Thursday, November 29, 2012

Moonrise Kingdom 2012


     An eccentric period comedy drama set in the summer of 1965.  Walt and Laura live on New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England.  They have three young sons and a daughter 12 years old.  Suzy has a lot of problems; she’s prone to fits of aggression, very secretive and cannot be without her binoculars.  Troop 55 of the Khaki Scouts are spending their summer at Camp Ivanhoe, the most disliked scout is Sam.  He runs away from camp and is instantly smitten when he sees Suzy; she has the same reaction when their eyes meet.  They head for the hills and throw their small town upside down searching for them.
     This film reminds me of the Royal Tenenbaums, also by Wes Anderson from 2001.  Incomprehensibly, it also has aspects from Zulu of 1964.  This is very funny, it seems as if the aim of the movie is to make all the adults look and behave as old and ridiculous as possible.  It makes me laugh just to write about it, it’s a big change from all the so-called comedies I’ve seen that are not funny!!  4* (I really liked this movie)
 
94 min, Comedy directed by Wes Anderson with Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton.

Note:  Blockbuster 3*, imdb 8.0 out of 10, 94% critic 88% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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