Review of The Florida Project (2017) by Max R — 01 Nov 2017

Much like the directors previous movie Tangerine The Florida Project offers a glistening world filled with beauty through the camera, but a somber and sad, but often heartwarming world through the characters.

The nuggets of childhood wonder seen in the trailer are often followed by moments of shitty parenting and shitty actions, but it doesn't ever push the idea that it's the adults fault. It instead offers the idea that we trap ourselves in a cycle where parents long for a world of childhood wonder that is no longer there.

The parents view of childhood wonder is much different than that of the kids however, they view childhood as a time of freedom where you can do whatever you want, but the wonder we see in kids eyes isn't from indulgence, it's from friendship.

For a movie that offers amazing and funny moments from a child's perspective it also remains down to earth, and makes us look at the reality of how we treat kids. In a time of massive blockbusters and superhero films in The Florida Project you get an extremely realist feeling of joy, sadness, and childhood wonder.