Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

2012 romantic comedy Moonrise Kingdom, directed and written by Wes Anderson and co writer Roman Coppola. Was set in New England in 1965 where 12 year old orphan khaki scout, Sam Shakusky, played by Jared Gilman runs away and falls in love with young girl Suzy Bishop, played by Kara Hayward.  Suzy lives on the island, with her family, father played by Bill Murray and mother played by Frances McDormand.  The pair met the previous summer, at Suzy’s dance recital in a local church. Ever since the pair became pen pals and wrote letters each day. The pair made a secret pact to reunite and run away together, each bringing different devices; they managed to survive in the wilderness for a number of days. When Suzy’s parents and the scout leaders find the pair at the cove. The young girls parents, separate their daughter from the orphan boy and forbid them to see one another.  

There were debates on where and who the Sam would stay with, as his foster parents decided had too much responsibility with their own children. For the time being Sam stays with Police Captain Sharp, played by Bruce Willis whilst they await social services decision. Eventually Sharp decides to become Sam’s legal guardian, allowing him to stay on the island and keep contact with young love Suzy.

Young actress and actor Jared Gilam and Kara Hayward played great roles throughout the film, the connection between one another showed good chemistry on screen. Making the audience believe more in their relationship. To make it feel more realistic and romantic.

Overall my personal opinion of the film is that certificated as a 12a I think the target audience would find it hard to understand. It takes a while, to work out the storyline and the meaning to it, personally I didn’t find the film very interesting. I believe the certificate is okay for the film itself, although I think people around that age group would find the film boring and uninteresting.

This film was available to watch at cinemas all over the UK, now available on DVD in most stores.