6 Years Analysis

Having explored an illicit affair between a high-school instructor and student in “A Teacher,” writer-director Hannah Fidell focuses on a doomed relationship of a rather more banal (if age-appropriate) sort in “6 Years.” Although shot and performed in a determinedly raw, naturalistic way, this emotionally roiling portrait of two twentysomething Texas sweethearts too often veers toward melodramatic overstatement, inspiring little empathy or understanding despite the committed performances of promising young leads Taissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield. The story behind “6 years” revolves around two young adults, Dan and Mel both preparing for their future lives together. Staggering home one night from a party with friends, Mel approaches Dan with the results of her driving home drunk. Suddenly exploding into an argument, Dan is left with a hospital visit and a bump to the head. Although quick to make up, the beginning of this movie both portrays and foreshadows the messier times ahead for the couple. A young couple who’s been an item for 6 years but known each-other many years beyond that are faced with the dissatisfactory and uncertainty of the adulting years. Initially it seems to be a …show more content…
In my opinion, 6 years inspires young adults to love hard and love long. Written within this movie is the story of one specific couple fighting to save their relationship. Dan and Mel promise each other a long life together (even though his parents disagree). When Dan is approached by a record company to take a job out of town, he immediately jumps on the opportunity. For this couple of 6 years, going separate ways was never an option. As many of us can relate, it creates an opportunity for other young adults to find a relation between the movie and their own lives. The movie deals with the commitment issues, the lies, the temptations and all other hardships that couples are