Writing your essay based on a movie?

not necessarily the movie itself
but maybe compare yourself and the lead of a movie because you really connect with their character
is this a good idea?

A few things:

  1. What if the reviewer hasn’t seen the movie?
  1. What about the negative traits of the movie character?
  2. You have so few words. Do you really want to waste many of them on someone who isn't you?
  3. Perhaps you could take one quote from the movie that seems to encapsulate what you want to say instead?