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Summary: EXTRA CREDIT!!!!!!!!! Final examination Germ241F
Review: The dramatic movie Enough, directed by Michael Apted is about an important social issue, domestic violence. The movie portrays Slim Hiller, played by Jennifer Lopez as a loving mother who has had enough of her husband's cheating ways. Mitch Hiller, played by Billy Campbell abuses Slim after she confronts him about him cheating on her. The battered housewife never calls the police but instead runs away with her daughter. After going to a lawyer, she realizes the police can't do anything for her because she took too much time before telling someone. Instead, she realizes she has to take matters in her own hand. She trains with a trainer to help her protect and fend for herself. Self defense is a method of defending one self and is not murder. When ready, she takes on her own husband and succeeds.
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Summary: Enough
Review: "Enough" starring Jennifer Lopez is a film about a young waitresses struggle for survival as her perfect lifestyle is turned upside down. Slim, played by J-Lo, is an orphan whose father abandoned her and her mother when she was born, causing her to have a distrust of men and lack of relationships. However, while at work one day, Slim is swept off her feet by Mitch, the seemingly perfect gentleman. Four years after they are married with a child, when Slim has transformed herself into Mitch's idea of the perfect wife, Mitch's true colors are revealed. Slim discovers his philandering ways and he undergoes a dramatic transformation from a compassionate husband to an aggressive, dominating, evil one. At the onset of the marriage Slim is shown as the perfect wife and mother; she is passive, loving, and stays home to take care of her husband. As Mitch's identity is revealed, Slim's transforms to a dominant, strong mother fighting for her and her daughter's life. Slim breaks the stereotypes of what a wife should be as she gains control of her life and leaves Mitch, however, she holds onto the stereotypical mom qualities. She travels cross country to protect her daughter and tries her hardest to give her a good life. She acquires a nice house in a seemingly perfect neighborhood and tries to learn how to be a good cook in order to keep her daughter happy and be a good mother, while at the same time she hires a trainer to learn how to free herself from her husbands grasp. Slim's marriage transforms her drastically as she becomes another stereotypical wife and mother, however, her discovery pushes her to stop being the perfect wife, while at the same time retaining her motherly qualities.
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Summary: appearances can be deceiving
Review: Enough appears as though it would fit the criteria to be considered a feminist film, but appearances can be deceiving. Take for instance the framing of the film. In a feminist film, the shots would be made so that you would be able to see J-Lo's entire body and it would focus on her actions. This film contains a large amount of close-ups, which segments the body and doesn't allow you to focus on her actions. This idea is similar
to Foucault's "microphysics of power". Segmenting her body objectifies her because it only allows the viewer to focus in on her physical features and not what she is trying to accomplish. Another problem I have with this film is it doesn't allow for her race, or economic class to help develop her character. The movie doesn't address race at all and the fact that she is working class is never thematized because it is quickly solved first, when she marries a rich man, and then again when her father mails her money.
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Summary: Jennifer Lopez's character
Review: Jennifer Lopez's character "Slim" is by no means a representation of an empowered female. The film frames Slim in a way that boxes her into the stereotypical roles of first a lonely, low-income waitress swept off her feet by a charming, handsome "prince," then a loving, caring mother, and finally a "fighter." The close-up shots of Jennifer Lopez in her tight, belly-baring training outfit completely segment her body and remove the audience from the action. Instead of focusing on the actions themselves, the camera focuses on the body, forcing the viewer to act as both a surveyor and spectator. Of course, Jennifer Lopez is infamous for that bum of hers, but how many times must it flash across the screen before it takes on a larger character than Slim herself? This technique of segmenting Jennifer Lopez's body sends a message to the female audience that it is Slim's physical appearance that develops her as a strong woman and gives her the power to "fight" back, not her intellect. Even though Slim breaks away from the abusive relationship with her husband, she is still dependent on a male character throughout the film. First it is her fairytale-like father who supports her financially. Next her new lover, Joe, supports her emotionally. The scene in which Joe and Slim lie in bed together suggest that Slim is finally settled into her new life because she has a man at her side. Finally, it is her male trainer who "gives" her the ability to fight back. All in all, the film is a total flop in terms of taking on the serious social issue of domestic abuse and a woman's rise above it.
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Summary: stereotyping of women
Review: Enough! Does not only objectify action-figure-like JLo, but it also stigmatizes motherhood as irrational and purely instinct-driven. Throughout the movie, Slim's(the heroine's) actions (even the criminal acts) are justified by her victimized motherhood, which perpetuates the myth of female helplessness in the face of the law and abuse. Although Slim's inability to seek legal protection is designed to show her motivation for seeking revenge, it is also used to reinforce the stereotype that women are too unintelligent to seek legal help.
