Concussion Movie Psychology

What makes a successful movie? Is it the storyline, the characters in the movie, the music playing during pivotal moments, or is it the actors that are taking place in the movie? For a movie to triumph it has to involve all of these attributes, and then some, and apply them in a special way in order to appeal to the audience. The movie Concussion is successful due to the interesting and engaging plot, audience it affects, and actors. In addition, as of December 25, 2015 Concussion made over $10,500,000 and then later by March 11, 2016 the movie grossed over $34,531,832 according to IMDb (2016). Will Smith staring as the role of Dr. Bennet Omalu is a prestigious doctor with many degrees in different studies. While he was working in Pittsburg as a forensic pathologist he came across a few retired NFL players that committed suicide. Dr. Omalu could not figure out why these men had killed themselves until he did further examination on each of the patients brains. In doing …show more content…
Omalu “discovered a new and terrifying brain disorder that he named Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy” (Ebert). He came across this with his first patient Mike Webster, who was one of the best centers of all time. While examining Webster’s brain, he found that “persistent head injuries sustained in football play shake up the brain” (Ebert). This causes damage to the brain because human brains do not have shock absorbers and release proteins after each blow to the head causing head trauma. This caused Dr. Omalu to deepen his study as more dead patients came in. As his research starts to get out “his findings elicit from the NFL quickly prove him mistaken” (Ebert). This goes on until the deaths of previous NFL players start to build and the foundation can no longer deny the truth. According to Roger Ebert “the movie is engaging and fascinating for much of its two hours” (Ebert). Therefore, the movie is successful in making a plot that appeals to the audience