Rental Review - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), PG-13, 93 minutes - I had first heard of this film last summer while listening to the Out Now with Aaron and Abe podcast. They were quite taken by this little indie film and their discussion piqued my curiosity. Unfortunately there was only one theater in my area that screened it (The Grandin) and it was only there for a very limited time. I missed it on the big screen and was relegated to waiting for its blu-ray/dvd release. Yesterday, three days after it received four Oscar nominations, and after months of waiting, I was finally able to watch Beasts of the Southern Wild. This film takes a unique look at life in a southern Delta community known as The Bathtub - an impoverished area located below the flood plain and cut off from the rest of the world by a levee. What makes it so unique is the vantage point from which the story is told: that of a six year old girl named Hushpuppy who lives in The Bathtub with her fat...