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What is “Beasts of The Southern Wild” about? “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is about a Delta community called “the Bathtub” that is separated from surrounding areas by a levee.

More specifically, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is about Hushpuppy, a six-year-old girl who lives with her father, Wink, a practitioner of “tough love,” as described in the IMDB plot summary. Wink aims to prepare Hushpuppy for a time he won’t be there to care for, and sure enough, after he comes down with a mystery illness, the young girl uses those learned skills to survive in a world gone crazy.

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What is “Beasts of the Southern Wild” about? It’s a fantastical film, as Wink’s illness coincides with a kind of unraveling of nature. Prehistoric creatures known as aurochs arrive amid rising floodwaters and temperatures, and Hushpuppy is forced to go in search of her mother. To provide more information on the question of, “What is ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ about?” would only lead to spoilers, but needless to say, critics praised the film, which was made on a shoestring budget by director Benh Zeitlin and a team of New Orleans cohorts.

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“Beasts of the Southern Wild” is about “a fantastical, emotionally powerful journey and a strong case of filmmaking that values imagination over money,” according to the short description on Rotten Tomatoes, a film website that reports 86 percent approval from critics and 77 percent from audiences—both high scores, considering the fickleness of movie fans. “’Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ a passionate and unruly explosion of Americana, directed by Benh Zeitlin, winks at skepticism, laughs at sober analysis and stares down criticism,” AO Scott wrote for the New York Times.

What is “Beasts of the Southern Wild” about? Ask Scott, and he’d say it’s a chance to watch a film that’s an “antidote to anger and cynicism, a bracing reminder of the meaning of independence.”

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