HOW TO WRITE A FILM REVIEW

HOW TO WRITE A FILM REVIEW

A GOOD FILM REVIEW MUST HAVE FOUR PARTS:

1.Credits
2.Plot
3.Characters
4.Conclusion

1.Credits

•title and year,
•genre
•director,
•main actors

2.Plot

•Synopsis or summary of the plot: . Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. Do not refer to specific scenes and do not try to explain everything.

(Only a brief summary of the film.)

You must also include the next items, but not as different parts (they may be included in your description of the story):

•Place and time: Where does the action take place? When does the action take place? (present time, 19th century…) Is the story chronological (according to the order of time ) or flash back.
•Background: society, country, kind of people (age, culture social class...), historical time...
•Genre: horror, comedy, drama, adventure film, thriller, crime, reality, historical

3.Characters

Main characters:

•physical description
•psychological description
•age, nationality social/personal background

4.Conclusion

In the last part of your review you are asked to think and write about the next questions:

•What message is being told? What was the director's purpose or intention or the theme of the film?
•Compare with other realities you know (your country, historical fact or event, other film from the same director or genre…)
•What's your opinion?