Beasts of the Southern Wild

2012 "I gotta take care of mine."
7.2| 1h33m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 29 June 2012 Released
Producted By: Journeyman Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://beastsofthesouthernwild.com/
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Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack—temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.

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smactavish It took me six years to finally watch this movie, and I wish I had seen it when it was recommended to me five years ago. It seems clear from the reviews hear that there are two kinds of people. The empathetic, thoughtful viewers who enjoy the powerful spirit hush puppy exhibits despite her difficult, actually incredibly harsh surroundings. Then there are the impatient, judgmental viewers who just can't grasp the realities of the extremely downtrodden. This is a movie of fantasy, and a very good one!
James Bowman (jbowman-16) What would it be like to live in the middle of a swamp, in a post Katrina or post apocalyptic world? What if you saw this world from the imagination/reality of a child. That's where I arrived when I opened my eyes to the film, Beast of the Southern Wild. The film opens in a celebration with the people of the "Bathtub", a community living in the middle of the Mississippi delta, inside of a levee. This community is a hodgepodge of races, cultures, the eclectic, and the strange. The narrator of this unusual story is Hushpuppy, a tough, spunky, and independent six year old girl, who is raised by her equally tough but slightly off father, Wink.As I watched this film, I couldn't tell where realty crossed to fantasy or when fantasy reawakened again to reality. In between listening to the heartbeat of every animal she came upon, or hand fishing with her father, Hushpuppy envisioned the escape of prehistoric beasts, released from melting polar ice caps. For her, the universe had to always be in balance, and the escape of these beasts represented just that. The film moved as it were visual poetry, weaving in and out of realism and the fantastic mind of a child. I wonder if adults would have the flexibility to still absorb or understand the idealism of such an imagination.For a first time effort, director and writer Benh Zeitlin runs full blast into a visually stunning, epic, and artistic piece. It's also hard to believe that the stars of the film, Dwight Henry(Wink) , and the truly amazing Quvenzhané Wallis(Hushpuppy) were just regular people discovered in Louisiana. This film will either disappoint with its confusion, entrance you with its artistry, or leave you longing to understand its meaning. But whatever you take from this film, I hope that you would appreciate the remarkable talent of Quvenzhané Wallis, in a performance that I hope will be awarded come Oscar time.
Dominic LeRose Indpent films rarely posses as much visual beauty and poignant literary techniques as "Beasts of the Southern Wild," a gem of a movie that encompasses philosophical questions about the meaning of life and will have you moved from start to finish. Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love. Thisn movie seems to be all over the place for most of the film, and took me a couple viewings to truly understand the beauty and meaning behind the film. No worries. This masterpiece of visual and written art by young filmmaker Ben Zeitlen tests traditional summer movies and gives you a film that causes a wide range of emotions and excites the eyes due to the gorgeous cinematography and marvelous directorial skills by a young and talented wizard of cinema.
Leofwine_draca BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is an odd, one-of-a-kind story that tells of the relationship between a young black girl and her hobo-style father. The two of them live a hand-to-mouth existence in a kind of shanty town in the Louisiana bayous, but when their world comes crashing down due to a flood they must embark on a journey of survival.I had no idea what to make of this love-it-or-hate-it movie but I enjoyed up enjoying it, for what it's worth. The lack of reason or explanation of events is a little irritating for a viewer who likes concrete facts, but the style of the thing, all magic realist, is quite entrancing. It turns that the fantasy elements of the story involving the huge aurochs is secondary to what turns out to be an intimate story of the little girl and her father. Non-actor Dwight Henry's intense performance makes the film although Quvenzhane Wallis deserves kudos for bringing to life an enchanting central character.