Beasts of the Southern Wild – 6.5
An extraordinary film, vividly capturing a foreign land inside the U.S. The acting is so authentic the movie comes across at times like a documentary, which led to my confusion: parts seem to be a commentary on post-Katrina Louisiana, while other parts – e.g., the escape from the hospital – are as fanciful as Moonrise Kingdom. The story itself wasn’t particularly wonderful, or even interesting. What was wonderful was the depiction of life in “The Bathtub,” a true community where races, sexes and ages mixed in harmony (and liquor) and people lived off the land (except for the liquor).
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