However, that doesn't stop it from being one of the best (if not the best) movie to come out in 2012.
For the first time, I watched the movie last night and I'm truly disappointed in myself that I didn't make the time to see it earlier.
"Our daughter's been abducted by one of these beige lunatics!"
Moonrise Kingdom is about a young boy and girl who run away and fall in love on the New England island of New Penzance. The parents of the girl, a Scout Master, and Police Captain all proceed to find the children (and in some cases forbid them from seeing one another again) during the film.
Edward Norton is great as the quirky Scout Master and Bruce Willis is sympathetic as the Police Captain who's having an affair with a married woman (who just happens to be the mother of the runaway girl). However, the two young actors who play the runaway couple: Sam and Suzy (Jared Gilman and Kara Haywardare, respectively) are the real gems of Moonrise Kingdom.
Gilman and Haywardare play their characters with a precociousness and naivety that reminds you of the simplicity of love.
"We're in love. We just want to be together. What's wrong with that?" - Suzy (AWW)
Sam and Suzy, in a lot of ways, have a better and more mature understanding of what they want out of life, which is a treat to watch. The adults on the other hand, well, they're just learning.
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