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Actors: Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Lorenzo's Oil |
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The movie was based on a true story of a family trying to save a child's life. The child was diagnosed with ALD-a disease which eats away at the brain and causes disfunction and eventually death. The story goes through the parents' struggle with the doctors who had no idea at the time what ALD was or how it could be stoped. It showed all the steps that the child went through with the disease.
--Liz, Resident Scholar
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A mother and a father struggle to find the cause and the cure for their son's debilitating disease-ALD.
--Emily, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Lorenzo's Oil |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, caring for sick?
Yes
Who is sick?
- Son
because he/she is
- physically ill
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- son
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- (General) search for meaning/identity
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- a fight for survival
Age:
- a kid
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Northeast
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
- all mixed up
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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