Beasts of the Southern Wild Reviews and Ratings


  • JaneDoeNili
    May 21, 2013
    JaneDoeNili
    One thing I'm sure about this movie is that it's an original one. It was quite emotional also and I loved the little Hushpuppy's acting skills. And I hear it's the debut of the director Benh Zeitlin, who can be considered very successful.
  • nicli1
    May 20, 2013
    nicli1
    An unconventional way to tell a story of a relationship between father and daughter. It falls within the purview of love it or hate it genre. At times the movie seems to be going nowhere with nothing actually happens. But the feisty 6 years old girl Hush Puppy pulls the whole mov... read moreie together. "I hope you die. After you die, I go to your grave and eat birthday cake all by myself." She said. With that, she not only breaks her father's heart but ours too.
  • fb634715952
    May 20, 2013
    fb634715952
    "Beasts of The Southern Wild" es una obra maestra de extrana belleza: atencion a los detalles, evitacion de juicios y realismo magico hipnotico, son algunos de los muchos elementos valiosos de esta grandiosa cinta ubicada en los pantanos de Louisiana en un lugar llamado la Tina. ... read more "Beasts of the Southern Wild" es un verdadero canto a la naturaleza: sus imagenes quedaran grabadas en la mente y en el corazon, las actuaciones son de primera categoria y es una prueba del poder del cine independiente.
  • redxdress
    May 16, 2013
    redxdress
    I don't think I liked this as much as I wanted to. Mixed reviews aside, I truly thought I'd find it picturesque and potentially meaningful...instead, I found myself hoping it wasn't going to be too long, as any intended deeper message was obfuscated by the ethereal yet clumsy ma... read moregical realism and rather sparse dialogue. If the point was that impoverished, disempowered people consciously make choices that many of us would consider "crazy", because they know something deeper about life that we don't, well...I'm not sure that was totally original (or convincingly achieved) either... Really sorry to say this, but disappointing.
  • sloanie37
    May 10, 2013
    sloanie37
    http://rosslangager.com/2013/03/16/film-review-beasts-of-the-southern-wild/
  • antwanjjones
    May 7, 2013
    antwanjjones
    Beasts of the Southern Wild is a very colorful and artistic piece of film and quite the story plus everone needs to see this film
  • fb597022090
    May 5, 2013
    fb597022090
    So beautifully made, full of light and dark, and anchored by a brilliant lead performance from a very young and very talented actress.
  • vulcankhsiu
    April 30, 2013
    vulcankhsiu
    a different kind of feel-good movie with subtle direction and powerful performance from Quvenzhané Wallis; the spirit of Beasts of the Southern Wild avoids to get too mellow-dramatic and manipulatively crafty, nicely done =)
  • jp992751
    April 29, 2013
    jp992751
    Beasts of Southern Wild isn't a great story (unless you love the arthouse genre) but it works for two reasons...Benh Zeitin's direction and the Oscar worthy performance of young Quvenzhane Wallis who absolutely steals the show and the audiences hearts. The entire cast is excellen... read moret but it is the young Wallis who gives a performance beyond her years that keeps the story of the yokels from "the bathtub" trying to overcome the effects of a hurricane relevant. Director Benh Zeitin vision is brought to screen through vivid shots and an authentic feel through the use of shaky cam. Beasts of Southern Wild is a decent film but not worthy of all the accolades it gets unless it comes about from Quvenzhane Wallis' performance.
  • whoisthewalrus
    April 27, 2013
    whoisthewalrus
    I didn't know what to make of this movie... or the beasts (I don't know if they were real or not). However, a great performance by Miss Wallis as Hushpuppy. The story of her and her dad was amazing, but the whole beasts thing confused me a bit. (Perhaps I should have seen this on... read more more than 3 hrs of sleep).
  • bioariel
    April 7, 2013
    bioariel
    Very moving, very interesting, loved the colors and the whole attitude of the characters.
  • fb100000164590380
    March 30, 2013
    fb100000164590380
    This film is a wonderful ride, that has a few slow points, including one plot point that seemed to come out of nowhere, and didn't really add much to the story, but I found this film wholly entertaining, with ridiculously strong performances from first time actors Quvenzhane Wall... read moreis and Dwight Henry.
  • fb721085879
    March 26, 2013
    fb721085879
    Truly a moving film, extremely well acted by 5 year old Quvenzhane Wallis. A story of Katrina hitting a poor community living in a southern delta of Louisiana. There's lots of issues here in subtext, but what we see is a culture clash between the haves who think they're helping, ... read moreand the have nots who think they don't need help that requires dragging them from their homes. There are some elements of surrealism, but the narration tells us that this whole story is through a childs eyes, and the accumulated facts that she picks up from teachers, shopkeepers, drunken parents etc. that she accepts as absolute truths. Through surviving storms, nursing her sickening father, and searching for her lost mother, it's also a story of how a little girl builds personal strength and independence. Brilliant film.
  • mrglass2422000
    March 25, 2013
    mrglass2422000
    Interesting with a few strong moments but overrated. 90% of its success dues to the great performances by Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry.

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