Review of The Florida Project (2017) by Keithdow — 13 Nov 2017

One realizes about halfway through 'The Florida Project' that the entirety film is going to continue along a rather offbeat and non-traditional track. The film is more atmospheric than plot driven, similar in that regard to last year's breakout hit 'Moonlight.

' Both the production team and acting talent on 'The Florida Project' did a phenomenal job at world-building, creating a realistic setting filled with distinct characters that oftentimes felt like watching a documentary.

However, it's the overall structure of the movie that makes it a flat-out chore to sit through. Stories need a beginning, middle, and end. 'The Florida Project' is all middle. Worse, it hardly has a main character.

Or at the very least it lacks any kind of protagonist/antagonist relationship in the traditional sense. And by the time the asynchronous ending appeared on the screen, I was screaming in my head for the end credits to finally roll, as the two hour run-time felt more like three and I just wanted to go home.