Moonrise Kingdom

CANNES 2012 HIGHLIGHT: Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (US, 2012) The enchanting sweetness of director Wes Anderson’s 2009 foray into animation, Fantastic Mr. Fox, has been transplanted into his return to live-action filmmaking, Moonrise Kingdom, a delicate period love story whose slightness is mitigated by its deep feeling. Those who have complained that Anderson makes the exact same twee, precious, mannered deadpan comedy every time out will have plenty here to further their argument, but this bittersweet bauble so confidently goes about its business that it’s difficult to deny that Anderson knows his milieu and how to dramatise it eloquently. SOURCE: SCREEN.