The Florida Project
I haven't been this deeply and emotionally moved by a film in quite some time. The effect of a movie upon the viewer depends on what the viewer brings to the film. If you have kids, or just truly love kids, The Florida Project will likely be your Kleenex film of the year. The opening salvo features two kids, Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and Scooty (Christopher Rivera), no more than seven years old each, sitting against a tropical Florida pink wall outside a run down Orlando motel, called "The Magical Castle". They are bored and waiting for something to happen. It is devastatingly simple, poetic and it pays off. The fantasy of this being a fun summer for kids in the Orlando sun is offered in that opening, when Moonee and Scooty's friend, Dicky (Aiden Malik) comes running over to declare, "Freshies at the Future!" They run off, dangerously unaware of cars and the bustling traffic from the nearby route 192, arriving at Futureland Inn - an...