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Moonrise Kingdom Movie Review

Name: Moonrise Kingdom Movie Review
Item: Moonrise Kingdom
Rating: 4
Author: Pradip Bhat

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Review for the film " Moonrise Kingdom"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 34 Minutes

Certificate: U

Released: 25-05-2012

Genre: Comedy, Romance

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CAST & CREW

Wes Anderson

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Director:

Wes Anderson

Movie Actor:

Bruce Willis

Bill Murray

Edward Norton

Movie Actress:

Kara Hayward

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Plot

The film is set in 1965 on a small island of New England named New Penzance. The story is about a 12 years old orphan boy Sam (Jared Gilman). He lives in a camp near a lighthouse where a girl Suzy (Kara Hayward) of same age lives with her family. Sam and Suzy met in previous year summer camp during church prayer and since then they have been pen pals. They fell in love and make a secret plan to run away together. They bring their stuff and run to a place named The Moonrise Kingdom. Suzy’s parents go to police captain ( Bruce Willis This guy was always summoned and well paid by prod >> Read More... ) to complain. The island police find them in a cove. Now both of them get separated. In this journey when every one denies him help, he meets a Scoutmaster Ward ( Edward Norton He is known to be one of the actors that possess p >> Read More... ), who get agree to help the couple in reuniting. Rest film follows the questions like, how they face problems? What happens to Sam and Suzy?

Star Performances

Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward, both of them did a good job. Bruce Willis is bankable as always; his part is amazing. He thoroughly took hold on his character. Edward Norton is wonderful even in a small but non-negotiable character. It was quite surprising to see Bill Murray He is known to be one of the legendary actors in H >> Read More... in Mr. Bishop’s character, but he was nice.

Analysis

Director Anderson is quite ok with his direction. While writing his story he has a different world in his mind where no other person lives other than the character. Director Wes Anderson picked a nice plot but fails to execute it properly. The screenplay is not proper.

What’s there?

1. The film has big stars- who are worth to watch.
2. Robert Yeoman did a great work with the cinematography of the film.
3. Well-executed dramatic and comedy scene.

What’s not there?

1. The screenplay of the film is very confused.
2. Lots of flaws in the story.
3. There was no need for some characters and scenes. Bill Murray’s character was not properly developed.

Verdict

Overall the film looks nice it can be watched once with family and friends especially for its direction and performances.

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