Review of The Florida Project (2017) by Hobocrit — 11 Nov 2017
This was the most unpleasant movie I’ve seen in recent history. I don’t understand why so many reviews rave. Granted Willem Dafoe’s performance is outstanding and the cinematography was highly creative.
The rest of the movie was abrasive to say the least. If you enjoy watching an unlikeable, emotionally damaged ( I stopped just short of saying pyschopathic) young mother raising an equally unlikeable, damaged brat daughter, then you might enjoy this movie.
The climax (anti-climax really) was predictable and should’ve come within the first 10 minutes. Instead we are subjected to a boring and really irritating non-plot for almost two hours watching bratty, hateful children and the whacked out mother day after day.
Because the reviews were so great I kept waiting for something to happen. Trust me nothing happens. You can watch this movie for a few minutes and you’ve got the whole idea. Poverty and slums juxtaposed against “the happiest place on earth” - I get it.
This review of The Florida Project (2017) was written by Hobocrit on 11 Nov 2017.
The Florida Project has generally received very positive reviews.
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