In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.
Tropa Cero, Troupe Zero, Untitled Lucy Alibar Project
Rotten Tomatoes: 67%
Metacritic Metascore: 59
IMDB: 6.9
76/100
Ramsey Flint: "Don't give up boss..."
SYNOPSIS: In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a competition offers her a chance to be recorded on NASA's Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troop of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime.
While it's never quite on the offbeat or surprisingly touching level of the likes of Wes Andersons' Moonrise Kingdom, Troop Zero is an impressively likable watch that's appropriate for younger viewers while also being an entertaining view for adults alike.
It's not an ode to the nostalgia of childhood as you may expect, but it's a film that really engrosses you…
This movie feels as if it wishes it could be like Little Miss Sunshine or Moonrise Kingdom, specifically some variation of the two, but it’s not and is far from being as amazing as those. It’s still a good time tho. I love McKenna Grace, Alison Janney and especially Viola Davis. It’s a pretty great kids movie too. I understand that this isn’t really aimed for my demographic, and that it’s fairly forgettable, but I wanna be one of Viola Davis’ boos as well.
👍🏻72%
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This is an absolute gem of a film. It’s a shame because most will skip it due to the fact that it looks like your typical “cute kids movie,” but it’s much more than that. McKenna Grace is this generation’s Dakota Fanning. She’s fantastic in everything that she does and that’s no exception here. A surprise here is Jim Gaffigan, who is a personal favorite, and of course Viola is doing what Viola does. We basically have a group of misfit girls (and a boy) who enter a competition to get the opportunity to be heard from space. They’re competing against Girl Scouts who take themselves far more seriously, so we set…
i thought this was a comedy, then why the fuck am i crying?
this has the right amount of david bowie a film must have to qualify as a pretty good film, so yeah, it was a pretty good film
Troop Zero was a pleasant enough watch. Viola Davis as Miss Rayleen really laid the law down and rocked a beautiful 'fro. Mckenna Grace, one of my favorite up-and-coming actresses, plays Christmas Flint, a motherless girl who is unnecessarily bullied but has a positive attitude anyway.
Allison Janney is funny/mean/scary as Miss Massey.
The movie has its own lingo. There's no "fixin' to" or "finna to". They said "funna" instead, with a lot of other maybe this is normal for 1977 Georgia). Overall, it was a lot of fun and featured Katie Ellwood and Amber Templemore-Finlayson (as Bert & Bertie) as directors.
Vegan alert:
Miss Rayleen references her ex-boyfriend who had antlers on the wall (positive spin: she knew she could do better).
I’m here, We’re here.
2020 Film Ranked: boxd.it/4ZO1i
The 2020 Adventure: boxd.it/4ZQ9o
Can I be Miss Rayleen’s boo?
This film/story just talks to me so much. The first 15 of the film reminded me how I got bullied during school days, — the characters in the story gets it; you can feel the connection. Brilliant story writing and love the cinematography by James Whitaker.
This film supposed to be “Comedy-Drama”; I got the “Drama” part but where was the “Comedy”? I was literally sobbing in the second half of the film. This film just makes me feel good especially the I’m here, I’m here, I’m here” part.
Isn’t McKenna Grace was 7/8 years old few years ago? She stuck in a small girl’s body or am I getting old?
Walks out while Starman by David Bowie playing in the background.
The part where the children shouted “I am here” up at the sky in the hopes of being remembered and seen? Uhhhh yeah that shit hurted.
These little kids reminded me of me when I was young and too self conscious to be my true self and I will love them forever.
Un encantadora y entrañable historia de unas niñas (y un medio niño medio niña) con la poderosa presencia de Viola Davis que es bonita y se deja ver.
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While I don’t know if I connected with overall flow of the movie, I found it funny and emotionally connecting enough to have a really fulfilling viewing.
Delightful, albeit familiar coming of age story. The kids are great. Janney has so much range, she can do it all. Same can be said for Viola.
Any story about underdogs will make the biggest Scrooge fall in love with it, and Troop Zero isn’t limited in helping you find someone, nay everyone, adorable and charming - Christmas dreams of going into outer space instead of more feminine hobbies; her friend Joseph loves hairstyling and fashion; there’s a one-eyed kid who loves Jesus, and two other girls who love to blow things up. As most of the adults are hardened by broken hearts and unfulfilled expectations, this little band of misfits will make you want to feel like a kid again when you didn't know the difference between being "different" and "normal."
But even a story of underdogs has to offer more than just odbballs. And that's…
Sweet ending but this is an easy 2-star. Leans heavily on child performances and hits all the beats you'd expect in this type of underdog story, except it's so determined to make have us resent the establishment that it never self-corrects. Like Rebecca said: "Its like Mean Girls without the gym scene." The gym scene has its problems, but I get it. There are no "adults" here, except ones that are part of the outcast club. And that's a little too reductive to be powerful.
SO CUTE!! nothing not to like about this film. can we talk about Mckenna Grace?? probably my favorite youth actor of our time.
Not cool that Jim Gaffigan forced an employee - Viola Davis - to be troop mother when she clearly didn’t want to
Película incluyente que tiene de protagonista a una niña que esta interesada en el espacio, por querer estar en la grabación de un mensaje para el espacio entra al mundo "normal" se tiene que convertir en exploradora que en el imaginario es el canon de ser niña en estados unidos.
Aunque se queda un poco por encima de todo, es una feelsgood movie que al final pues se van a los "obvio" y lo popular de usar una cancion de Bowie pero ese final creo que mejora el baile de Little Miss Sunshine (en la sección bailes de niños en películas).
Es interesante ver este tipo de películas infantiles en el cine gringo, pero todavía les falta mucho para llegar al cine europeo.
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