The Florida Project

Translated from swedish: The set design is as colorful and unpredictable as its characters. This is a Florida on the fringes of theme parks and tourist traps. The pink Magic Kingdom motel, along with the surrounding shops and diners, has been dolled up like a cheap Disney knockoff. Perhaps so we'll see "The Florida Project" as a kind of fairy tale. One where the heroine blissfully remains oblivious to the threats and monsters, wishing that life could just be an endless stream of waffles and play.
- Alexander Kardelo

Swedish: moviezine.se »

Translated from swedish: For the characters in "The Florida Project", magic exists only in the name of their temporary motel home. It's hard to imagine a clearer picture of American society's polarization; just outside the actual physical gates to the Disneyworld of dreams, at Magic Castle, live people who will never be allowed into that cotton candy warmth.
- Kasia Syty

Swedish: ng.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Florida Project" makes me both happy and sad, and that's exactly the point. To portray these vulnerable people in hopeless situations so well, while simultaneously maintaining life's joy and the playfulness of children, is quite an achievement. Meanwhile, Disneyland serves as a metaphor for true paradise, just a stone's throw away. Sean Baker gets us thinking about childhood joy and parenthood in one of the year's best films.
- David Lindahl

Swedish: filmtopp.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Florida Project" is a film that holds together through its contrasts – it's small, yet evokes powerful emotions, it's beautiful even though much of what we see is ugly, and it tells a fantastic story even though we don't realize it until afterwards. These are stories from real life, but there's something luminously romantic about it. That's just how it is with children.
- Fredrik Fyhr

Swedish: fredrikfyhr.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Florida Project" is a perfectly crafted drama about a summer at a motel. Director Sean Baker masterfully captures the carefree childhood perspective – largely thanks to the natural talent of Brooklynn Prince.
- Elias Björkman

Swedish: svd.se »

Translated from swedish: I don't completely buy the metaphor between these people's lives and what goes on inside the amusement park gates. But it's a film that pulses with life in its intimate character portraits, though different lives than what we see in the tourist brochures from Florida.
- Jan-Olov Andersson

Swedish: aftonbladet.se »

Translated from swedish: If you want to tell a small story about American poverty, you can't count on the industry throwing bags of money at you. On the other hand, you get to work in peace away from meddling financiers, and in that way make your own film, exactly as it was meant to be. And it turned out great.
- Fredrik Sahlin

Swedish: svt.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Florida Project" poses difficult questions about children's rights and society's responsibility, but above all it's a powerful, colorful and visceral story where children are, for once, the real protagonists.
- Nina Asarnoj

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

Translated from swedish: Brilliantly directed by Sean Baker who makes all the actors feel natural in front of the camera. That's also what makes the film so heartfelt. The first half of the movie is on the lighter side, but soon a darker side emerges.
- Camilla Käller

Swedish: omfilmer.se »

Translated from swedish: It's fascinating yet deeply heartbreaking at the same time. I can't just turn a blind eye to reality and ignore the life experience I have that knows even though Moonee and her mom can skip around in the rain with joy, that feeling is nothing but an illusion.
- Rosemari Södergren

Swedish: kulturbloggen.com »

Translated from swedish: The threats to the children in "The Florida Project" loom on the horizon (perverted creeps, awful food, deadly dangerous games) but rarely materialize into anything truly dangerous. The wonderfully human motel manager Bobby (played with beautiful resignation by Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe) is an all-seeing eye who never abandons the little ones.
- Helena Lindblad

Swedish: dn.se »

Translated from swedish: Six-year-old Moonee is growing up in what adults see as misery with her young, poor mother at a motel. But Moonee fills her days with mischief and fun alongside her friends. As a viewer, you're drawn into the children's imaginative world - everything is skillfully portrayed from their perspective, while your heart pounds knowing this can't go on like this. Fantastic acting from both children and adults.
- Cecilia Alstermark

Swedish: arbetet.se »

Translated from swedish: In "The Florida Project", color and plastic are splashed on everywhere and the motel is pink, and even though Moonee and her mom Halley are pretty annoying, it's still kind of nice to hang out with them for a while.
- Björn Jansson

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

Translated from swedish: The filmmakers immerse viewers in the Florida sunshine and lower the camera to capture the perspective of a six-year-old who hasn't yet learned to diminish intense color experiences.
- Jacob Lundström

Swedish: flm.nu »