The Florida Project

2017 Directed by Sean Baker

Welcome to a magical kingdom

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.

Willem Dafoe Brooklynn Prince Bria Vinaite Valeria Cotto Christopher Rivera Caleb Landry Jones Aiden Malik Josie Olivo Edward Pagan Patti Wiley Jasineia Ramos Rosa Medina Perez Mela Murder Krystal Gordon Bronwyn Valley Kelly Fitzgerald Sandy Kane Jim R. Coleman Andrew Romano Carolina Grabova Terry Allen Jones Karren Karagulian Sabina Friedman-Seitz Troy Kohlmaier Ginger Cook Shih-Ching Tsou Marisol Rivera Carl Bradfield Joop Katana Show All…

Alternative Titles

Проект "Флорида", 佛罗里达廉租房, 佛罗里达项目, 佛罗里达计划, Projeto Flórida, El proyecto Florida, 플로리다 프로젝트

drama

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Review by ciara ★★★★½ 52

this is the first time willem dafoe has not looked like the human embodiment of evil he was truly willem dafriend in this
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★★ 4

“You know why this is my favorite tree? Because it tipped over, and it’s still growing.”
Review by Lucy ★★★★½ 8

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)
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 9

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.
Review by kevinyang ★★★★ 18

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I so badly wanted to give this a 4.5 upon re-watch, but there's just something missing in that middle stretch that prevents a bumping of the rating. Still easily one of my favorites of 2017, and I'd like to touch upon a few additional things I really appreciated:
 1. I really love the camerawork, especially as it relates to the interaction between the kids' world and the adults' world. There are several moments where Baker and Zabe choose to shoot the kids' heads from behind as a conflict plays out immediately in front of them, e.g. when Scooty watches Halley and Ashley fighting or when Moonee and Jancey walk towards the Child Protective Services people the first time. The heads…
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★★ 22

35mm at Music Box (Sean Baker there in person)
Personally told Sean Baker afterwards that I wouldn’t just log it as “watched at music box”. He laughed! Nothing new to say besides I never noticed how great and smooth the editing is.
Review by truman ★★★★½ 14

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how did they get in the park though
Review by Jordan Horowitz ★★★★★ 10

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This is a masterpiece. It’s everything I want from cinema. Bold and beautiful and angry and deep and hopeful and true.
The moment at the end of the movie when the format switches (right before they head into Disney) is one of the more profound moments I’ve had in a theater in some time. As a filmmaker, I knew where this was going. I understood immediately the literal theft of the Disney footage that was to come. And in that moment, form was married to content was married to character was married to story in a truly transcendent way, and it shook me to the core. When the picture cut to black, I broke the fuck down.
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★★ 18

the most American
film of the decade??
I've been transformed
back into a small child.
Review by Lucy ★★★★★ 6

so honest it almost hurts. the film equivalent of finding buried treasure
Review by pilot ★★★★ 3

once i was in an elevator with Willem Dafoe and i didn’t know what to say so when i got off at my floor i winked at him as the doors closed
Review by katie ★★★★½ 4

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.

Recent reviews

Review by lana ★★★½

it was a nice movie but also kinda boring, the ending was worth it tho
Review by PaiTheHuman ★★★★½

One of the most honest films i've ever seen.
Review by nana ★★★★½

I also watched this one
I spent so many minutes trying to convince myself that this was not a sad movie, but my heart just broke in the end.
As a child who went through a lot shit, I felt myself in this movie, we try to act like this is fine because we see that it is not, but we know that if we fall the situation gets worse. I love children so much, and my little sister saved me from a lot things... Children are the best.
Admirable the power of this mother, she is not perfect, but she is trying so hard and I already saw my mother in difficult times.. you know.. mothers are the best !!!!
Review by jude ★★★★★

Rewatched on Netflix with Yara.
Review by thorntoncash ★★★½

man this one got me in my feels big time. but why did the end look like a low budget disney commercial?
Review by jude ★★★★★

Watched on Netflix.
Review by jude ★★★★★

Rewatched on Netflix.
Review by susanabenedet

guajes
Review by kyle ★★★★★

i think the most special part of this film is the way Baker was able to portray exactly how childhood feels: purposely cutting unfamiliar adults’ faces out of the shot, saccharine color scheme, showing the unique ability of children to make an otherwise boring place seem like a paradise to explore with friends, and so much more
Review by fritzyuhboi ★★★

it’s ok
Review by Sarah :) ★★★★★

Forgot how sad this was 😭
Review by Eric ★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Ashley is the high school teacher that writes you a horrendous college transcript. Pettiest woman out there. Stopped giving Halley’s daughter free waffles when they needed it most just because she influenced Scooty into starting the house fires. Separate the kid’s and parent’s actions for Christ sake. Then she calls the DCM on her after calling her a “whore” and getting clapped by Halley for the insult, and it’s exactly what Ashley made Halley resort to. None of the above make my rating lower, but was the point of Ashley’s character to be such a unnecessarily spiteful person. The transition from what preceded the ending to the ending was dreadful.