Posted: April 24th, 2025

Movie Review

1. Pick a Movie From list below

2 analyze each character for a type of mental illness or assess for symptoms of a mental illness

3. address the following questions, support the answers with specific examples from the movie, and validate the mental illness or mental symptoms 

4.APA format is required.  Points will be deducted for spelling and grammar. The assignment should be at least three (3) pages long, not exceeding six (6), and the reference page should not be included in the page number count.

Include the following information in the review:

1. Title of the movie 
2. Did you enjoy it? Give a summary of the movie. 
3. Did you learn something about mental illness?  Be specific.  
4. Discuss at least three areas of symptomology related to mental illness demonstrated by one or more characters in the movie. 
5. Identify two psychosocial nursing diagnoses related to a character in the movie.
6. Provide outcome criteria (goal) for each nursing diagnosis.
7. Provide three nursing interventions for each diagnosis.
8. Use APA format. 

Movie Review Assignment
Due: Sun Oct 27, 2024 10:00pm

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Instructions: Select a movie to watch from the Movie Review List.

While watching the film, be sure to analyze each character f

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a type of mental illness or assess for
symptoms of a mental illness.  To complete the assignment, address the following questions, support the answers with specific examples from the movie, and validate the
mental illness or mental symptoms using criteria from nursing references (textbook).  The paper should be typed, and a strict APA format is required.  Points will be
deducted for spelling and grammar. The assignment should be at least three (3) pages long, not exceeding six (6), and the reference page should not be included in the
page number count.  The assignment is due 10/27 @ 10 pm.

Include the following information in the review:

1. Title of the movie

2. Did you enjoy it? Give a summary of the movie. 
3. Did you learn something about mental illness?  Be specific.  
4. Discuss at least three areas of symptomology related to mental illness demonstrated by one or more characters in the movie. 
5. Identify two psychosocial nursing diagnoses related to a character in the movie.
6. Provide outcome criteria (goal) for each nursing diagnosis.
7. Provide three nursing interventions for each diagnosis.
8. Use APA format. 

Mental Health Nursing

Movie Review List

Away From Her                                                       

Patch Adams

A Beautiful Mind

I Am Sam

As Good As It Gets

The Three Faces of Eve

Ace Ventura

Boys Don’t Cry 

The Breakfast Club 

Finding Nemo

Girl, Interrupted

Finding Dory

Sling Blade

Radio      

Diary of a Mad Black Woman        

Still Alice

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

Good Will Hunting

As Good as It Gets

Rain Man 

Silver Linings Playbook

Me Myself and Irene

Inside Out

Beautiful Boy

**If you have a suggestion for a movie you would like to use, please email me, and we can discuss it (make sure you plead your case in the email about how the movie you
want to use would be appropriate for this assignment).**

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Criteria Ratings Pts

Movie summary
10 pts
Full Marks

0 pts
No Marks

/ 10 pts

Specific learning of mental illness.
10 pts
Full Marks

0 pts
No Marks

/ 10 pts

Criteria for mental illness. Discuss
three areas of symptomology.
Examples of characters included.

25 pts
Full Marks

0 pts
No Marks

/ 25 pts

Two psychosocial nursing
diagnoses. (Identify character that
the nursing diagnoses support.)

20 pts
Full Marks

0 pts
No Marks

/ 20 pts

One goal for each nursing
diagnoses. (Includes timeframe,
measurable and achievable
outcome, client focused.)

15 pts
Full Marks

0 pts
No Marks

/ 15 pts

Three nursing interventions for each
diagnosis.

15 pts
Full Marks

0 pts
No Marks

/ 15 pts

APA format. References
5 pts
Full Marks

0 pts
No Marks

/ 5 pts

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