The Florida Project Willem Dafoe Brooklynn Prince Valeria Cotto Bria Vinaite Sean Baker, Director Right out of the chute, The Florida Project thrusts us back into the free-wheeling summer vacations and that big-world-no-worries life that children lead. Remember when school let out, and June, July, and August stretched to the horizon like Route 66 across New Mexico? So we freely surrender to Sean Baker , the striking cotton candy colors of Florida, and these precocious kids’ point of view. Moonee (Brooklynn Prince), Jancey (Valeria Cotto), and Scooty (Christopher Rivera) travel at will among the brightly-painted yet seedy residence motels just outside of – and galaxies away from – Walt Disney World. The kids’ shenanigans seem mostly child-like and harmless until a seeping realization forms in the periphery: While this sense of freedom and unlimited time seem familiar, this is not a replay of the innocen...