Critical Film Review Medeiros
Critical Film Review-Film Choices Jennifer Medeiros, HST 102 Page 1 Iron Jawed Angels: About the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the women who sacrificed to bring women the right to vote by national
Medeiros
Type a minimum 2 page film review on one film from the list of choices provided on
Blackboard. Include the following sections and address the questions below as you write your
review.
Be sure to use a size 12 font, Times New Roman, double spaced with one inch margins. You
must use YOUR OWN WORDS. Do not copy or cut and paste from any source. If any portion
of the review is plagiarized, the assignment will receive a zero.
I. Title, Director, Year of Release
II. Director Information: Qualifications, Background, Credentials. Look him or her up on
imdb.com. Has he or she directed other films? Do not copy directly from the Internet
here. Summarize in your own words.
III. Brief Summary or Description of the Plot or Intent of the Film. In your own words!!
IV. Style: Was the film set up to provide a narrative (story) of the past? Did the director
attempt to tell the story with absolute accuracy? Or did the director take license and
embellish-creating a work of historical fiction? Or was the film a documentary style
film, and if so, what sorts of scenes were included- was interview used to help inform the
viewer?
V. Strengths & Weaknesses: What were the film’s best features? What (if anything)
bothered you about the film itself and the way it was made? Does the film teach a
valuable historical lesson, in your opinion?
VI. Purpose: How well did the director and or writer of the film achieve his or her purpose?
If he/she was making an argument, what was his or her claim, and did he or she succeed
in convincing you?
VII.Critical Analysis: Was the director or writer of the film biased? What impact might the
film have on the discipline of History? (In other words, how does the film contribute to
a study of history? What can we learn from it?)
Did you agree with the conclusions drawn by the filmmaker? Be specific here!