This is a poetic drama about a little girl who lives on the edge of the world that collapses, says Walter Helwich. This is also a movie that has won several awards at Sundance and Cannes film festivals.
The six-year old girl Hushpuppy lives with her dad Wink in a community that resides on the edge of the world. Problems for this young heroine start when Wink suddenly becomes ill from a mysterious illness…
The rising unbearable heat results in melting glaciers, which free ancient prehistoric creatures. Sea level rises while creatures are coming, Wink is slowly dying and Hushpuppy goes in a search of her long-missing mother.
The movie was evaluated as one of the best films of past year and accent was also put on Benham Zeitlin’s ingenious debut. Critics have denounced the movie as a “wonderful, amazing poem about childhood and innocence that looks like a feature film on some Miyazaki version which is located in the impoverished environment, with narration in the style of Terrence Malick”.
From my point of perception this movie is a combination of brilliant, breathtaking moments and some quite disappointing. Let’s begin with excellent: deep, thoughtful presentation of thoughts, state of mind and actions of the little girl, the characters in her surroundings and the environment as such. This young first-rate actress has done its job pretty well. It is difficult to decide whether was better the actress or her character and development and characterization of the same.
Due to the above mentioned moments, and display of a world that we really do not know, the film is worth watching. However, to me the film is too slow; the screenplay could have been a bit more interesting and dynamic, but the music was very well done, wrote Walter Helwich.
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