Moonrise Kingdom -

When the film ends, Sam is living with Captain Sharp. Suzy is practicing the violin. The world has not changed. The Bishops are still distant; the scouts are still clumsy; the next storm is brewing. But the film offers a quiet, radical hope: that a boy with a raccoon hat and a girl with binoculars can, for one week in the summer of 1965, prove that the universe is not indifferent.

One of the film’s most compelling themes is the inversion of maturity. The adults in Moonrise Kingdom act like petulant children. Bill Murray’s character lies on the floor in his underwear, lamenting his marriage; Bruce Willis’s Captain Sharp is lonely and ineffective; Edward Norton’s Scout Master Ward is unsure of his own authority. They are all looking for direction. Moonrise Kingdom

Set on the fictional New Penzance Island in the summer of 1965, the film follows two misfits: Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman), a khaki-scout on the run from his foster parents, and Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward), a brooding bibliophile who keeps a record player and a pair of binoculars by her side. When the film ends, Sam is living with Captain Sharp

The world of Moonrise Kingdom is populated by a delightful ensemble of eccentric characters, each brought to life by a talented cast of actors. Bruce Willis shines as Captain Sharp, the well-meaning but bumbling military officer tasked with searching for the runaway teenagers. Edward Norton, as the conflicted and sensitive Mr. Anderson, Suzy's troubled father, adds depth and nuance to the film. The Bishops are still distant; the scouts are

film—a meticulously crafted, candy-colored fable about the intensity of first love and the eccentricity of the adult world. Set in the summer of 1965 on the fictional New England island of New Penzance