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Morvern Callar is a modern-day psychodrama that is about a girl, Morvern Callar who, on Christmas Eve, wakes up to find her boyfriend dead, wrists slashed, in the kitchen of their apartment. Shedding her tears over a suicide letter that she found on the computer, Morvern finds that her lover has left behind his unpublished novel, with his last wish being that she tries to find a publisher and sell it. For the 21-year-old who is a supermarket clerk, finds her decision very difficult but decides to place her own name on the manuscript, and uses the funeral money to travel to Spain with her good friend. She takes off to try and deal with the hard events that have changed her life forever. This movie would seem to be a story of a women's mourning period but instead it delivers the tale of a women's life after her loved one has been taken away. The film uses the environment and silent atmosphere to help connect the journey in the movie with the minimum wage slave to a well off free women. The use of this helps emotionally grab the audience and draw them into Morvern's emotional life, because in the movie emotion is what Morvern needs and the director is trying to pull the feeling in throughout the movie and relate the connections. The film uses little dialogue and mostly uses silent moments of thinking and gazing that somehow makes the movie flow wonderfully and keeps the emotional attachment present. One twist in the movie that to some people may feel is a little gory, is when Morvern places headphones on her head and decides to cut up her own husband into pieces and abandon her good friend in Spain. This movie is an excellent portrayal of odd behaviors that most would not expect this heartbroken woman to do. The cinematography of this film was outstanding, and the lighting was excellent. This movie displays a soft, relaxing vibe that keeps the movie flowing until the end.

The Royal Tenenbaum's is a well written film directed by Wes Anderson. It is a story about a typical dysfunctional family: the main difference being that this family is compromised of out of the ordinary geniuses. The head of the family is Royal Tenenbaum. Away from his wife and children he makes a bid to make amends while his children coincidentally return home form a break from the mental anguish of being geniuses. Trying to win there love back he comes back into their lives and attempts to reach his goal by stating that he is dying from cancer. There is a scene in the movie where Luke is listening to an old Rolling Stones record on his player while he is also having an intense conversation with his adapted sister. At the start of the scene, Luke drops the needle into the groove and starts a sweet song. Luke and his sister share their feelings for each other and it is decided that she cannot return the love that he has for her, she feels that it has to be a secret. After the situation is final she leaves and Luke's heart is broken. This is just one example of the great stuff that `The Royal Tenebaum's' has to offer. Each character is different from each other. One is a distant mother, another is a troubled business genius, then you have a artist who is free spirited, a tennis champion and the want to be next door neighbor. This is very obvious a character driven movie that will make you question and laugh. Beside the characters mentioned above there are a few remaining weird ones as well. This movie is brought together by the help of a brilliant cast and a great director. Its worth seeing twice.

Monsoon Wedding directed by Mira Nair is a film about an India family marriage. This film is one of the most effective examples of an India family ever put on screen. It displays events ranging form delightful to serious and appalling situations. The two families are about to collide when Aditi is promised to marry Hemant. The young couple meets for the first time properly at their own engagement party and they are left with only a few days to get to know each other before there big wedding. This movie, taking place where the Indians speak both English and Hindi captures much excitement and energy as we get to know the whole extended family. Family members form both sides have traveled from both America and Australia to join in wit he celebration. Aditi's mother and father have a lot to do and their family and friends make it to be more complicated then it actually is. Aditi's father is excited about the wedding and you see him throughout the movie very frustrated and nervous trying to get everything ordered and perfectly arrange for his daughters wedding. The biggest problem is Aditi is currently having an affair with a married co-worker that sends a twist right before the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations help show some of the Indian wedding traditions. You see family parties, drama, lot's of music and dancing and a new romance for Dubey the wedding planner and the household maid, Alice.

The great filmmaking and the use of hand held captures camera scenes is an important setting in the movie. The hand- held camera movements give the movie a sense of a more documentary style film. With frequent arm limbs in the shootings you are able to capture a better sense of this. The use of combining the traditional American family style marriage with the traditional Indian style marriage gives this movie style by playing around with these differences and letting the audience see the differences. In the movie Dubey starts putting up a white tent to display a more American traditional wedding but to the Indian dad white is meant for a funeral and he demands a color tent consisting of reds and oranges.

With combinations of warmth and laughter, music and dance, romance and serious problems, Director Mira Nair has made this movie a family entertainment.