Film review: Beasts of the southern wild

This interesting indie film got four Academy Award nominations, and little 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis was up for best actress. It’s about a small community in the bayou of Louisiana called “The Bathtub.” When the storms come in, people start leaving, but a few stay put and refuse to run from their home. Hushpuppy (Wallis) lives in her own thrown-together house next to her daddy who lives in a shack made from a rusty old school bus, and throughout the movie we see a side of America I didn’t even know existed. It’s magical and enchanting, and really has that original, hand-made feel to it. Go rent this movie.