Moonrise Kingdom

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Moonrise Kingdom

PG-13

2012

1h 34m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. Twelve-year-olds Sam and Suzy have fallen in love and decide to run away. But a violent storm is approaching the island, forcing a group of quirky adults to mobilize a search party and find the youths before calamity strikes.

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Critics Consensus

Warm, whimsical, and poignant, the immaculately framed and beautifully acted Moonrise Kingdom presents writer/director Wes Anderson at his idiosyncratic best.

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Carmen Rios

Autostraddle

06/10/2021

Charming, enveloping, seriously funny, and beautiful.

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Nick James

Sight & Sound

08/30/2017

Moonrise Kingdom makes a winning appeal to the precious joys of the pre-teen imagination circa 1965.

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David Thomson

The New Republic

06/17/2013

The film is frequently funny, always elegant (or mock-elegant), and something that would make Humbert Humbert laugh all the way to his asylum.

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Sarah Ward

Concrete Playground

Oct 16

A bittersweet story about first love and finding a home, it's also the rare Anderson film that feels as much a part of its genre as part of the director's oeuvre.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

07/20/2025

5/5

Wes Anderson really has something significant going on here with this endless entertaining story filled with surprises, budding romance, and subtle twists along the way.

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Chase Hutchinson

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

07/25/2024

Wes Anderson often gets (unfairly) pigeonholed as a one-note whimsy machine, but he proves he is so much more in the brilliant Moonrise Kingdom, where we see his habitual sweetness offset with somberness.

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Trevor B

@TrevBills Apr 14

I just.... don;t... GET IT!!!

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Aurelie M

@RT82664410 Apr 12

weird, quirky and incredibly unique. Amazing cinematography. I highly recommend it.

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Levi J

@Lev77 Mar 31

Funny, well-acted masterpiece from the great Wes Anderson with a wonderful screenplay!

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Valyn S.

@RT37190950 Mar 29

Beautiful movie that I’ll never not absolutely adore, the plot is just as beautiful as the screenplay

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Henry D

@Henry_Domke Mar 24

Clever, funny, and unmistakably Wes Anderson. The symmetry, the precision, the fine details all work together to create a stylized version of the past that feels both artificial and completely convincing. The dialogue is deliberately "fake," but in a way that’s consistently amusing and oddly sincere. The cast is full of strong, well-used actors, with everyone fitting neatly into Anderson’s world.

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Jordan S.

@jswez Mar 2

Fun, quirky, and adventurous. The cinematography is uniquely Wes Anderson and the dialogue is superb. Very warmhearted and enjoyable overall.

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Synopsis

The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. Twelve-year-olds Sam and Suzy have fallen in love and decide to run away. But a violent storm is approaching the island, forcing a group of quirky adults to mobilize a search party and find the youths before calamity strikes.

Director: Wes Anderson
Producer: Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Screenwriter: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: American Empirical Pictures, Indian Paintbrush
Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 29, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.5M
Runtime: 1h 34m