The Florida Project

2017 Directed by Sean Baker

Welcome to a magical kingdom

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Willem Dafoe Brooklynn Prince Bria Vinaite Valeria Cotto Christopher Rivera Caleb Landry Jones Aiden Malik Josie Olivo Edward Pagan Patti Wiley Jasineia Ramos Rosa Medina Perez Mela Murder Krystal Gordon Bronwyn Valley Kelly Fitzgerald Sandy Kane Jim R. Coleman Andrew Romano Carolina Grabova Terry Allen Jones Karren Karagulian Sabina Friedman-Seitz Troy Kohlmaier Ginger Cook Shih-Ching Tsou Marisol Rivera Carl Bradfield Joop Katana Show All…

Alternative Titles

Проект "Флорида", 佛罗里达廉租房, 佛罗里达计划, 佛罗里达项目, El proyecto Florida

drama

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Review by ciara ★★★★½ 52

this is the first time willem dafoe has not looked like the human embodiment of evil he was truly willem dafriend in this
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★★ 4

“You know why this is my favorite tree? Because it tipped over, and it’s still growing.”
Review by Lucy ★★★★½ 8

american honey jr
(but i also don’t wanna minimize this with a joke because??? it made me feel every emotion at once for a full 115 minutes)
Review by kevinyang ★★★★ 18

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I so badly wanted to give this a 4.5 upon re-watch, but there's just something missing in that middle stretch that prevents a bumping of the rating. Still easily one of my favorites of 2017, and I'd like to touch upon a few additional things I really appreciated:
 1. I really love the camerawork, especially as it relates to the interaction between the kids' world and the adults' world. There are several moments where Baker and Zabe choose to shoot the kids' heads from behind as a conflict plays out immediately in front of them, e.g. when Scooty watches Halley and Ashley fighting or when Moonee and Jancey walk towards the Child Protective Services people the first time. The heads…
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 9

Sean Baker's TANGERINE follow-up is an absolute barn-burner, brimming with life and noise and neglect and an all-timer of a performance by Willem Dafoe. Baker definitely finding his groove... endlessly smart move to flip the script on his breakthrough and apply the same energy to a gorgeously shot 35mm slice of Americana that reeks of POST TENEBRAS LUX for a reason. A movingly episodic story of the "missing homeless" living week-to-week in a godawful motel just outside of the Magic Kingdom, the film builds a remarkably comprehensive portrait of life on the margins - and the systems & cycles that keep people there.
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★★ 22

35mm at Music Box (Sean Baker there in person)
Personally told Sean Baker afterwards that I wouldn’t just log it as “watched at music box”. He laughed! Nothing new to say besides I never noticed how great and smooth the editing is.
Review by truman ★★★★½ 14

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how did they get in the park though
Review by Jordan Horowitz ★★★★★ 10

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This is a masterpiece. It’s everything I want from cinema. Bold and beautiful and angry and deep and hopeful and true.
The moment at the end of the movie when the format switches (right before they head into Disney) is one of the more profound moments I’ve had in a theater in some time. As a filmmaker, I knew where this was going. I understood immediately the literal theft of the Disney footage that was to come. And in that moment, form was married to content was married to character was married to story in a truly transcendent way, and it shook me to the core. When the picture cut to black, I broke the fuck down.
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★★ 18

the most American
film of the decade??
I've been transformed
back into a small child.
Review by pilot ★★★★ 3

once i was in an elevator with Willem Dafoe and i didn’t know what to say so when i got off at my floor i winked at him as the doors closed
Review by Lucy ★★★★★ 6

so honest it almost hurts. the film equivalent of finding buried treasure
Review by katie ★★★★½ 4

literal magic, blends american honey and sean bakers previous project tangerine in the most enchanting and immersive way possible. i can’t say anything else that hasn’t already been said, but i truly feel like a kid again.

Recent reviews

Review by kelleygrantt ★★★★½

captures the essence of children and their innocence while addressing social problems. solid film. i love that sean baker used improv for the kids a majority of the production. it made it look and feel so authentic. great performance by william dafoe as well! most definitely a different watch than classical hollywood but one of my favorites for sure!
Review by poop ★★★★★

ugh this is so depressing but i loved it such good cinemetography i was taking a film class while watching this so i payed super close attention
Review by poop ★★★★★

ugh this is so depressing but i loved it such good cinemetography i was taking a film class while watching this so i payed super close attention
Review by cardenaslu ★★★★★

Si no llorás con esta película sos Tronchatoro
Review by Marin22 ★★★★½

Some will say that nothing happened in this movie but that's not the point. It's a realistic look at the part of our society we wanna exclude from our lives.
Review by RedSniper121 ★★★½

This movie had almost nothing going for it for so long.. why is it so highly rated?
Review by Firequackers ★★★★½

The Florida Project is an unstructured slice of the experiences of those living in the less glamorous side of Florida’s tourist hotspot, right on the outskirts of the happiest place on Earth. The saturated colours and vibrant cinematography are just a couple of ways of letting the audience in on the fact that we’re viewing everything through the eyes of six-year-old Moonee, who’s young enough to shield herself from the ugliness of her world. She’s not unobservant, but simply takes life as it comes.
This movie made me cycle through almost every emotion- mostly exasperation, sympathy and guilt. It’s difficult not to dislike a lot of these characters for their obnoxious behaviour, but they’re also a clear product of their…
Review by notaware ★★★

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Review by cathalinagab ★★★★½

Remember me of my childhood! I love the aesthetics vibe it. I miss summer :)
Good movie
Review by jeffreytopping ★★★

Long and slow more of a ducumentary or reality show. Dark and gritty. Kind of sad peek at social and financial inequality. Mildly culturally interesting. Dafoe is great as he’s the center of the plot indirectly. And he is forced to deal with the situations for you. Not a fun date night movie.
Review by moz sal ★★★★

I gotta be honest Im not sure the purpose of the switch to digital in the end.
Still made me quite sad tho.
Review by Mili Matthias ★★★★★

never ugly cried so much watching a movie.