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Not a terrible film, but I have no clue what the fuss was about. This felt like a movie the Safdie brothers could've made. Young people get in a bunch of trouble, everybody is hypertense about it and nobody ever shuts up. And somehow Baker made it last for a full 140 minutes, God knows why. The performances are decent and the cinematography is pleasant enough. The soundtrack is dull though (bad pop) and the plot isn't all that interesting. It might've been a bit more bearable if the film had been cut to 90 minutes, but no such luck. Passable cinema, but I couldn't say the greatness.Read all
Slightly better than Baker's previous film. The Florida Project is an interesting attempt to deliver a social drama within a candy-colored world, but the execution isn't polished enough to pull it off. The setting and characters may be pretty colorful, but there's a big disconnect with the overall cinematography. The drama isn't too heavy, but there's also not happening too much in the first 90 minutes. That's not a big deal if you care for the characters, or if you think the contrast between the setting and the drama is big enough, but neither of that really worked for me. It's not a terrible film, just not a very successful one.Read all
