Brooklynn Prince

Bria Vinaite

Willem Dafoe

Christopher Rivera

Valeria Cotto

Mela Murder

Josie Olivo

Caleb Landry Jones

Aiden Malik

Edward Pagan

Jim R. Coleman

Patti Wiley

Jasineia Ramos

Rosa Medina Perez

Krystal Nicole Watts

Bronwyn Valley

Kelly Fitzgerald

Sandy Kane

Andrew Romano

Carolina Grabova

Terry Allen Jones

Karren Karagulian

Sabina Friedman-Seitz

Troy Kohlmaier

Ginger Cook

Shih-Ching Tsou

Marisol Rivera

Carl Bradfield

Joop Katana

Giovanni Rodriguez

Angel Garcia

Latanya Ortiz

Sonya McCarter

John Sutton

Adina Sutton

Betty Jeune

Shail Kamini Ramcharan

Kit Sullivan

Macon Blair

Joanne Moreno

Jason Blackwater

Lauren O'Quinn

Hannah Peterson

Cecilia Quinan

Gary B. Gross

Matt Snedecor

Jesse Pomeroy

Guillaume Chiavassa

David Danesi

Eve Garnier

Sean Baker

Marten W. Piccinini

Lorne Balfe

Andrew Duncan

Alex Saks

Kevin Chinoy

Francesca Silvestri

Elayne Schneiderman Schmidt

Samantha Quan

Dani Johnson

Carmen Cuba

Stephonik Youth

Kurt Thoresen

Fernando Rodriguez

Carol Raskin

Diana Thomas-Madison

Chris Bergoch

Rick Scott

Jennifer Badger

Richard Marrero

Jonathan Mercedes

Eric Miranda

Kevin Morgan

Haley Nott

Digney Pozo

Blanca Rosa Rosario

Emily Pendas

Claudia Combee

Julie S. Siegmund

Harrison Thevenin

Henry Gelhart

Anthony Ioannou

Mike McGowan

Osvaldo Silvera Jr.

Mike Hugo

Matthew Hearon-Smith

Pat Meng

Mark Mullen

Jenny Conrad

Alexis Zabé

Darren Dean

Jennifer Radzikowski

Joe McDougall

Katye Kalivoda

Aleksandra Stojanović

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The Florida Project

Cre Film

Freestyle Picture Company

June Pictures

United States of America

_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 during the day scenes, the film is even more stunning at sundown - the dusty, sun-drenched shots here are sublime.

Everyone has been abuzz about Willem Dafoe's performance in this. He's absolutely charming and is the glue that holds these dejected people's lives together in this film. He's the father figure to all of them and he does the absolute most with his character. The breakthrough star of this film, however, is 7-year-old Brooklynn Prince. She's an absolute superstar. During the Q&A at the North American premiere she wore a baby blue princess gown and simultaneously waved like Queen Elizabeth II and blew kisses at the audience as they gave her a standing ovation. Child performers lately have been better and better - remember how good Jacob Tremblay was in _Room_? Just you wait for Prince to wow you in this. She has a scene at the very end of the movie that requires her to break down and cry and it tore my heart out.

Simon Foster

"Sean Baker’s neo-realistic eye for humour, honesty and heartbreak has crafted a slow burn, potent commentary on America’s struggling underclass..."

Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2017/10/4/the-florida-project.html

Gimly

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._

CinemaSerf

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 don’t disturb the equilibrium of things at their residence a stone’s 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 aren’t 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 authorities - concerned about the well-being of her daughter, things start to become harder and harder for this couple to stay together and for “Bobby” to continue to help out. It’s quite ironic that this glorified homeless hostel sits so closely to the wonders of the Disney castle, and that contrast is well made. Unfortunately I just found, though, that this woman was just too much the architect of her own predicament to engage with and even though I could appreciate the efforts of the well-meaning “Bobby”, I found my interest in this family dwindling as the constant stream of expletives and thoughtless behaviour rendered the whole thing uninteresting. The acting from Vinaite and Prince is compellingly natural, especially towards the denouement, but somehow I felt that I ought to have cared more about their situation and any solution way more than I actually did. Is it supposed to be an indictment of a hopeless/helpless working class? If it is, it merely succeeds in depicting an obnoxious woman who has little interest in compromising or improving her own lot in life in an irritatingly “entitled millennial” sort of fashion. Dafoe doesn’t really say much - not that he gets much opportunity, and when he does he doesn’t really develop his character sufficiently. Too much is left to our own perceptions of and sympathies for these people and I just didn’t want to bother after the umpteenth bout of adult petulance. “Halley” might be trying to protect her daughter, but that kind of protection nobody needs - six years old or no and the angry and aggressive writing here just made me turn off.

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Mark Kermode reviews The Florida Project (2017) | BFI Player

Making Of Mini-Doc

Opening Scene | THE FLORIDA PROJECT | Altitude Films

Halley's Battle Against Poverty and Motherhood | BEST OF Bria Vinaite | Altitude Films

Bobby Being The Heart of The Magic Castle | BEST OF Willem Dafoe | Altitude Films

Bobby Protects The Kids From A Suspicious Old Man | THE FLORIDA PROJECT | Altitude Films

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