Benh Zeitlin
Beasts of the Southern Wild
7.2 
8.6Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
- Director: Benh Zeitlin
- Main Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana
- Soundtrack: Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
- Cinematography: Ben Richardson
- Screenplay: Benh Zeitlin
Cinema Premiere: October 19, 2012
| Production year | 2012 |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 |
Foreign Reviews
16 foreign reviews of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is such a unique blend of magic and misery that this is something as rare as a film you won't easily forget.
- Lotta ZachrissonSwedish: moviezine.se »
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8 / 10
Translated from swedish: "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is a strange, grand, and poetic tale about the right of all things to exist, regardless of their insignificance or number. Nothing is too small, and the little things must also be given space, so that the bigger picture can become clear.
- Mats BråstedtSwedish: expressen.se »
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: In his Oscar-nominated and already multiply awarded feature film debut, Benh Zeitlin manages to combine poetic visual storytelling, humanistic pathos, and a touching story without heavy-handed preaching.
- Patrik AnderssonSwedish: gp.se »
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is physically and budget-wise a small film, but it slowly and surely grows into something so grand and so perfectly balanced in its atmospheric quality that it becomes almost difficult to capture with the worn adjectives and phrases that have long labored in the reviewer's service.
- Fredrik SahlinSwedish: svt.se »
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: It is essentially enchanting with its almost unique vision while simultaneously being a tangled maze of impressions. Social realist and dreamlike, magically realistic. All at once.
- Johan LindahlSwedish: russin.nu »
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: Strong and original from a child's perspective
- Mattias OscarssonSwedish: sydsvenskan.se »
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: It's a tremendously powerful story that takes place in "Beasts of the Southern Wild". It touches on so many themes - climate change, loneliness, friendship, class, existential questions and much more - all wrapped in breathtaking imagery and an endless joy of storytelling.
- Björn G StenbergSwedish: unt.se »
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: A distinctive drama that at times feels exaggerated and unrealistic, but convinces with its outstanding actors and skillful direction.
- Jan-Eje FerlingSwedish: filmeye.se »
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4 / 5
Translated from swedish: A shimmering gem. Hushpuppie is six years old and lives with her alcoholic father in poverty. But she has a vivid imagination that gives her strength. And you can't help but love her.
- Björn JanssonSwedish: sverigesradio.se »
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Positive, no rating
Translated from swedish: What matters most in "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is the atmosphere itself. The magical world. The mythical nature. Life and the primal, animalistic force within humanity. All truths and answers seem to exist within Hushpuppy's experience of what she witnesses.
- Tove EkströmSwedish: Kulturdelen »
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4 / 6
Translated from swedish: It's beautiful anyway, and magical for that matter.
- Victor SchultzSwedish: ng.se »
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2.5 / 4
Translated from swedish: Even though you'll leave the movie theater with a warm, fuzzy feeling in your stomach after watching this film, that feeling will fade away – just like cotton candy – and whatever it was about, you'll have forgotten it within a couple of years. It feels like a movie that had higher ambitions than that.
- Fredrik FyhrSwedish: fredrikfyhr.se »
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6 / 10
Translated from swedish: Touching indie drama that's decent, but not as good as people say it is.
- Martin KarlssonSwedish: gamereactor.se »
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6 / 10
Translated from swedish: Both a family drama and a drama of civilization, with calving icebergs as recurring images warning of an even greater catastrophe. It's hard to defend yourself against it, and that's a good thing.
- Johan ErlandssonSwedish: arbetet.se »
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Box Office
Beasts of the Southern Wild has earned a total of 21 107 746 dollars from cinemas across the world (the global box office).
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