Marry Me - Michelle Lehman - Watching, Listening and Speaking - Intermediate


Marry Me is a heartwarming short story written and directed by Michelle Lehman. It tells the story of a young girl who has a crush on a boy and is determined to marry him. Childhood love is the most beautiful thing ever and so is this film. Marry Me portrays a girl who is madly in love with her younger neighbor Jason. But at six-years-old, a boy is interested in everything BUT girls!! He has other ideas of how to spend his time – following the bigger boys, while trying to tune up his bike and become a real pro.

She tries everything to get noticed by him. She tries to spend a lot of time with him, but he simply doesn’t care. He just wants to grow up to be like the older boys and he doesn’t see what she is doing for him. He loves his bike? Fine! So she learns how to bike without the trails (training wheels)! In the story you see her growing up. She’s making a lot of progress, but fails to get his attention until the moment she is able to jump the springboard. This performance impresses Jason who is still unable to do it.


Watching

1- Did you like it?
2- How old are those kids? How do they like?
3- Where do they live? What kind of neighbourhood?

Thinking

4- What do you think about the gender stereotypes such as the distinction between girlish and boyish colors?
5- Do you think the girl was fall in love? why?