Have you ever seen a movie and days later you can’t stop thinking about it? Well Beasts of the Southern Wild had that effect on me. So much that I had to do a blog post about it. The movie is about a six-year-old girl named Hushpuppy (played by Quvenzhané Wallis) who lives with her father Wink (Dwight Henry) in a forgotten southern Delta community cut off from the rest of the world by a levee.
This movie was excellent. The trailer does not do it any justice. I would tell you more but I don’t want to give anything away. I will say that it was Quvenzhané Wallis‘ first time acting. She was picked out of 4000 little girls to play the part of Hush Puppy. And she successfully carried the whole movie on her shoulders considering she didn’t have any acting experience. It was Dwight Henry, the actor that played the father, first time acting as well. Some people just have a knack for acting and these two do not disappoint. Dwight Henry also owns and runs the ‘Buttermilk Drop Bakery and Cafe’ in the Seventh Ward, New Orleans.
Since I live in NYC, I was able to see the movie last week. But I see that it’s slowly making its way across the country. Click here to look up showtimes in your area.
