Select two movies to watch and write one 3-4-page critical analysis based on your selections. Crash, Remember the Titans, Dangerous Minds, and Milk

The purpose for writing a critique is to evaluate somebody’s work (a book, an essay, a movie, a painting…) in order to increase the reader’s understanding of it. A critical analysis is subjective writing because it expresses the writer’s opinion or evaluation of a text. Analysis means to break down and study the parts. Writing a critical paper requires two steps: critical reading and critical writing.
1. Identify the author’s thesis and purpose
2. Analyze the structure of the passage by identifying all main ideas
3. Consult a dictionary or encyclopedia to understand material that is
unfamiliar to you
4. Make an outline of the work or write a description of it
5. Write a summary of the work
6. Determine the purpose which could be
o To inform with factual material
o To persuade with appeal to reason or emotions o To entertain (to affect people’s emotions)
7. Evaluate the means by which the author has accomplished his purpose
 If the purpose is to inform, has the material been presented clearly, accurately, with order and coherence?
 If the purpose is to persuade, look for evidence, logical reasoning, contrary evidence
 If the purpose was to entertain, determine how emotions are affected: does it make you laugh, cry, angry? Why did it affect you?
Consider the following questions: How is the material organized? Who is the intended audience? What are the writer’s assumptions about the audience? What kind of language and imagery does the author use?
You don’t need any sources or a work cited it all comes from you.