2017 Directed by Sean Baker
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.
Brooklynn Prince Bria Vinaite Willem Dafoe Valeria Cotto Christopher Rivera Caleb Landry Jones Mela Murder Aiden Malik Macon Blair Sabina Friedman-Seitz Karren Karagulian Sandy Kane Carl Bradfield Gary B. Gross Sonya McCarter Josie Olivo Rosa Medina Perez Jasineia Ramos Kit Sullivan Patti Wiley Jason Blackwater Jim R. Coleman Kelly Fitzgerald Krystal Gordon Betty Jeune Joanne Moreno Lauren O'Quinn Edward Pagan Samantha Parisi Show All…
Andrew Duncan Alex Saks Sean Baker Chris Bergoch Kevin Chinoy Francesca Silvestri Shih-Ching Tsou Elayne Schneiderman Schmidt
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.
98
Me before my second viewing of The Florida Project: "I probably won't cry this time."
Me after my second viewing of The Florida Project: "THE ENTIRETY OF MY FEELINGS HAVE MELTED AND GONE INTO MY SOCKS!"
Really responded to the spatial maneuverings this time around - how around every corner is an adventure and a surprise, even though it may be a horrifying sight.
the ending sequence really got me. a child’s joy and happiness is the closest thing we have to magic.
The part where Moonee starts crying, really made remember times where I cried that hard a kid. I was instantly sucked in from the beginning, and loved how it was through her perspective.
Sean Baker you angel
A colourful meditation on innocence & the American Dream; channeled through the vessel of tiny, bad mouthed children.
Sobbed like a baby then reached ecstasy all in the space of a minute.
“It’s fallen and it still grows.”
This film moves me in so many ways. Every time I have watched it, I feel and see and notice little things. Beautiful in so many ways. Mooney also may just be my best friend. Her food thoughts were amazing.
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