The 2012 movie Beasts of the Southern Wild directed by Benh Zeitlin is a fairy tale about the end of the world. It's also the story of a father and a daughter living on the "other side" of the levees, in a broken world cut off from the rest of America: the Bathtub. Six-year old Hushpuppy, played with a surprisingly raw sort of fierceness by Quvenzhané Wallis, is a wild child of the coast. She lives with her father, Wink (Dwight Henry) though the two live in their own trailers. They live off the land, off their pigs and chickens and the catfish and crawdads they catch in the sea.
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a difficult movie to review. Is it well done? Except for the horrible constant moving camera, yes. Images of the film will stick in your mind for a long time after the closing credits. Is it enjoyable? Well, I certainly enjoyed the spirit of Hush Puppy, the six year old played by Quvenzhané Wallis, who is cute as a button throughout. The way she is being raised by her alcoholic father is not pleasant to watch at all. Living in separate quarters by herself, poverty, alcoholism, illiteracy, death. It doesn't seem to phase her as it is the only life she has known.
The film is a very slow paced slice of life. It's only about an hour and a half long but seemed longer to me due to the pacing. Overall it wasn’t that bad of a movie, even though there was some parts I was at a complete lost [either "at a complete loss" or "completely lost"].
The film is a very slow paced slice of life. It's only about an hour and a half long but seemed longer to me due to the pacing. Overall it wasn’t that bad of a movie, even though there was some parts I was at a complete lost [either "at a complete loss" or "completely lost"].
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