When two young kids (Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward) run away together, the whole island of New Penzance is thrown into a tizzy.
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Moonrise Kingdom is a beautiful composite of Wes Anderson's entire career both thematically and aesthetically. It's like a thesis film of sorts. Kids, animals, tracking shots, meticulous design, parental damage, love, pop music, saturated colors, restrained emotion, montages, written correspondence, awkward sexuality, rebellion, narration etc. all come together in a beautiful whole. Even his experience making The Fantastic Mr. Fox comes to bear with a more effective inclusion of animation than that of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. If you're one of those cold-hearted people that hates Wes Anderson, this film will not change your opinion. But then again that's your loss. Sure his range as a director is insanely narrow, but I like that. There's comfort in that. Personally, I don't ever want to see a Wes Anderson film that looks like anything other than a Wes Anderson film.
"I like stories with magic powers in them. Either in kingdoms on Earth or on foreign planets. Usually I prefer a girl hero, but not always."
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