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Critical reflection-Parenthood Movie

Life is not as easy as we wanted it to be, is has obstacles everywhere we look , but if we learn to

deal with them life could be pleasant for anybody. The movie “Parenthood” is a movie that even as a

comedy shows struggles that everybody has even when their smiling. The movie has at least one

character that we can relate to ,ranging from the black sheep of the family, the nerd, the dad that wants

to be perfect, the wanted child, the unwanted child and all sort of personalities. The movie is mostly

based on a family containing four generations. Each sub family deals with its own problems and every

member of the family grows as a whole, making the movie one of its kind.


The movie deals with a lot of parents and children, that each is going through a stage in the

development of their personalities. The “black sheep” of the family is in his mid 20's and represents a

frustrated person that hasn't done anything for his life, but at the same time is the favorite one among

dad, then there is Gil's older son who has being overcrowded with attention and as a result it begins to

isolate from people, and last there is the 16 year old girl that wants to do what she likes no matter what

her mom thinks or do. This movie shows that even an almost perfect family has problems that in the

outside we can't really see but if you get to know the person you realize that everybody has needs that

need to be filled. What interest me the most about this movie is that any person can relate to this, and

that it affects us on our every day life, problems that will helps us mature, and problems that will helps

us grow in relationship to other people. I personally can relate to the...