Moonrise Kingdom
Director/co-writer Wes Anderson teams with screenwriter Roman Coppola for this period comedy drama set in the 1960s, and following a pair of young lovers (Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward) from an island off the New England coast as they head for the hills and throw their small town into a frenzy. Bruce Willis co-stars alongside Bill Murray, Edward Norton, and Frances McDormand.
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis,Edward Norton
The formality of Moonrise Kingdom - the orderly structure and dreamlike perfection of it all - is as poetic as any film I've seen this year.
Moonrise Kingdom is Anderson's seventh movie, and it's the first since "Rushmore" that works from the opening shot to the final image.
Here the writer-director's tendency toward the allegorical casts a magical spell with Anderson finding a near perfect balance between the humanism and the surreal that imprints all of his work.
Beguiling and endearing.
The top-tier cast, including Tilda Swinton as a character called Social Services, may be star overload, but each actor performs small miracles.
Movie of the Year
AFI Awards (2013)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Academy Awards (2013)
Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
American Cinema Editors (2013)
Best Film
Austin Film Critics Association (2012)
Best Original Screenplay
BAFTA Awards (2013)