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Hannah Shill Script and text analysis 1 Professor Hickman Due: 4/24/2020

 ilm Response Rabbit Hole F It’s been a while since I’ve watched a movie that made me feel deeply sad. Seeing the suffering of these characters had a massive impact on me throughout the entirety of the film. Even as I write this, my eyes are stinging with tears and my chest and throat feel tight. Overall, I felt and currently feel distraught and sympathetic. This was a hard movie for me to watch, not only because of how heavy the subject matter of the plot is, but because some aspects of the movie felt as if it didn’t work. I thought a few scenes seemed a little too extra and didn’t really need to be there, such as Becca going to her old job to visit an old friend who we hear nothing about for the rest of the movie. The actor portraying Howie was a bit over the top for me in his moments of rage. I almost couldn’t take him seriously in some parts of his argument with Becca and the scene where Jason comes to their home. I also felt as if Izzy’s role in this movie was extremely diminished and I wish I could’ve seen more of her. However, I did like the addition of characters that were only mentioned in the play. I enjoyed seeing how Becca and Howie interacted with them and what parts of these peoples’ stories were. I had a much easier time reading the play than I did watching the film. Interactions of high dramatic tension in the play were easier to envision in my mind than seeing it play out between real physical people. I noticed that some characters were highlighted more in the play (Izzy, Nat), and others were highlighted more in the movie (Jason). I feel as if there are pros and cons to each of these. I liked seeing Jason interact with Becca on several occasions in the film. But as I stated in the first paragraph, I didn’t like Izzy’s removal from much of its duration.

To me, the first major turning point in the movie’s narrative is Izzy’s birthday party. Becca displays her first outburst in which she raises her voice at her mother for comparing her grief over Arthur to her grief over Danny. The second turning point is the argument that follows after Howie realizes Danny’s video has been deleted from his phone. Becca and Howie begin to yell and unload on each other the things they’ve kept to themselves regarding their grief. They both want different things to try to cope. The third and final turning point is the night Becca and Howie spend away from each other, Becca falling asleep in her car after watching Jason head to prom and crying about the accident, and Howie breaking down and sleeping on Danny’s bed. This leads to them finally trying to find the first steps to feeling better. They are working together and getting on the same page before moving forward....