In this paper, we take up our film review to Tuesdays with Morrie. The book is fascinating; right from the title, why choose Tuesday with Morrie as the title of the movie? We find that this results from Morrie referring to how they used to meet up often on Tuesdays, and he says, “we’re Tuesday people.” And since the book shows how deep their friendship runs, they find it suiting to refer to it as Tuesday as well (Hatcher et al. 33). Mitch learns of Morrie’s illness, his college professor. They get close and start having some inspiring discussions starting from the meaning of life when you enter the world. Morrie, in high wisdom, loved to experience how simple life was. He went ahead and even taught Mitch about his Culture, trust, essentially how to live amidst people, especially those different from you; in other words, how to blend in, in harmony and peace. In terms of culture, Morrie teaches Mitch to develop his own culture and abandon the popular culture, develop his own culture, a culture founded on love, acceptance, and doing good, a set of cultures centered on ethical values. He also stresses that we must accept that death and aging are inevitable. Morrie was slowly and in no shame at all taking his condition. She verbalized so clearly what mattered even more in life.
In his various words about life, Morrie directs them to Mitch and the rest of the people. Morries upon being sung for by Janine, he is moved to tears and tells Mitch always to do the same. Morrie prophesizes to Mitch that he will one day be close to his brother peter again. It comes true at some point after his death.
In this particular movie, what stood out was the aspect of sincerity and truth. The facts that Morrie has to tell his former student so that he can be prepared for life as it is. It sounded more like therapy sessions that should come into consideration. Some of the truth includes the fact that there is a brighter side of life and the other side is the priorities. Morrie says that with his condition, there are many things he is letting go of, but he isn’t letting go of the people who love him. I have learned some fundamental lessons as a result of these stand-out truths. These important lessons are: Stop chasing the wrong things; he advises that you devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. The other task is to do things wholeheartedly without expecting something back. Morrie suggests that healthy relationships are essential since the only thing that dies is our body, not our relationships with others (Prajayani et al. 256)—being compassionate and helping others are other lessons that he passes down to us for the best.
In reaction, I would commend Morrie for bringing a true-life story event and giving advice based on his own experiences, past failures, and how he intends to help mitch. The read is full of noble advice and untamed truth. The movie is a weepy and sentimental film that can make an individual recheck and counter-asses the options and choices that exist and they have as a people. Oprah Winfrey taking part in the movie makes it more tangible and suitable for reading and watching. Tuesdays with Morrie is quite the read; I like the lessons that come on board; they are such accurate and applicable lessons and are relatable. I also like that it gives the meaning of life and how we should live. The honesty that Morrie comes with is just on another level and is to teach and pierce through our consciousness to give us the best that life can provide. I like that the reader isn’t fictional and can be passed on quickly to the next generation because it is not from a fictional character but a person who once lived. The book has been resonating for the past twenty years and is still to date.
I didn’t find it likable about the film because Morrie suffered for so long, he was in pain for quite an extended period, and that hurts that the pain he had to live with for quite the time wasn’t best. He wasn’t in a position to give these pieces of truth back when he was energetic and strong enough to travel and get to spread it to the people to hear it properly from himself and not just read them from his book.
I would strongly recommend this read to anybody who might need to get the transparent vector of what life entails, especially to those who think it is as easy as it looks. It takes a significant amount of discipline and proper behavior to live a decent life, the life that one would be proud of and like to live every single time. From the life lessons derived from the reading, it is clear that this kind of movie would very much suit the present-day teenagers and youth so that they would exercise utmost caution as they live and know that there are repercussions for life not correctly lived. Tuesday with Morrie is a read about life, Ethics, and how normal we should live as a people and with people.
Works Cited
Hatcher, Jeffrey, and Mitch Albom. Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie. Dramatists Play Service Inc, 2008.
Prajayani, Sevina Anindia, and M. Thoyibi. Improving Quality of Life in Mitch Albom’s Memoir: Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson (2006): Humanistic Psychological Perspectives. Diss. Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, 2017.
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