this wasn't one of my original picks, but as you know things get shuffled around and when i re-read the description it sounded all mythological and stuff. super interesting and that stuff floats my boat. speaking of boats. there's a boat in this movie constructed from a flatbed truck.
this story is empowering. through the eyes of a child named Hushpuppy who lives with her daddy in "the bathtub". This takes place in an alternative world, that's pretty much the same as us.
The main downfall of the picture to me was the lacking of mythos. It didn't need it at all and was used so little that it just seemed out of place. I'm not sure if it was there to prove a point, but overall, I don't think the film needed any of it. They didn't need to be from the "the bathtub", it could have just been about a poor father and daughter from Louisiana. With so many similarities to Hurricane Katrina and how those sort of natural disasters force people to rise us, throwing giant boars with tusks in this film for 10 minutes wasn't needed.
Hushpuppy was abandoned by her mother at a young age and has been raised by her backwoods, "I Got This!" type of father. He's raising his daughter in the tough love fashion. He is ready to make her strong, able to handle anything, and despite being an asshole, it works overall. When he leave Hushpuppy she's ready to conquer the world, with or without the help of anyone else. She's a fighter.
This is really just a coming of age story of a powerful girl and we move through the story with her and it's pretty moving and blah blah blah. What we really need to recognize is what an amazing performance was given by this little girl. As we know child actors are often terrible and cheeky, but this little spitfire with her nappy roots and white rubber rain boots is on the path to glory.
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