Our discussion of the film reviews of American Honey on Monday was extremely useful, I thought, and I wanted to reiterate some of the points we made. In particular, I think you might use these two reviews as models for your own. (Here is the one by Brian Tallerico. The other was from the New York Times, and was written by A.O. Scott.)
The basic structure of both reviews was the same, and it might be a useful outline to follow. Of course, you can deviate from and develop upon it as you see fit. Both two reviews are organized, more or less, as follows:
Paragraph 1: Main Idea (For Tallerico, this is the “youth=movement” equation; for Scott, it is a more basic introduction, with some criticism of the film’s title and an overview of its subject matter.)
Paragraph 2: Plot Summary (Both Tallerico and Scott begin the plot summary by introducing the main character. Scott spends two paragraphs summarizing.)
Paragraph 3: Large-view criticisms (Both Tallerico and Scott step back, here, to consider “narrative elements.” You might consider “picaresque elements.”)
Paragraph 4: Technical criticisms (Cinematography, writing style, actors’ performances, believability; this is a good opportunity to discuss the merits of your text as a work of art.)
Paragraph 5: Conclusion (You should try to return to your main idea from P1, as Tallerico does by returning to the youth=movement question.)