Breakaway Movie Analysis

Breakaway is classified as a Canadian hockey movie, released in September 2011. This movie stars Vinay Virmani as the lead character Rajveer Singh, Camilla Belle as Reena, Russell Peters as Reena’s fiancé, Anupam Kher is Raj’s father Mr. Singh, and Rob Lowe as Coach Dan Winters. Robert Lieberman is the director and it is produced by Akshay Kumar and Paul Gross. Breakaway is at first glance a movie about hockey, but you quickly learn that hockey is merely one aspect of this movie. There is a lot to think about when watching this movie; cultural, racial, ethnic differences are all at play here. Breakaway shows you how quickly and easily people can judge based on appearances, without any knowledge of an individual, their culture or ethnic background, and not give people a chance simply because they are not like you or what you have become accustomed.
The characters in the movie are Raj Singh, his parents Darvesh and Livleen, his little brother Gurveer, Uncle Sammy, Cousin Reena, Reena’s Fiancé Sonu, Coach Dan Winters, Melissa the Coaches sister, the hockey team made up of Raj’s family and friends whom are all Sikh’s and the Hammerhead’s hockey team they play against.
The Singh’s are a large Sikh Indian family. Sikh men do not cut their hair, mustache or beard and they cover their hair with turbans. Most of the men in the Singh family work for the family trucking business Speedy Singh’s, which is owned by the Uncle. Raj’s father wants him to be a part of the family business so that he may one day take over, however, Raj has different plans and his father is totally against. Going against his father’s wishes and demands, with the support of his uncle and most of the other family members, Raj decides to try out for a local hockey team, the