Describe a film you would happily watch again.
A strong long turn names the subject in the first sentence, spends most of the two minutes on the last bullet — the why — and arrives at a prepared final line rather than trailing off.
The question, as the examiner gives it
Describe a film you would happily watch again.
You should say
- what the film is
- when you first saw it
- what it is about
- and explain why you would watch it again
60 seconds to prepare, up to 2 minutes to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 192 words at a natural pace — roughly what 120 seconds holds.
Answer it yourself first
Record your own answer first. A model you have read three times comes out with a flattened rhythm, and examiners are trained to hear exactly that. Read it afterwards for the vocabulary and the shape, not to memorise the sentences.There is a film I have now seen four times, a fairly quiet Japanese one about a man who cleans public toilets in Tokyo, which is a description that has never once persuaded anybody to watch it. I first saw it about two years ago on a recommendation and almost stopped after twenty minutes, because essentially nothing happens. What it is about is a routine. He gets up, he waters his plants, he drives to work listening to cassettes, he does a job most people would consider beneath them extremely well, he eats in the same place, he reads, he sleeps. That is the entire film, with perhaps three small disruptions across two hours. Why I would watch it again is that it improves every time, which very few films do. The first viewing I was waiting for a plot. By the third I had stopped waiting and started noticing, and it turns out the film is almost entirely made of things I had walked past twice. I have recommended it to about fifteen people and I know of two who have actually watched it, which is roughly the rate I expected.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- persuaded
three syllables with the stress on the second
- recommendation
five syllables with the stress on the fourth
- cassettes
a specific noun, stressed on the second syllable
- beneath
preposition with a final voiceless th
- disruptions
three syllables with the stress on the second
- viewing
the right noun for one watch of a film
- noticing
the verb the whole answer builds towards
How a strong answer is built
- 1Name the film and concede its unpromising description.
- 2Say when you first saw it and your first reaction.
- 3Describe what it is about, accurately.
- 4Explain the rewatching with what changed in you.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Describe a film you would happily watch again.” be?
You get 60 seconds to make notes and then speak for up to two minutes without interruption. Aim to still be talking at ninety seconds: finishing at forty is the commonest way to lose marks on this part.
Should I memorise the model answer?
No. Record your own version first, then read the model for the shape and the vocabulary. A memorised answer changes rhythm and pace noticeably, and examiners are trained to hear it — it usually costs more than the better wording gains.
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