Movie – “The Silence of the Lambs”
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Assignment Two Option One

Movie Review

Watch a movie that depicts some topic related to mental illness and write a review of the movie within the context of the course material. The purpose of this assignment is to help you gain a better understanding about how mental illness is portrayed to the general public through movies. The review must be at least two pages long and written in 12 point font, double-spaced, with one inch margins on all sides. Do not include a title page; simply write your name and the title of the assignment at the top of the first page. Each movie review should include the following sections: (a) brief summary of the movie; (b) analysis of the movie’s portrayal of mental illness and mentally ill persons, (c) analysis of the overt and covert messages about mental illness that were conveyed by the movie to the public, and (d) personal insights and reflections you had during this assignment.