John Q

This is a thriller type film. It has the theme of family, medicine and politics. It follows a man called John Q who has a wife and young son however the son grows ill and needs a heart transplant. Unfortunately his insurance won't cover and he needs to take drastic action to get his son the help he needs. So to get this help he decides to take hostages in the emergency room. For this is shall be looking at performance and the misc en scene.

At the very start of the film we see their car being towed away. This then lead to John starting to look for a new job. It becomes very clear that they don't have that much money to the audience. You can clearly see the stress on John's face as he looks for a second job which only strengthens this knowledge to the audience. When the son comes into the room you can see how much the two parents love their child as they fill with joy, telling the audience that they deeply love their child.

Shortly after that when the child is dropped of at school they both briefly talk to each other. The child says that they can have the money he had saved up. This clearly touches the father and that is obvious to the audience who are meant to be touched as well by this gesture. John clearly then goes to tell his son that doesn't have to and it's obvious as he changes the tone of voice that he is using at that point.