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Summary: Showing my professor what I've learned
Review: An amazing film in which Slim breaks free of the barriers that are expected of women and mothers, and escaping the domestic abuse so many women face from day to day. At first Slim falls into the stereotypical role of many mothers in which she allows her husband to take full control/ power over her life, and she must take it back. One important point throughout the film is the idea of being watched at all times, the all knowing and all seeing... the Panopticon. "Enough" illustrates the transition of power from Mitch to Slim observed by the idea of the Panopticon. Thus, Mitch loses his masculine hold over Slim, the "weak and helpless" mother, who becomes strong and breaks through the dependency, and domesticity, no longer abiding by the "rules" set upon women to act and appear a certain way. Mitch loses his power and the ultimate fight.
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Summary: It Is Good For Being A J.Lo Movie.
Review: Movie critics always seem to hate three things:Overused plots,good-looking movie stars,and J.Lo.Almost every critic I know hates J.Lo's movies,including this one.Sure,it has all three things,but you can't help but put it in the guilty pleasure category.And,I have to admit that J.Lo does a pretty good job acting on this one,being semi-convincable as an abused woman.And the other guy in the movie(sorry,I can't figure out his name)plays a pretty good villain,since youi want to kill the (...) during the whole movie!And the little girl is the cutest little girl since the girl in the Pepsi commercials.And,you have to admit that this is one of J.Lo's best movies,which isn't really saying much,but it still is one of her best!But,there's just something about it that people don't like,including me sometimes.J.Lo is a little too exaggerrated in the acting department,and the last half is completely unrealisitic and ruins the beginning half of the movie. Yet,you really should at least give this movie a chance.The little girl is one worth watching.And ignore the horrible song "Alive" by J.Lo,which is a part of the special features.Sure,it's not "The Burning Bed",but what do you expect?J.Lo's in it,after all!
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Summary: Enough
Review: Enough was a movie about the struggle of a woman trying to live her life as the fantasy of the perfect marriage. Jennifer Lopez plays Slim, who we first see in a diner just trying to make money and survive the middle economic class lifestyle. She is swept off her feet by a man who seems to be nothing less than the perfect future husband. Scenes show them happily together on sunset beaches, nothing could be better. Mitch has a lot of money and is willing to do anything with it to keep Slim happy. He bought her love and pulled her into his trap, while she had no idea what she was getting into.
When things get out of hand, Slim decides that the only way out of it all is to run away from Mitch's constant affairs and violent acts. Slim suffers the theory of the panopticon. Slim is always looking over her shoulder making sure that she isn't being watched. Mitch is constantly on her trail and Slim knows this. She takes her child and runs away to a new place whenever she feels as though Mitch is getting near. Mitch is afraid of being known as an abusive, cheating husband, so he does anything to keep Slim from talking to friends and family about the problems. At the same time, Slim will do anything to keep Mitch away from her and keep her child safe.
The movie starts with Slim being a totally dependent woman. She needed guidance and a man in her life to fix things and show her a better living standard. By the end of the movie, Slim's hair is shorter giving her a more masculine look; she learns self defense techniques so that she doesn't have to run from Mitch anymore. She transforms from the weak and dependent into the deadly and independent woman.
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Summary: Enough
Review: This movie was an interesting movie. J-lo's character Slim, was a stereotypical defenseless woman, who was part of the middle class. Slim was the surveyed person, or the person who is beeing watched by the surveyor, Slim's husband Mitch. Slim was objectified by a panoptical regime. Panopticism is when a person doesn't know if they are being watched, but always have the feeling like they are being watched. Slim knew that Mitch was looking for her when she ran away, and created a door latch mechanism on the front door, for when Mitch found her. She even had another car with clothes, money, another id, and a wig, when that time happened. At first being a stereotypical defenseless woman, Slim becomes an independent woman who can take care of herself, which is like what women are doing today.
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Summary: An Guilty Pleasure Thriller.
Review: An Attractive Waitress (Jennifer Lopez) married the man of her dreams (Bill Campbell), which she meet while working. Years has passed by, they have a young daughter (Tessa Allen) and when she finds out that He`s cheating on her. He becomes abusive to his wife and he`s also sexist. Then her best friend (Jennifer Lewis) and her-stepfather (Ruben Madera) convinced her to run away from her cruel heartless husband. The husband always ended up finding her and his daughter but then she decides to toughen up and to fight back. Directed by Micheal Apted (Coal Miner`s Daughter, Extreme Measures, The World Is Not Enough) made a frustrating, manipulative but entertaining thriller. The story is familiar but it`s surprisingly believable thanks to Lopez`s well cast role. It was originally cast for Sandra Bullock in the lead. Noah Wyle is successful cast against type in a small role as a corrputed police detective. This wasn`t a huge hit in theaters but it`s plays better on video. Some might think, they were robbed out of a real satisfaction at the end. Although this is a effective thriller. Written by Nicholas Kazan (Bicentennial Man, Fallen, Reserval of Foutune). Panavision. Grade:A-.
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