fall into this age bracket due to the vast amount of babies that were born from the late 1940’s to the early 1960’s (otherwise known as the baby boom).

During middle adulthood biological and physical changes become apparent. During this time visual perception, hearing and the reproductive system

As individuals age changes occur physiologically that are part of normal aging. These changes occur in all organ systems and can impact an individual’s quality of life. The changes related to aging can be attributed to an individual’s genetic make up, lifestyle, physical activity, and dietary lifestyle. Being able to differentiate between normal changes in aging against disease process is important because it can help clinicians develop a plan of care (Boltz, Capezuti, Fulmer, & Zwicker, 2012). Creating an accurate plan of care for older adults will greatly impact their quality of life.

Aging causes several problems, including eyesight. Some universal problems for eyesight include reduced production of the mucous membrane, darkening of the white of the eye and reduced muscle strength (Heine 2018). With just these three problems, anyone senior’s eyes could become susceptible to any diseases and could produce costly visual errors while driving. Moreover, sensory loss can also occur in the ears, including “a stiffening of the eardrum and changes to the neural (nerve) system.” (Heine 2018).