Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

cricketbat Good movie? Sure. Interesting movie? Definitely. Best Picture? I'm not sure about that. Beasts of the Southern Wild features some spectacular acting from 6-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis and 50-year-old Dwight Henry (which is amazing considering neither one had acted before), but the movie tries to be too deep at times and it loses its raw, realistic power. This is impressive work from a first time director.

austin0731 An imaginative and beautifully shot film about a coming of age story. A story that follows the six-year-old Hushpuppy is told front such an interesting point of view as the line between reality and imagination is so blurred in the eyes of our main protagonist. It is a journey of finding courage and also love. The film was beautifully shot completed with an amazing performance from a child actress. It is interesting to see this character having all of these connections to the world around her, and her perhaps more primitive outlooks on these social archetypes that we perhaps hold our own views of. This film takes modern societies outlooks on rules, nature and machinery and turns it all around from a point of view of a young child. A Lot of these events are magical and wonderous while others are disjointed and nonsensical. But really, other than the performance and this innovative 'point of view' this film lacks in many ways too. Especially with the overall flow of the movie, many scenes can be incoherent and mismatched making it overall quite confusing. The idea is at the right place surely but the execution in terms of the scene by scene can really make the film seem pointless although it is a shame because behind this there is such a story to be told. I do believe that this could have and should have been done a lot better. I also found myself quite disoriented and nauseated at times by the hand held camera technique which may be argued was the whole point, but really? Overall an alright film with some beautiful scenes and an amazing idea/story to be told but poor and misleading execution of the film may be its downfall.

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.

atlasmb "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is a film about relationships. The relationship between a young girl and her father. The relationship between the people of a somewhat primitive society and the land they live off. And the relationship of every part of the world to every other part.A young newcomer named Quvenzhane Wallis plays the part of Hushpuppy, the daughter of Wink (played by Dwight Henry), a man who feels an imperative to make a "beast" of her so she can survive after he is gone.This is a good example of magical realism, where magical beings and happenings exist in the everyday world. The symbolism is intriguing, but not necessary for the narrative of the film to succeed. The real "magic" is the relationship between the two primary characters, to say nothing of the accomplished acting of these two newcomers, one only six years old. If the love sometimes seems buried deep below the surface, it is always there and powerfully strong. Obviously, this film is not for everyone. But the acting alone makes it a must see for me.