“What About Bob?” is a comedy starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray’s character, Bob Wiley, suffers from a multitude of disorders and phobias. He is very neurotic and easily forms extreme attachments to people and things he gets comfortable with. Dreyfuss plays Dr. Leo Marvin a successful psychiatrist with a huge ego, who thinks he has a grip on everything. He thinks he knows how to handle anyone or any situation with ease and clarity. The movie revolves around Leo’s new book “Baby Steps”, a novel of psychiatric therapy, and his soon to be appearance on Good Morning America (GMA) for the best-selling book. The interview is to take place during his family vacation at Lake Winnipesaukee. His relationship with his family is somewhat
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He breaks into a general store, where he steals 20 pounds of explosives, rope, a rifle, and various other things. Leo finds Bob. While pointing the rifle at him, he leads Bob into the woods. He then ties Bob up and places the two coolers around Bob’s neck with explosives and a timer. Again, Bob thinks it is another type of therapy, “death therapy”. Leo leaves Bob there and on the way home practices his speech he is going to give to the family about Bob’s “passing”. Bob, however, is talking himself through the “therapy”. The ropes represent that he is all tied up inside with emotional knots and if he doesn’t untie those knots he will explode. The baby step is to untie the knots. He frees himself physically and emotionally from the ropes and runs back to Leo’s with the bombs still around his neck. He is now …show more content…
Marvin is first contacted about Bob, Bob’s former therapist seems to be in a rush to get out of town, away from Bob. After a single session with Dr. Marvin, Bob calls him, day or night begging for his help and assistance. When he learns Dr. Marvin will be on vacation and no longer be contacted. Bob pretends to be Dr. Marvin’s sister calling with an emergency, as well as faking his own suicide, which finally gets him the address. Bob follows the family and begins participating in all their vacation activities instead of planning his own, eats dinner with them, takes part in Dr. Marvin Good Morning America interview, and even stays with the Marvin’s. Bob is dependent on the doctor for everything from psychiatric aid to every day decision. Bob dependence is mostly accurate with a few minor flaws. In the DSM-V dependent personality disorder is the need to seek out new relationships when one ends and fixation with fear of being independent, also the need for others to be responsible for most aspects of his/ her life (Beidel, Bulik, and Stanley 2014). Whiles Bob lack of self confidence and decision making skills are depicted perfectly, as well as the need for almost constant contact with the doctor, he is not imperatively concern with the Dr. Marvin’s happiness. It is clear in the film Dr. Marvin is unhappy when Bob staying with his family, people with dependent personality disorder always put the needs and happiness of those over their own. Also just like the other
He breaks into a general store, where he steals 20 pounds of explosives, rope, a rifle, and various other things. Leo finds Bob. While pointing the rifle at him, he leads Bob into the woods. He then ties Bob up and places the two coolers around Bob’s neck with explosives and a timer. Again, Bob thinks it is another type of therapy, “death therapy”. Leo leaves Bob there and on the way home practices his speech he is going to give to the family about Bob’s “passing”. Bob, however, is talking himself through the “therapy”. The ropes represent that he is all tied up inside with emotional knots and if he doesn’t untie those knots he will explode. The baby step is to untie the knots. He frees himself physically and emotionally from the ropes and runs back to Leo’s with the bombs still around his neck. He is now …show more content…
Marvin is first contacted about Bob, Bob’s former therapist seems to be in a rush to get out of town, away from Bob. After a single session with Dr. Marvin, Bob calls him, day or night begging for his help and assistance. When he learns Dr. Marvin will be on vacation and no longer be contacted. Bob pretends to be Dr. Marvin’s sister calling with an emergency, as well as faking his own suicide, which finally gets him the address. Bob follows the family and begins participating in all their vacation activities instead of planning his own, eats dinner with them, takes part in Dr. Marvin Good Morning America interview, and even stays with the Marvin’s. Bob is dependent on the doctor for everything from psychiatric aid to every day decision. Bob dependence is mostly accurate with a few minor flaws. In the DSM-V dependent personality disorder is the need to seek out new relationships when one ends and fixation with fear of being independent, also the need for others to be responsible for most aspects of his/ her life (Beidel, Bulik, and Stanley 2014). Whiles Bob lack of self confidence and decision making skills are depicted perfectly, as well as the need for almost constant contact with the doctor, he is not imperatively concern with the Dr. Marvin’s happiness. It is clear in the film Dr. Marvin is unhappy when Bob staying with his family, people with dependent personality disorder always put the needs and happiness of those over their own. Also just like the other