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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 27 Jun 2012

Fiercely original, richly imagined, and blessed with one of the great child performances…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 27 Jun 2012

It's hard not to admire Zeitlin's ambitious vision, his do-it-yourself aesthetic, and the commitment of his cast and crew - a kind of utopian…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 27 Jun 2012

Winds up feeling like a form of emotional tourism…

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By Thrillpool (1) on 27 Jun 2012

This movie is so good…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 26 Jun 2012

The movie is small, local, and idiosyncratic. Then again, it's also a thing of beauty and originality - and for that, sustained huzzahs are in order…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 26 Jun 2012

Director Benh Zeitlin and his co-writer Lucy Alibar, a playwright whose Juicy and Delicious was the inspiration, have created characters that…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 26 Jun 2012

Mark down the date: June 27…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 26 Jun 2012

It's unlikely there will be a film as visually stunning or poetic this year - or perhaps any year - to rival Beasts of the Southern Wild…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Nerdist (550) on 26 Jun 2012

The resolution between father and daughter...is wrenching and beautiful…

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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 26 Jun 2012

Devastatingly moving drama has harsh truths, whimsy, wisdom…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 26 Jun 2012

The director captures the racing mind of a child confronted with a situation she can't fully comprehend…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 26 Jun 2012

The film doesn't self-righteously revile these characters, which is fine. But perhaps worse, it loftily treats them like something out of Rousseau…

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By Marcdoyle (398) on 26 Jun 2012

What a touching film. It's excellent on many sensory levels, and Hush Puppy (the little girl) is pretty amazing as the film's focus…

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By Manilacritic (6) on 26 Jun 2012

All I have to say is Give That Little Girl an Oscar. Her performance alone should be the reason why people need to see this film…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 25 Jun 2012

It is strikingly hardheaded in its perception that the picayune dilemmas hotly debated on the media-mommy blogs are completely beside the point…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 25 Jun 2012

This movie is a blast of sheer, improbable joy, a boisterous, thrilling action movie with a protagonist who can hold her own alongside Katniss…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 25 Jun 2012

Don't miss this one…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 25 Jun 2012

If nothing else, this memorable effort eloquently displays Hushpuppy's fragile understanding of her world, where the only certainty is that…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 25 Jun 2012

In trying through incessant narration to make a six-year-old a prolix sage, Zeitlin can't avoid falling into sticky sentimentality…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 25 Jun 2012

The problem with Beasts of the Southern Wild is that, like The Tree of Life, it seeks to integrate its small, very personal story into a much…

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