| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Brooklynn Prince | ... | Moonee (as Brooklynn Kimberly Prince) | |
| Christopher Rivera | ... | Scooty | |
| Aiden Malik | ... | Dicky | |
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Josie Olivo | ... | Grandma Stacy |
| Valeria Cotto | ... | Jancey | |
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Edward Pagan | ... | Dicky's Dad (as Edward 'Punky' Pagan) |
| Bria Vinaite | ... | Halley | |
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Patti Wiley | ... | Amber |
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Jasineia Ramos | ... | Luci |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Bobby | |
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Rosa Medina Perez | ... | Bertha |
| Mela Murder | ... | Ashley | |
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Krystal Nicole Watts | ... | Case Worker (as Krystal Gordon) |
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Bronwyn Valley | ... | Twistee Treat Girl |
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Kelly Fitzgerald | ... | Twistee Treat Girl's Mom |
Halley lives with her six year old daughter Moonee in a budget motel along one of the commercial strips catering to the Walt Disney World tourist clientele outside Orlando, Florida. Halley, who survives largely on welfare, has little respect for people, especially those who cross her, it an attitude that she has passed down to Moonee, who curses and gives the finger like her mother. Although the motel's policy is not to allow long term rentals, Bobby, the motel manager, has made arrangements for people like Halley to live there while not undermining the policy as he realizes that many such tenants have no place to go otherwise. Halley, Moonee and Moonee's friends, who live in the motel or others like it along the strip and who she often drags into her disruptive pranks, are often the bane of Bobby's existence, but while dealing with whatever problem arises, Bobby has a soft spot especially for the children and thus, by association, their parents, as he knows that Moonee and others ... Written by Huggo
Uncomfortable - yes.
Language that children should not be using - yes.
Situations that no child should be in - yes.
A peek behind the curtain at the circumstances of those on the lower rungs of society, monetarily and otherwise.
Be thankful for what you have for there are those with literally nothing.