Wes Anderson is the director of Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. All of these films had a serious independent bend and were well received by critics, if not by audiences in general. Of all his films, the only one to set the box office on fire was The Royal Tennebaums. His latest is much more of the same and is titled Moonrise Kingdom.
The story takes place in 1965 in New England. On the eve of a major hurricane, events of this little Hamlet become tense. The basic story is of young love. Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) are two twelve year-old kids who have been keeping a passion going on through the mail. They make plans to sneak off and be together. He is on the island as a member of the Khaki scouts, a Boy Scout style troop doing summer camping. She is a local island girl with lawyer parents, the Bishops (Bill Murray and Francis McDormand). The young boy is an orphan and the girl is misunderstood by her parents. The girl has three younger brothers who seem to take up most of Mom & Dad’s time.
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