Directed by Sean Baker, who shot his critically acclaimed last film “Tangerine” on three iPhones, and produced by A24, the studio behind “Moonlight,” “The Florida Project” follows the ...

The Florida Project opens on Moonee, six years old, and two little friends at the motel. ... nor is he the heavy that some — Mooney’s mom Hailey, for one — want to make him out to be.

Throughout the movie, he fights to help Hailey through her decrepit lifestyle, ... “The Florida Project” opens in New York and Los Angeles on October 6, with a nationwide expansion to follow.