Moonrise Kingdom

— No mistaking “Moonrise Kingdom” as anyone’s look at young love except Wes Anderson’s. A movie filled with gorgeous, perfectly framed, still images looking almost like retouched 1950’s postcards. And quirky, oh that doesn’t begin to describe these people, mostly seen from a low camera angle, more like you’re the house pet witnessing the eccentric characters who always speak in fully formed sentences a bit more matter-of-factly than they would in real life, and walking more like cardboard cutouts than humans. And they keep the viewers teetering too, with laughter coming unexpectedly half of the time. And it is funny, and heartwarming, and beautiful, but when it was done, I knew I’d enjoyed the craft of the film more than the story itself.

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[2012. 94 min. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton.]
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