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THE MOVIE REVIEW (Individual submission)

Select and view a movie you would like to use for this assignment. Once you have watched the movie, create a written review using the 5 Parts (paragraphs) of a Movie Review information.

The Opening: Catch the Audience’s Attention
When you begin your movie review, make your own “trailer”. Trailers show you a few seconds of the moving to get the audience interested in seeing the movie. If you liked the movie, your trailer should make people want to see it. But if you didn’t like it your trailer should be something that shows why you didn’t like it. Don’t explain why you liked it or didn’t like it. Make the viewer like it or not by the way you describe it. Begin your received by retelling an incident or moment from the movie as you understood it.

Second Paragraph: Take Care of Business
Near the beginning of the review you need to take care of the obligatory stuff — the title of the movie, the director, studio, main actors, year it was made, the ratings, Short and sweet. Also, in one sentence or two, explain very simply what the movie is about.

Third Paragraph: Character and Plot Summary
what happens in the movie? You shouldn’t tell everything that happens –and especially not the ending. But you want to summarize the basic plot of the movie, in more detail than you do in the second paragraph.

Fourth Paragraph: A Key Moment or Idea
In this paragraph, go into detail about something important that interested you about the movie, If it was a musical, you should say something about the songs. or if the soundtrack was good, talk about that, or write more about one character who was really intriguing. Or retell another big moment from the movie and explain why its important. If you think the ideas behind the movie was really interesting, explain that idea and talk about it a little bit. Go into depth.

Fifth Paragraph: Evaluate the Movie

• • Do you recommend it or not? Who will like it (kids or adults)? The most important thing here is that you must also explain why you are making your recommendation. You must justify your opinion–and that opinion should grow out of what you write in the rest of the review. Give at least two reasons why you liked or disliked the movie