This is a marvelous and
entertaining movie to watch and especially when we are psychology student to be
able to see such a combination of disorders in a movie. The cast of the movie
did a great job in depicting roles of depression, schizophrenia and avoidant
personality disorder to a near pathological extent.
The story starts off by revealing
the protagonist role as a DJ (Jack) in a local radio station who dismisses a
caller whom just got rejected by a girl. This eventually led to a mass murder
in a local restaurant in Manhattan whom Jack soon found out from the local
news. It is also inspiring how much ones’ action could make a difference in so
many people lives. Well, inarguably every action is like a domino effect
especially the heavier weighted ones. This lead Jack into a depression cause he
felt he was partly responsible, whereby soon he quitted his job and the show
was fast forward ahead for three years.
After three years, Jack is still in
depression and is living with his girlfriend Anne, working her video rental
store as a part-timer. He soon develops suicidal ideation and eventually
decided to end his life in the local pier where Parry saved him. According to
Parry’s landlord, Parry went into catatonic state and woke up with delusions
and hallucinations of him being in a quest of recovering the Holy Grail. The
killing of his wife in the mass murder three years ago preceded and leads him
to this state. Jacks feel responsible for this and decided to help him to
regain back his life and also himself along the way. From this we can depict
that Jack is trying to mend his guilt by helping Parry by hooking him up with
Lydia, Parry’s crush. Unfortunately, Parry was forced to confront his darkest
fear that is a visual hallucination of a Red Knight when he saw a banner near
Lydia’s house.
Parry tries to escape from the red
knight and was beaten up by a group of gangster and went back into a catatonic
state, which Jack feels guilty about. What I found in this was a very touching
as Jack eventually treated Parry as a close friend and has a very strong willed
in helping him to recover. He could have ignored Parry and continue with his
new DJ life. Jack eventually stole the Holy Grail from Upper East Side of
Manhattan and cured Parry of his catatonic state. Soon after, Lydia got
together with Parry and Jack with Anne. The movie ends with both of them being
nude watching clouds. This I am not sure what the movie is trying to portray
but my best guess would be they are trying to tell us the sincerity and purity
of the bonds of friendship that they share for each other. (Or they are both
insane? =/)
What I found in this movie was an
interesting mix of events that lead to another and how it would shape out in
the future. I feel as though it was trying to teach us the importance and
significance of an action on the other person’s life. Besides that, I have a
mix feeling of sadness and happiness as watch the events unfolds throughout the
show. This is a good show and I recommend it to everyone. Kudos to Robbin
Williams’ acting!
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