Synopsis
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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Cast
- Brooklynn PrinceMoonee
- Bria VinaiteHalley
- Willem DafoeBobby
- Christopher RiveraScooty
- Valeria CottoJancey
- Mela MurderAshley
- Josie OlivoGrandma Stacy
- Caleb Landry JonesJack
- Aiden MalikDicky
- Edward PaganDicky's Dad
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
While minimal on plot, the film digs in its nails on the day-to-day struggles of poor people in America. - 100
The Playlist
The infectious joy of a long childhood summer is brilliantly and boldly brought to life, unfolding, like Baker’s vital last film “Tangerine,” in a vivid present tense. - 100
New York Magazine (Vulture)
This is a near-perfect film, and a heightening in every way of everything that was great about Baker’s last movie. - 100
Vox
The Florida Project won’t let us look away. Nor, given its brilliance, would we want to. Instead, we laugh, we watch silently, and we’re challenged to stop simplifying people's lives so we can offer easy theoretical answers. - 91
IndieWire
The Florida Project further cements Baker’s status as one of the most innovative American directors working today, but he’s also an essential advocate for the stories this country often doesn’t get to see. - 90
Screen Daily
A remarkable study of poverty, family and personal responsibility, The Florida Project meticulously illustrates how life on the margins affects one impressionable six-year-old. - 90
ScreenCrush
The Florida Project immerses us in more stories that too often get excluded from movies. It finds magic in the mundane, and reminds audiences how to look at the world through fresh, untainted eyes. - 80
Variety
As a filmmaker, Baker is a graceful neorealist voyeur who thrives on improvisation, and his storytelling, in The Florida Project, is mostly just a series of anecdotes. But that turns out to be enough.
