Analyze Film Review. Literature & Language Assignment

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Film Review Analysis
The film review of the movie, "Pariah," has been done by Ina Diane Archer. The critical elements of the film review are sexuality, culture, identity, and the contemporary nature of films depicting African-American teenagers, especially women. The discussion revolves around the manifestation of "the transformative experiences of adolescent African-American women." Another critical element of the review is the difficulty that teenagers and even older people in the African culture face in their coming-out process. Archer’s overall evaluation of the film is the explanation of how the theme of change is necessary and inevitable in any society. In this context, the transformation is evident in the sense that although the society is against sexual interaction s between people of the same gender, African-American communities ought to understand the sexuality of their children
There is a specific and significant use of evaluative or critical language in the review. An example of an evaluative phrase is in the second paragraph, where the reviewer gives a vivid description of the first scene of the film, the main character's masculine mode of dressing, and the revelation of her feminine nature. In this section, Archer writes, "this compelling opening suggests that Pariah will be exploring an exotic subcultural space, but Alike’s story shares the most basic concerns of coming-of-age narratives: affirming burgeoning sexual (and cultural) identities, negotiating friendships, separating from one’s parents, and, overall, learning how to “be in the world” as Rees puts it in the press kit." The evaluative phrase here is “this compelling opening suggests that Pariah will be exploring an exotic subcultural space…” because it involves the reviewer making a judgment on the quality of the information presented, making recommendations, and outlining implications of the knowledge. However, it does qualify as an analytical cla...