Film Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
A film like this comes only once in a while. It's a fantasy set in a not-so-pleasant-to-the-eye locale, a place they call Bathtub for obvious reason. The main protagonist in the film is a little girl called Hushpuppy, whose imagination is wild. She thinks of every human being, including herself, as a wild animal and that she can talk to beasts, either real or imagined. In the real world, she must find her place in the world as her father is ailing and the environment falls apart.
This is one of the most imaginative films I've seen in years. There are a few times that the film tends to be too sentimental. However, the freshness of the theme of the film eclipses that. Hushpuppy as a character is loveable although you may hate her in some scenes because of her stubbornness.
Rating: 4.0/4.0
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