Netflix Movie: The Florida Project Essay

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Watching the Florida Project again felt like I have not watched it several times. The movie is new every time I look at it, and I am trapped in my seat. I enjoy the scenes, the energy, contrast, and tense atmosphere at various scenes. I think the movie has a social impact on its audience. Some may question its non-traditional plot approach or its focus on children and obscene sex exposure. That is how society works, and we should accept it when a movie brings it forth. Also, Sean Baker's diversion from traditional movie-making makes this interesting and relatable to people in a low-economic status. I think it is fair as it presents society from a different and honest perspective. The themes, tone, atmosphere, children, scenes, protagonist, non-traditional approach, and other characters help the movie make the audience sympathetic with childhood life in some neighborhoods.
The Florida Project’s simple approach highlights themes affecting people of low economic status. Themes like poverty, sex work, and childhood are developed throughout the movie. Moonee’s mother, Halley, economic life suffers because she fails to control or manage herself appropriately. The poverty is never-ending, which causes her to lose her daughter to foster care. Halley addresses the issues of prostitution and sex work that women are often trapped in; she loses her job, and Bobby threatens to evict her if she continues bringing men to her room. Moonee’s childhood is messed up as she is frequently exposed to her mother’s adult life. She has to listen to her mother having sex besides fulfilling her childhood hopes like running with friends and dreaming about a Disney trip. The other children are also in a similar situation held in a motel where they have no nice environment.
The tone and overall atmosphere create distressing, energetic, sad, exploratory, revelatory, and distressing feelings. The movie creates sadness through the acts of the children living with careless parents in a motel. The eat-outs, Halley’s revelry, the music life, Disney dreamland, and the childhood excitement and plays exploring different environments achieve an energetic and revelatory mood, tone, and atmosphere. The movie’s setting in Florida location and the bright, colorful buildings also creates a warm tone and atmosphere to the movie. However, it is distressing in moments like Halley’s dramas at shops, crushing down their food, the kids begging for money, and Moonee being taken to a foster home, thus living with her friends. Moreover, the children do not have an opportunity to have a sustainable living to achieve their hopes.
Focusing on children helps the movie address the unnoticed and unobvious parts of some children's growth and development experiences. They are exposed to adults who are often drinking, cursing, and smoking. Moreover, the kids engage in risky and unsupervised activities. Notably, the movie contrasts two communitie...