Analysis Of To The Bone
EATING DISORDERS WITH THE MOVIE "TO THE BONE" AS THE LEADING EXAMPLE
About the movie
"To the bone" is a Netflix original movie by the director Marti Noxon, that was published on January 22nd in 2017, and deals with the topic eating disorders, especially with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The two famous actors Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves play two big roles in that movie: the central character and her doctor. It is also important to mention that Marti Noxon and Lily Collins have both suffered from anorexia before, what makes the movie even more interesting. Also all the patients shown in the movie are not anorectic (anymore), they are just really thin and all the actors have been under medical supervision.
Plot
In the first scene you …show more content…
Later you see her leaving the clinic, driving home to her fathers where she sees her stepmother, who is really low in empathy, and her sister. As she has a pretty good realation with her sister they start snickering and having fun because of Ellen´s "Calorie Aspergers" which simply describes her ability of knowing the specific amount of calories a certain meal has. Her dad seems to be not at home that often so Ellen´s stepmom tries to take care of the two girls. So she weighs Ellen and takes a picture of her to show her how she looks but she doesn´t really react to that. Later that day Ellen drives to a hill with her sister where they are having a deep talk in which different topics are mentioned, but Ellen is trying to curve the topic anorexia and states that she " has it all under control". Then you find out that her real Mom is lesbian and you also get the first hint on Ellen´s arm issue, where she tries to get her upper arm thin enough to fit her hand around it. The next day her stepmom decides to take her to a new doctor who uses uncommon healing methods. In the anteroom she meets another girl and in
About the movie
"To the bone" is a Netflix original movie by the director Marti Noxon, that was published on January 22nd in 2017, and deals with the topic eating disorders, especially with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The two famous actors Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves play two big roles in that movie: the central character and her doctor. It is also important to mention that Marti Noxon and Lily Collins have both suffered from anorexia before, what makes the movie even more interesting. Also all the patients shown in the movie are not anorectic (anymore), they are just really thin and all the actors have been under medical supervision.
Plot
In the first scene you …show more content…
Later you see her leaving the clinic, driving home to her fathers where she sees her stepmother, who is really low in empathy, and her sister. As she has a pretty good realation with her sister they start snickering and having fun because of Ellen´s "Calorie Aspergers" which simply describes her ability of knowing the specific amount of calories a certain meal has. Her dad seems to be not at home that often so Ellen´s stepmom tries to take care of the two girls. So she weighs Ellen and takes a picture of her to show her how she looks but she doesn´t really react to that. Later that day Ellen drives to a hill with her sister where they are having a deep talk in which different topics are mentioned, but Ellen is trying to curve the topic anorexia and states that she " has it all under control". Then you find out that her real Mom is lesbian and you also get the first hint on Ellen´s arm issue, where she tries to get her upper arm thin enough to fit her hand around it. The next day her stepmom decides to take her to a new doctor who uses uncommon healing methods. In the anteroom she meets another girl and in