A Cultural Assessment on the Movie “Home for the Holidays”

A Cultural Assessment on the Movie
“Home for the Holidays”
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07 June 2018
Introduction
This research paper exemplifies the Sociocultural, Environmental, Communication, Power and Decision-making strategies and roles of the family through the critical analysis of the movie Home for the Holidays. Likewise, the family values which describes the process of child-rearing and socialization, healthcare benefits and practices, modes of adaptation of families shown in the movie are discussed thoroughly in the subsections of this paper. This movie analysis is subdivided into different parts in order to explain the comprehensive assessment of the family’s level of development and functional competency referring to Severely Disturbed, Borderline, Mid-range, Adequate, or Optimal characteristics behavior. A short summary of the film is also elucidated to give the reader an understanding of the background of the movie and what it portrays.  
Description of the Family Movie
The movie depicts the different characteristics of the members of the family and how they handle the varying stressors that affect them. The plethora of characteristics enunciating the differences between each character emerged in the scenes of the film and how in the midst of divergent characters and self-attributes, they are able to set aside their disagreements to act in unison and experience being a family. A scene in the movie shows the father hosing down a brother and a brother-in-law to break up the fight which ensued amongst them. The movie which is a mixed of both comedy and drama narrates how a Family thanksgiving is celebrated by this specific characters.

Assessment of Culture and Ethnic Traits
As stated in the movie by Joanne played by Cynthia Stevenson that “We don’t have to like each other, Jo. We’re family” (Vanderwerff T., 2017). United States is liberated in terms of homosexuality and divergent behavior that supersedes the normal family set-up. Tommy was a homosexual in the family, it was neither questioned nor mocked. The family just accepted him and his behavior thinking that all of them have their own faults and imperfections. Ethnicity also affects cultural behavior. Race and foreign locations aside from America have their own set of value traits. These are principles lived by and followed by the family units to maintain peace and order. These traits help each family member to distinguish between right and wrong.
The Sociocultural connection within the film shows that independence and acceptance of taboo behavior and personality traits are usually accepted in the United States not because it is not immoral but to avoid conflict and to help the family member get back on track instead of losing their way. Such as in the situation of Tommy. The whole family would rather be silent about Tommy’s homosexuality tha...