Sunday, December 12, 2010

Film Analysis

Life as we know it

Te Ordinary World: Holly's best friends, Peter and Alison ,who are married and have one kid, Sophie, do everything together.  Peter and Alison have a good friend, Eric, who holly cant stand. 

 
The Call to Adventure: Holly gets a call from a police informing her that her best friends got in a car accident.  She imedietly goes to the police station and finds out that Peter and Alison passed away, luckly Sophie was at home with the babysitter.  Holly has an appointment to meet with someone about Sophie and what will happen to her.  They inform her that Peter and Alison had signed a document saying in a case of an emergency Holly and Eric would get custody of Sophie.
 
Refusal of the Call:  Holly and Eric didnt think they were up to the job of raising Sophie, especaly because they dont like eachother, so they tried to find a family member of Peter and Alisons to raise Sophie but didnt succeed. 
 
Meeting the Mentor: Even though Peter and Alison passed away they are still Holly and Eric's mentors.  They a remeinded that Peter and Alison choose them to raise Sophie for a reason.  They new they could do it.

Crossing the Threshold: They both commit to raising Sophie and the new lifestyles they are handed.

Test, Allies, Enemies:  Holly and Eric realize the difficulty of raising a baby and both sacrifice a lot for raising Sophie. 

Approach to the Inmost Cave: Holly and Eric begin to like each other and start to fall in love.

The Ordeal: Eric gets an offer for the job he has dreamed of all his life and has to decide between the staying with Holly raising Sophie or his dream job.  Holly gets upset that he was considering taking the job they end up getting in a fight and he leaves for his job.

Reward: Eric comes back for thanksgiving but Holly and Eric end up getting in a fight.

The Road Back: Eric is at the airport waiting for his flight.  Holly realizes that she wants him to stay and tries to catch him before he gets on his flight.  Eric ended up not getting on his flight because he wanted to stay.

The Resurrection: Eric and Holly commit to making this work.  They are together now and working as a team to raise Sophie.

Return with the Elixir: Everything works out and they are happy to be together. 
 

string cortet, band. Writers: Ian DeitchmanKristin Rusk Robinson

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