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July 6, 2012
At the Movies: Beautiful ‘Beasts' is one of year's best
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” is sheer poetry on screen: an explosion of joy in the midst of startling squalor and one of the most visceral, original films to come along in a while.
| Beasts of the Southern Wild |
 Director: Benh Zeitlin Cast: Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry Rating: PG-13 Running time: 91 minutes |
The story of a little girl named Hushpuppy (Quvenzhane Wallis) living on a remote, primal strip of eroding land in the southernmost reaches of the Louisiana bayou is so ambitious and so accomplished, it's amazing that it's only the first feature film from director Benh Zeitlin. Working from a script he co-wrote with longtime friend Lucy Alibar, based on her play, Zeitlin deftly mixes a sense of childhood wonder with the harsh realities of the adult world.
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