Moonrise Kingdom

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Moonrise Kingdom (2012) is a whimsical film directed by Wes Anderson and set on the fictional New England island of New Penzance in 1965. 🎬 Core Plot & Themes Moonrise Kingdom

Over a decade later, Moonrise Kingdom remains Anderson’s most tender and accessible film. It lacks the icy, recursive melancholy of The Grand Budapest Hotel and the frantic energy of The French Dispatch . Instead, it possesses a purity of feeling. (If you'd like, I can expand into a