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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 04 Jul 2012

Part cinematic tone poem, part portrait of society's marginalized, part painful domestic drama and part Southern-fried hokum…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 04 Jul 2012

A truly beautiful, original film, one that looks and feels absolutely nothing like any movie you've ever seen…

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By Jake Mulligan (34) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 04 Jul 2012

One of the most assured debuts in years ... a portrait of the wonder and heartbreak that comes with being too young to understand what you experience…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Jul 2012

Working with a cast of unknown, inexperienced actors, Zeitlin presents viewers with a poetic journey to a corner of the country that's not…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 04 Jul 2012

A strange marvel that offers an unusual blend of stark realism and carefully framed cinematic poetry…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 04 Jul 2012

But even with the great good efforts of Wallis, the results, to some of us, betray a distrustworthy slickness reminiscent of a British Petroleum…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 03 Jul 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild is not only a wonderful story -- a portrait of intestinal fortitude in the face of enormous change -- but it's…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 01 Jul 2012

Yet another poster child for how much can be achieved with shoestring funds, and how the beauty of a good screenplay is more important than…

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By Moviemachine (11) on 01 Jul 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild is not only a wonderful film, but a surprisingly uplifting experience as a whole…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 30 Jun 2012

[Zeitlin's] as enraptured by his own imagery as by the poetry of the settings but never finds a distinctive form for his ambitious vision…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 30 Jun 2012

I hope I'm not raining on Beasts of the Southern Wild's deluge to say it doesn't always live up to its pretensions…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 28 Jun 2012

The best reason to wade into this (let's be honest) challenging but hugely rewarding film is Quvenzhané Wallis…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 28 Jun 2012

The point of watching the film, and the only reason to see it, is the experience of watching it, which sounds tautological or something, but…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Jun 2012

The endangered swampland dwellers are supposed to be an indigenous pastoral community threatened by eco-unfriendly oil refineries…

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By Clay Steakley (5) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 28 Jun 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild is remarkable, bizarre and beautiful…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 27 Jun 2012

There's no trace of calculation, only artistic ambitions and hopes that have come to fruition in the year's finest film thus far…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 27 Jun 2012

There's no way you won't be captivated by Wallis, chosen ahead of 3,500 candidates to play the tiny folk hero who narrates the story…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 27 Jun 2012

It's not a perfect film, magical realism perhaps being a bit too pat for its location...but he's gotten true performances from Wallis and Henry,…

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By Michelle Orange (458) for Movieline (883) on 27 Jun 2012

The success of this exuberant, affecting debut feature from director Benh Zeitlin depends on his ability to universalize the particular, in…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 27 Jun 2012

There's no denying that Zeitlin is an emerging artist of serious talent…

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