Beasts of the Southern Wild

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$21.1M

Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack, temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.

🏆 Nominated for 4 Oscars. 90 wins & 135 nominations total

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Director

Benh Zeitlin

Cast

Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly

Released

5 July 2012

Runtime

1h 33m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

7.2 / 10

Votes

86,586

Metascore

86

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Box office

$12,795,746

Budget

$1,800,000

Edition

Base