The Florida Project

The Florida Project is a beautiful film about people and life and survival. Sean Baker has shown us the underbelly of American culture that we normally don't get to see; these people aren't known and are the outcasts of society. Much like Andrea Arnold's masterpiece from last year, American Honey, this film brings to light many issues that are insanely topical in the current American political climate such as classism and racism.

Gorgeously shot on 35mm, this film is a feast for the eyes. It uses every colour in the crayon box from the gloriously purple exterior to the dilapidated Magic Kingdom motel to the impossibly bright oranges, reds, and greens of the local shops where the kids venture every day. While plasticky and candy-like ...

"Sean Bakers neo-realistic eye for humour, honesty and heartbreak has crafted a slow burn, potent commentary on Americas struggling underclass..."

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I think Wayne put it best when he said: "Don't, uh... Don't care much for kids, so..."

Final rating:½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal.

Motel manager Bobby (Willem Dafoe) tends to turn a bit of a blind eye to a few of his longer-term residents so long as they toe the line and dont disturb the equilibrium of things at their residence a stones throw from the Walt Disney estate in Orlando. One such beneficiary of this benign attitude is Halley (Bria Vinaite) who lives, largely on welfare and her wits, with her feisty young daughter Moonee (Brooklynn Prince). They are regularly a pain in his neck, but he knows that they arent going to do any real harm and that, more importantly, they have nowhere else to go. As the summer months arrive, though, Halley begins to bite the hands that feed her just once to often and when her attitude starts to attract the attention of the authoriti...