History YMMV / BeastsOfTheSouthernWild

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: When Winston is asked what what he's going to do when the floodwaters start coming, he just pops open an umbrella. This becomes a lot less funny after Winston becomes the only named character to die when the storm hits.

* UnfortunateImplications: Author [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks bell hooks]] (coiner of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality intersectionality theory]]) argues that the film relies on a number of stereotypes despite being portrayed as "radical", [[http://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2012/09/bell-hooks-no-love-in-wild.html such as treating black children as though they bear the full responsibility of adults, and treating men as superior to women.]]

* ToughActToFollow: This movie has become this for director Benh Zeitlein when his sophomore follow-up, ''Wendy'', received mixed-to-negative reception.

* WhatAnIdiot: Everyone in the Bathtub, for putting their trust in Hushpuppy's father and refusing to trust the people on land (who were only trying to help them and had a good reason to get them out). Obviously, all this gets them absolutely nowhere.

** The Best Director nod is about enough for the film to avert the trope, given how few people were predicting to Benh Zeitlein to get in at all, much less over (perceived) Oscar frontrunners like Creator/BenAffleck for ''Film/{{Argo}}'' and Kathryn Bigelow for ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''.

** Dwight Henry missing out on a Best Supporting Actor nomination, as well as the film's much-lauded score. Even stranger given the film's relatively surprising nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.
** The Best Director nod is about enough for the film to avert the trope, given how few people were predicting to Benh Zeitlein to get in at all, much less over (perceived) Oscar frontrunners like Ben Affleck for ''Film/{{Argo}}'' and Kathryn Bigelow for ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''.

* WhatAnIdiot: Everyone in the Bathtub, for putting their trust in Hushpuppy's father and refusing to trust the people on land (who were only trying to help them and had a good reason to get them out). Obviously, all this gets them absolutely nowhere.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Wink, [[AbusiveParents Abusive Father]] or firm believer in tough love and HandsOffParenting? Similarly are he and the other residents of The Bathtub complete idiots for refusing to leave their dying little hamlet? Or are they all folk heroes whose stubborn refusal to leave what is probably the only home any of them have ever known, even if it means dying there, courageous and inspiring? Or is it a little bit of both?

* AwardSnub: Dwight Henry missing out on a Best Supporting Actor nomination, as well as the film's much-lauded score. Even stranger given the film's relatively surprising nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Holy damn, yes.

** The Best Director nod is about enough for the film to avert the trope, given how few people were predicting to Benh Zeitlein to get in at all, much less over (perceived) Oscar frontrunners like Ben Affleck for ''Film/{{Argo}}'' and Kathryn Bigelow for ''ZeroDarkThirty''.

** The Best Director nod is about enough for the film to avert the trope, given how few people were predicting to Benh Zeitlein to get in at all, much less over (perceived) Oscar frontrunners like Ben Affleck for ''{{Argo}}'' and Kathryn Bigelow for ''ZeroDarkThirty''.

** The Best Director nod is about enough for the film to avert the trope, given how few people were predicting to Benh Zeitlein to get in at all, much less over (perceived) Oscar frontrunners like Ben Affleck for ''Argo'' and Kathryn Bigelow for ''ZeroDarkThirty''.

** The Best Director nod is about enough for the film to avert the trope, given how few people were predicting to Benh Zeitlein to get in at all, much less over (perceived) Oscar frontrunners like Ben Affleck for ''Film/Argo'' and Kathryn Bigelow for ''ZeroDarkThirty''.

* WhatAnIdiot: Everyone in the Bathtub, for putting their trust in Hushpuppy's psychotic father and refusing to trust the people on land (who were only trying to help them and had a good reason to get them out). Obviously, all this gets them absolutely nowhere.
* UnfortunateImplications: As [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]] put it on his {{Website/Twitter}}:
-->'''Kallgren''': ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'': Empathetic 21st Century Fable or Condescending "NobleSavage" Exoticism?

* UnfortunateImplications: As [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]] put it:

* WhatAnIdiot: Everyone in the Bathtub, for putting their trust in Hushpuppy's psychotic father and refusing to trust the people on land (who were only trying to help them and had a good reason to get them out). Obviously, all this gets them absolutely nowhere.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Wink, [[AbusiveParents Abusive Father]] or firm believer in tough love and hands off parenting? Similarly are he and the other residents of The Bathtub complete idiots for refusing to leave their dying little hamlet? Or are they all folk heroes whose stubborn refusal to leave what is probably the only home any of them have ever known, even if it means dying there, courageous and inspiring?

* FridgeLogic: If seen from an adult perspective, this movie portrays a CrapsackWorld . The people of the Bathtub live in trailers full of scavenged items, the only educational or health services are provided by one woman, and there's plenty of alcoholism and general squalor. [[spoiler: Hushpuppy's mom works in what seems to be a brothel, and the people from the Bathtub are forcefully moved to a shelter]]

* FridgeLogic: If seen from an adult perspective, this movie portrays a CrapsackWorld . The people of the Bathtub live in trailers full of scavenged items, the only educational or health services are provided by one woman, and there's plenty of alcoholism and general squalor. [[spoiler: Hushpuppy's mom works in what seems to be a brothel, and the people from the Bathtub are forcefully moved to a shelter]]

FridgeLogic: If seen from an adult perspective, this movie portrays a CrapsackWorld . The people of the Bathtub live in trailers full of scavenged items, the only educational or health services are provided by one woman, and there's plenty of alcoholism and general squalor. [[spoiler: Hushpuppy's mom works in what seems to be a brothel, and the people from the Bathtub are forcefully moved to a shelter]]