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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/

here's a short from the director set in a similar world as BEASTS:

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This film is getting tons of buzz at sundance this year. Two of my friends watched it and didnt think it was very good. Chances are it will be picked up and out on limited release.

new trailer:

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Saw this tonight. Really interesting hybrid, and it's quite light on the fantasy / sci-fi elements (which, to be perfectly honest, was slightly disappointing). Quvenzhané Wallis is an absolute miracle and one of the best children I have ever seen in front of a camera. She makes or breaks the movie, as she has to carry it on her shoulders, and she succeeds.

The only surprise is how short the movie is (about 90 minutes), although it felt longer.

Recommended.

Interesting to me that child actors tend to do a better job than adult ones nowadays.

Reviews are coming in. Average of 97 on Metacritic.

This sums it up nicely:

Look for this film when award season rolls around.

I hope this film shows somewhere in the Detroit metro area.

Out today NY/LA:

89/100 on Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/movie/beas...-southern-wild
90% on Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beas...southern_wild/

Benh Zeitlin? Wasn't he the big bad on Terriers?

I've been hearing a ton of buzz. This is coming to town in a few weeks. Will def see.

Zeitlin's short film in its entirety:

I absolutely loved it! The praise for Wallis is right on, but one shouldn't diminish the great and genuine work from the rest of the cast. Dwight Henry as the father character, Wink, was wonderful; I was amazed he'd never acted before.

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Saw this today and it's only just one of the best movies I've ever seen. Seriously great film.

A fair movie but interesting...didn't like the shaky cam...and great acting by the kid by the way. The 90 minutes certainly felt like 3 hours.

this comes out on video next week I think. it'll be interesting to get more opinions on it.

Forgot to post thoughts on this, saw it a month or two ago, but I enjoyed it. It did tend to feel kind of long at times.

I'm going to get flack for this, but I just wasn't in to this. In fact I didn't even finish it. After watching the trailer I had very little interest in seeing this, but the unanimous praise and word that the girl who plays Hushpuppy is a front runner for Best Actress I decided to give it a try.

I do not think it is a bad movie, I have nothing bad to say about the little girl's performance....but I just did not care what was happening. The story failed to grab me. I was bored.

I'm sure someone will say "well go watch Transformers you ADHD afflicted mouth breather!"
I do like dramas. The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite film. I like plenty others. This one just didn't work for me. I won't criticize it if it wins a bunch of awards though.

Pfft. Well go watch Zero Dark Thirty, you ADHD afflicted mouth breather!

I saw it several months ago. I thought it was really good but not worthy of the (at the time) mass critical acclaim it received. I also think the inevitable critical backlash was unwarranted. Glad to see it's popping up on a few "best of 2012" lists.

this movie is great I saw it tonight.

Didn't love it either but thought it was visually very interesting and a unique film worth watching. I just went in with too high expectations and didn't love the general direction of the plot.

I just finished watching this and agree with everything in your post.