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Warm, whimsical, and poignant, the immaculately framed and beautifully acted Moonrise Kingdom presents writer/director Wes Anderson at his idiosyncratic best.
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The film is frequently funny, always elegant (or mock-elegant), and something that would make Humbert Humbert laugh all the way to his asylum. Jun 17, 2013 | Full Review…
The film is frequently funny, always elegant (or mock-elegant), and something that would make Humbert Humbert laugh all the way to his asylum.
David Thomson
There are many echoes of Anderson's earlier films, particularly Rushmore and Tenenbaums. He's an unapologetic romantic and Moonrise Kingdom is a study in wish-fulfillment. Aug 30, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
There are many echoes of Anderson's earlier films, particularly Rushmore and Tenenbaums. He's an unapologetic romantic and Moonrise Kingdom is a study in wish-fulfillment.
Sandra Hall
Most of Wes Anderson's previous pictures came from the head; Moonrise Kingdom is one from the heart. Jun 21, 2012 | Rating: 4/4
Most of Wes Anderson's previous pictures came from the head; Moonrise Kingdom is one from the heart.
Rene Rodriguez
Anderson never loses his core themes - young love, the need to escape, the bind and bluster of family. His "Kingdom" may not be large, but it is perfectly appointed. Jun 15, 2012 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Anderson never loses his core themes - young love, the need to escape, the bind and bluster of family. His "Kingdom" may not be large, but it is perfectly appointed.
Tom Long
Phonies may complain that Anderson's island of misfit toys is a retreat from the real world, but for pure-hearted adventurers who share the secret map, "Moonrise Kingdom" is a joy that cannot be eclipsed. Jun 8, 2012 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Phonies may complain that Anderson's island of misfit toys is a retreat from the real world, but for pure-hearted adventurers who share the secret map, "Moonrise Kingdom" is a joy that cannot be eclipsed.
Joe Williams
Though undeniably smart and charming, "Moonrise Kingdom" loves itself the way the callow Holden Caulfield loves himself: unconditionally. Salinger understood the problem with that. Anderson may not. Jun 8, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Though undeniably smart and charming, "Moonrise Kingdom" loves itself the way the callow Holden Caulfield loves himself: unconditionally. Salinger understood the problem with that. Anderson may not.
Rafer Guzman
A charming little movie. Mar 13, 2019 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
A charming little movie.
Rachel Wagner
The climax to the film reads as Anderson's quasi-Charlie Kaufmann pastiche of third act conclusions and the necessity for some kind of thriller resolution. Feb 22, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The climax to the film reads as Anderson's quasi-Charlie Kaufmann pastiche of third act conclusions and the necessity for some kind of thriller resolution.
PJ Nabarro
Moonrise Kingdom just about stands up as a worthwhile folly, an ode to 20th century British classical composers and chic khaki outfits that somehow muddles its way through to a silver-lined, bitter-sweet conclusion. Jan 7, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Moonrise Kingdom just about stands up as a worthwhile folly, an ode to 20th century British classical composers and chic khaki outfits that somehow muddles its way through to a silver-lined, bitter-sweet conclusion.
Daniel Green
Wes Anderson has created a slightly nostalgic yet unsentimental world and an utterly charming film -- except for the gruesome scissor attack. Jan 2, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Wes Anderson has created a slightly nostalgic yet unsentimental world and an utterly charming film -- except for the gruesome scissor attack.
Kelly Jane Torrance
The filmmakers have not gone to children for the sake of their bewildered innocence but for their ferocious clarity of intention and their radiant intelligence not yet reined in or habituated to sullen conformity. Nov 20, 2018 | Full Review…
The filmmakers have not gone to children for the sake of their bewildered innocence but for their ferocious clarity of intention and their radiant intelligence not yet reined in or habituated to sullen conformity.
Geoffrey O'Brien
Moonrise Kingdom is so charming, so quaintly and perfectly designed, like a pretty diorama in which Wes Anderson carefully places his actor-dolls, that it feels curmudgeonly to dislike it. Oct 11, 2018 | Full Review…
Moonrise Kingdom is so charming, so quaintly and perfectly designed, like a pretty diorama in which Wes Anderson carefully places his actor-dolls, that it feels curmudgeonly to dislike it.
Molly Templeton
Charming and whimsical, herein is a call to separate from the lousy group that treats you badly, and to lovingly embrace yourself. If someone else wants to embrace you: that's even better. Wes Anderson on steroids.
Super Reviewer
I guess that Wes Anderson was probably bored with his toys when he decided to make this movie, out of a lack of anything better to do, for he clearly has nothing to say here and throws everything he can think of (including a great cast) in this pointless, unfunny mess that leads nowhere.
After a second viewing: I think I was too ready to love this movie. Great cast, great style, and sweet story of young love, but there's also a "same old Wes Anderson" feeling to it; it's almost belaboured. Despite Bill Murray and Frances McDormand, you rarely laugh out loud, and it's almost played too straight: trying to be too sweet. Anderson makes unique films, and I do like them all, but he may be getting stale. He hasn't blown me away since The Royal Tenenbaums. I have great expectations for The Grand Budapest Hotel, and in a way, I think he needs to knock that one out of the park in order to keep making the kinds of movies he wants to make. I'm starting to see a Tim Burton career parallel, in which he ends up only getting work from Disney. It wouldn't be the worst think in the world, but it would lead to compromises in his films' most valuable aspect: their aesthetic.
Probably my favorite film of the year (and what a good movie year it was!). Director Wes Anderson crafts a film that has a heart as big as its brain, creating a sweet story of adolescent love. It's Anderson's most delightfully quirky, toning down his usual sardonic but keeping the essence of an "Anderson" film. His shots seem compulsively symmetrical, the production design a matter of balance that feels quaint instead of off-putting. I want more tales of Suzy and Sam, but know I shouldn't get any- and that's the mark of a timeless film.
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