Kid-Thing2012
Recognition
What makes this film worth watching?
"The ugly little step-sister to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, David Zellner’s Texas-shot feature is likewise about a near-feral child living in rural squalor with no real adult supervision." - Dennis Harvey, Keyframe
Starring
- Sydney Aguirre - Annie
- Zack Carlson - Convenience Store Clerk
- Heather Kafka - Mom
- Susan Tyrrell - Esther
- David Wingo - Phone Mechanic
- David Zellner - Caleb
- Nathan Zellner - Marvin
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Member Reviews (6)
Well, that was pitiful....(to quote my mother-in-law).
I would place this film next to Korine's Gummo for its subject matter of listless, unsupervised youth on the fringes of suburban society, exploring the alien anxiety of self and other on the fractured substrate of nuclear family. It is meditative as a Terrance Malick but less somber and less pedantic; it is free-roving and lacks a narrative except for the lady in the well. I don't know what to make of the well lady, but I really like its inclusion in a film which could feel overly nihilistic without some central mystery. Interpreting the symbolism of the voice in the well can go on and on, atop the spectral, moody, effervescent surface of the rest of the film.
This film rhymes with Gilliam's Tideland but is its own thing. Great timing, good performances, only a few rocky spots where suspension of disbelief is tough. This is a good movie.
Quirky film steadily progresses from "cute" to "disturbing".
I love how director portraits mid/low class America. Feels very down earth.
So we should care about this evil little girl?