Title: Halloweentown
Date: 1998
Media type: Film
Rating: PG
Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age
Language: English
Film/Episode Summary: Halloweentown is a Disney movie about a family of witches. The film illustrates the dynamic between family members as well as how their culture influences them.
Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Google Play, Itunes
Contributor: Britta Olmanson
Title: Matilda
Date: 1996
Media type: Film
Rating: PG – Parental Guidance Suggested
Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples, Families
Language: English
Film/Episode Summary: Matilda, a genius, is born into a family who has no aspirations – except for watching television and getting rich illegally. They ignore and berate Matilda because she is different. Matilda’s school teacher takes her under her wing and becomes the loving mother she never had.
Comments or Recommendations for Teaching:There are various scenes of Matilda interacting with her parents. These clips are not only entertaining but can be used to analyze parenting styles, communication, power, etc.
Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Itunes
Contributor: Ann Eberhard
Title: Harold and Maude
Date: 1971
Media type: Film
Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Parenting, Couple and Family Counseling
Keywords: family relationship, parent-child relationships, parenting style, therapy, conflict management
Rating: PG
Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults
Language: English
Film/Episode Summary: Self-destructive and needy but wealthy teenager Harold is obsessed with death and spends his leisure time attending funerals, watching the demolition of buildings, visiting junkyards, simulating suicides trying to get the attention of his indifferent, snobbish and egocentric mother, and having sessions with his psychologist. When Harold meets the anarchic seventy-nine-year-old Maude at a funeral, they become friends and the old lady discloses other perspectives of the cycle of life for him. Meanwhile, his mother enlists him in a dating service and tries to force him to join the army. On the day of Maude’s eightieth birthday, Harold proposes to her but he finds the truth about life at the end of hers.
Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Itunes
Contributor: Anonymous
