Movie Analysis House Of Yes
Critical Analysis: House of Yes
Written and directed by Mark Water, the script is based in a Broadway Play where young Marty (Josh Hamilton) comes home from college for Thanksgiving with his fiancé (Tori Spelling) in his shadow. The existence of the fiancé was a shock for this upper-crust family, and causes a malevolent stir swirling around Marty's beautiful twin sister Mary (Parker Posey). The center of the story really revolves around the character of Mary who has an unusual obsession with the former first lady Jackie O'nassis. Not only does Mary speak and dress like the historic first lady, but she even insists on being called Jackie-O. There is a strange connection between Marty and Jackie-O, the Kennedy Assassination and their missing father, and the imminent hurricane on its way to their home, which just happens to be next door to the former Kennedy's Estate.
The most dominant psychological disorder portrayed in this film could be seen through the dramatically eccentric behaviors of Jackie-O. It was the personality disorders that has conflicted the main character of this story. The only one who can be technically classified with a mental illness in the film is Jackie-O, who portrayed all the clinical signs of one who would be diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder. "In psychiatry, histrionic personality disorder (HPD), or hysterical personality disorder, is a personality disorder which involves a pattern of excessive emotional expression and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, that usually begins in early adulthood. The essential feature of the histrionic personality disorder is a pervasive and excessive pattern of emotionality and attention-seeking behavior. These individuals are lively, dramatic, enthusiastic, and flirtatious. They may be inappropriately sexually provocative, express strong emotions with an impressionistic style, and be easily influenced by others"...
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