Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou, what a great film. I really like how the story came from a child's point of view. As discussed in class, someone mentioned that using the child's perspective we feel differently about some of the main characters. The father's character would usually be greatly despised, yet in this movie we somehow feel sad for him. We see another side to the father, instead of his just his adulterous ways. We see him as a warm, loving father who is caught up in a bad lifestyle.

The child's perspective also brings the audience back to their childhood in a sense. As a child we see our parents are our role models or leaders, and because of this we think they are indestructable or perfect. We can all reflect back to when we saw something not so perfect in our parents, and remember how we felt. Feelings that made us not forget this time when life was not so easy. This movie does a great job of recreating the child's view, thoughts and feelings.

I think what else made this a great movie was the complexity of many of the characters in the film. The father who has the best of everything, but still wants what is not so good. The mother who turns a blind eye to her husband's after work activities. The sister, sourcer who can't marry. The child Cisely who has emotional trouble with both her parents, and a young child Eve who wants her father dead by way of a voodo doll. They all interact with each other in different ways, and make a very entertaining and unique story.