this is the first time willem dafoe has not looked like the human embodiment of evil he was truly willem dafriend in this

Sean Baker's TANGERINE follow-up is an absolute barn-burner, brimming with life and noise and neglect and an all-timer of a performance by Willem Dafoe. Baker definitely finding his groove... endlessly smart move to flip the script on his breakthrough and apply the same energy to a gorgeously shot 35mm slice of Americana that reeks of POST TENEBRAS LUX for a reason. A movingly episodic story of the "missing homeless" living week-to-week in a godawful motel just outside of the Magic Kingdom, the film builds a remarkably comprehensive portrait of life on the margins - and the systems & cycles that keep people there.

american honey jr

(but i also don’t wanna minimize this with a joke because??? it made me feel every emotion at once for a full 115 minutes)

literal magic, blends american honey and sean bakers previous project tangerine in the most enchanting and immersive way possible. i can’t say anything else that hasn’t already been said, but i truly feel like a kid again.

the most American
film of the decade??
I've been transformed
back into a small child.

crying on airplanes can be fun i guess

The last minute sucks

Movie about a little girl growing up with her white trash mother around Disneyland. It looks like a happy time but disaster is lurking in the shadows.

Sean Baker is such a humanist film maker. This film in particular never feels like it judges its characters that are often looked down upon by the rest of society. Baker knows how to use his camera to open up a completely hidden world to viewers to give one of the most moving, powerful stories since The 400 Blows.

I really loved this film. It was beautiful and so very tragic all in one. The entire film you feel an overwhelming mix of sadness and happiness. It’s one of those films where after you watch it you just think about it for days upon days. It truly touched me.
I can’t remember the last movie that made me cry. Out of no where I just began sobbing. A phenomenal piece of art.

i feel like a kid again

Fuck whoever said kids can't act.

Moonee (Brooklyn Prince) is a 6-year-old girl who lives with her mom (Bria Vinaite) in a hotel near Disneyworld and spends her days playing with her friends (Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, and Aiden Malik), blissfully unaware of how precarious her little world really is.

This is a really extraordinary film that builds a full, complex portrait of the small community that calls this hotel home out of myriad closely observed little moments. Prince’s naturalistic performance is relaxed and utterly convincing, a testament not only to her natural talent but to director/co-screenwriter Sean Baker’s ability to direct children. She is sometimes infuriating and sometimes sweet, just like a real kid. It is a long, slow heartbreak throughout the film to see her living this life that cannot go on this way. Willem Dafoe turns in another memorable performance as the hotel manager, tired and sad but kind, who we just know has seen this story a thousand times before.

I love the Florida Project. It is surreal and such a great commentary on the impoverished living in Florida. People think of Florida and picture the beaches and beautiful houses but they never truly see how many poor and suffering people there are. This movie really illustrates it, in such a subtly heartbreaking way. The fact that it’s shot from the perspective of a child is a fantastic directorial choice. 

This is a movie you have to see.