The Florida Project is a touching story about the innocence of childhood. The kids are highly entertaining as they just try to be kids. They're authentic and honest. Willem Dafoe acts as a father figure to young Moonee as well as to her mother Haley. He protects these kids. The movie is empathetic towards this little seen population living adjacent to the happiest place on Earth. The juxtaposition of their poverty and the riches of Disney World and its millions of annual visitors that never see this nearby population is devastating. These kids manage to entertain themselves in the shadow of kid wonderland. The brilliance of this movie is its perspective. The audience sees from the perspective of young Moonee. She cannot comprehend everything around her. But we can make a pretty good guess. The director need not spell everything out as you would for a 6-year-old. And the purple! It is beautifully filmed on film. Save for the final scene filmed on iPhone without Disney's permission. That's real filmmaking.
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