Film Analysis: A Date With Your Family

“Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others, each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor.” ~Marge Kennedy. The educational film “A Date with Your Family” produced by Edward C. Simmel in the year 1950. The film’s purpose is to educate children and teens about preparing for and having dinner with their family. In it we can see that girls are to aid their mother in the kitchen and setting the table while the boys t their homework then help their younger siblings clean up. Once mother and daughter are done getting the meal ready, they clean up and sit for a while until dad gets home. During dinner, all talk is to be nice because it is not pleasant to disturb dad with bad talk. Once dinner is over, the oldest children are to remove dirty dishes from the table and serve dessert. Overall the film was somewhat relatable to my life and amusing. …show more content…
While growing up I remember dinner time was, like in the film, family time. After school my mom would pick my brother and I up and we would go straight to our rooms to do our homework. My mom usually gave us a snack until my dad got home so we cold eat dinner. After dinner, my dad would go back to the store to close and we would go about doing our own things. When I was older my mom started teaching me how to cook. My favorite part was making tortillas. Something about making them seemed to bring us together. We weren’t much of a dessert family so that was never an issue and we were taught that everyone picks up after themselves. We were each assigned a day to do dishes, but my mom was always the one who washed the pots and pans