Existing DID Film Analysis Me,Myself & Irene
- 1. EXISTING DID FILM ANALYSIS ME, MYSELF & IRENE By Xue Bai A2 Media Studies
- 2. Synopsis Charlie is a Rhode Island state trooper with a multiple personalities. He is otherwise mild- mannered and non confrontational until somebody or something pushes him a little too far. That's when his maniacal alter-ego, Hank, takes over. Charlie is assigned on a routine mission to return alleged fugitive Irene back to upstate New York, but they wind up on the run from corrupt police officers. And their escape would be a lot simpler on everybody involved if Hank didn't keep stepping in at the most inopportune times.... https://youtu.be/ssx_riw1Y9Y
- 3. Film Fact Me, Myself & Irene is an American dark comedy film directed by Bobby Farrelly in 2000, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Daniel Greene, Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon and Mongo Brownlee co-star. Box office Budget:$51,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend USA: $24,209,385, 25 June 2000, Wide Release Gross USA: $90,570,999 Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $149,270,999
- 4. Characters The lead character, Charlie Baileygates, played by Jim Carrey, is diagnosed with multiple personalities, which also called dissociative identity disorder ( DID ). In the movie, he develops a second personality, named Hank. The factors that DID develops are usually childhood trauma. In about 90% cases, there is a childhood abuse, while other cases are linked to experiences of war or health problem during childhood. There really isn’t a perfect treatment yet for people with DID, most people who develops DID usually do not seek medical help. Jim Carrey’s character doesn’t get diagnosed till late in life. He was always made fun in his life, but he kept his anger inside. Hank came out as his anger was ready.
- 5. Audiences The Farrelly Brothers gives audiences the vindictive pleasure of seeing someone who messed with Charlie get comeuppance and provides a villain in the film that Charlie has to defeat if he’s going to finally move on with his life. Considered the sexual content and violent scene in the film, this film is available for age group 15+ which targets wide range of audience. Many audiences, especially those with even knowledge of mental health issues, have taken issue with Charlie’s diagnosis of schizophrenia.
- 6. Genre How Farrelly Brothers use their trademark gross-out humour made film special. This established genre of the film—slapstick comedy. For example, a cow survives getting shot several times in the head and a giant dildo gets enough screen time to almost deserve credit as a supporting actor, but none of that betrays or gets in the way of the simple and sad story at the centre of the film.