The Florida Project

2017 "Welcome to a magical kingdom"
7.6| 1h52m| R| en| More Info
Released: 06 October 2017 Released
Producted By: Cinereach
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://a24films.com/films/the-florida-project
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The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

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Bereamic Awesome Movie
Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
cande56755 They should call the hotel Wal-Mart land be that's where I feel like I am while watching the movie.
MrDHWong The Florida Project is a drama film starring Willem Dafoe. Directed and co-written by Sean Baker (Tangerine), it a raw and unrelenting look into a side of American culture many try to ignore but at the same time cannot look away from.In the city of Kissimmee, Florida, six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) lives with her anarchic young mother Halley (Bria Vinaite) in a run-down motel. To pass the time during Summer break, Moonee spends her days with other motel resident kids, causing mischief, conning tourists out of money, and getting on the nerves of the motel's manager Bobby (Willem Dafoe).The film makes no attempts at sugarcoating its depiction of lower-class civilian life in America. As unsympathetic as many of the characters are, they all seem like realistic people most will have encountered at some point and director Sean Baker chooses a more down-to-earth approach at showing their lifestyles rather than the usual Hollywood-manufactured sentiment. All of the young child actors were fantastic and gave convincing performances. However, it is Willem Dafoe who shines the most as the serious but well-intentioned motel manager Bobby as he tries to help his guests deal with any outbreak of chaos. This is not an easy film for a casual viewer to sit through, but if one can stomach some of the more extreme moments, then I suggest seeing it at least once.I rate it 7/10
amandafronds-47488 Good lord, the way performances can move you. The director's hand is so light yet so distinct, this could only come from Sean Baker yet there's no flash, no showing off. I truly loved and was moved by and learned from this film. It will make you a more compassionate person. I cannot BELIEVE it didn't get nominated for Best Picture. It was my favorite film of 2017. The screenplay is magnificent.
Jackson Booth-Millard When this independent film was released to DVD, film critic Mark Kermode was giving it a lot of praise, I only knew bits and pieces of its premise, so I was looking forward to it, directed by Sean Baker (Tangerine). Basically in the Magic Castle, a budget motel in Kissimmee, Florida near Walt Disney World, six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Kimberly Prince) lives with her young tattooed single mother Halley (Bria Vinaite). She spends most of her time during the summer unsupervised with her motel friends Scooty (Christopher Rivera) and Dicky (Aiden Malik), playing and causing mischief, scrounging and stealing from tourists, and getting in trouble. The three children are one day caught spitting on a guest's car, Dicky's father (Edward 'Punky' Pagan) restricts him from playing with Moonee and Scotty, his family later relocate to New Orleans, which saddens the others. While the kids are cleaning the car, Moonee meets Jancey (Valeria Cotto), who lives at the Futureland motel next door, she invites her to hang out with them. Bobby (Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated Willem Dafoe), the manager of Magic Castle, is protective of the children, this includes one incident where an elderly man is acting suspiciously hanging around them, he threatens to call the police if the man returns. Halley is struggling to pay her rent, she tries to sell perfume to many tourists in parking lots, and she asks Scooty's mother, Ashley (Mela Murder), to steal food for them from the diner she works at. But Ashley cuts contact after discovering Moonee, Scooty, and Jancey set fire to an abandoned condominium. To make more money, Halley sets up an online prostitution profile offering her services, closing Moonee in the bathroom when she is with a client. Bobby notices the activity and applies restrictions on unregistered guests in her motel room. When Halley steals a client's Disney resort passes to sell them, the man she stole demands them back; Bobby sees him off but warns Halley that he will evict her if she continues her prostitution. Halley is desperate and approaches Ashley to apologize and ask for money, Ashley mocks her for her prostitution, Halley beats her up in front of Scooty. The next day, Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) arrive to investigate Halley. She cleans up her room and gives away her weed, then takes Moonee to a resort hotel restaurant, charging the meal to a guest's room. When they return to the motel, DCF and the police are waiting to take Moonee into foster care pending investigation. Bobby overhears the commotion, but cannot bring himself to do anything, he just stands outside and smokes. Moonee runs away to find Jancey, they run away together to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Also starring Josie Olivo as Grandma Stacy. Vinaite is great as the just about managing single mother, Prince is impossibly cute and brilliant as the mischievous daughter, and Dafoe is terrific as the kindly motel manager, the theme of childhood innocence and the clash between adult and child worlds are very evocative, it is emotionally intense, but there good-spirited and funny bits as well, a fantastic drama. Very good!