Influence Of Parents In The Movie Parenthood

Influence of Parents There are many themes in the film “Parenthood”, however, one in particular stands above all the others: no matter who you are or where you come from, your family has an enormous impact on you and your future, for better or worse. The Buckman’s portray this perfectly throughout the movie. Frank Buckman was a horrible father to Gil, Susan, Helen, and Larry. This, evidently, had a negative impact on all of them. You see Gil, overwhelmed with children (and their problems) of his own, and a wife who he struggles to maintain a solid relationship with. Then there’s Susan, who copes with her relationship issues by eating junk food. Helen has children she can’t control, wears a fake smile, and owns many sex toys. Larry is the worst of the bunch, with a gambling addiction so bad that he loves it more than his son, Cool. All of these parents are who they are because of the environment in which they were raised. If Frank had been a better father to them, it is likely that they wouldn’t have many of the problems they do. Parents influence their children, and therefore influence …show more content…
The movie’s perspective of family and my perspective of it are practically the same. They are similar in two ways. Firstly, your upbringing has an immense effect on the person you become. Frank Buckman was far from a great father, and his son Larry was also an inadequate father to his own son, Cool. My great grandfather is Frank, and my grandfather is Larry. At the end of the movie, Cool ends up with Frank, who realized his mistakes of the past, and is likely a better father now because of it. I imagine Cool will be a great father someday because of this. That leads us to the second point of similarity: families can change. In both cases, the families changed for the better. My dad ended the chain of bad parenthood in our family, as I believe Cool will. In conclusion, my dad is