Characters On The Couch

How a psychologist thinks about your favorite Film & TV characters.

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LION
Where is Home?
A Lost Boy & Adoption
Two Mothers & Jalebi Clues

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Where is home? That’s the complicated question at the heart of Garth Davis’ film Lion, for a lost, bewildered, illiterate, scared, traumatized, stoically brave, and lovingly gentle 5-year-old boy, Saroo (Sunny Pawar). This little boy accidentally finds himself on a train taking him far, far from home, where he can’t speak the language and has …

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Where is Home?
A Lost Boy & Adoption
Two Mothers & Jalebi Clues

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
6 Ways To Change At Any Age

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With The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opening on Friday, March 6th, I thought I’d review what the first heartfelt and hopeful film tells us about change at any age. Change is hard. Especially if you’re discouraged by losses, disappointments, stale marriages, difficult parents, and unresolved fears. Yet, this film gives us some important pointers …

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6 Ways To Change At Any Age