THE ANDERSONS: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of childhood neglect, child romance, infidelity, running away from home, social services, orphanages.

We’re traveling back in time to New Penzance this week as we’re meeting up with Wes Anderson again, this time in a tale of childhood romance, confusion, and hope set among some incredibly dysfunctional adults. While it’s clear why this might be a fan favorite for many fans of Wes’ work, his style really outdoes the substance of this work in a lot of ways. His directing is front and center in this movie, but it’s to the detriment of the story, which spends a little too much time on relatively mundane adult storylines and not enough time having the children at the center of the movie grapple with those issues. There’s some miscues and missed tones, and while it really is a delightful film, especially from the supporting cast, it leaves a lot on the table. Get up and ready for reveille with the Troop Captain as we discuss Moonrise Kingdom this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt of "The Heroic Weather-Conditions of the Universe, Part 1: A Veiled Mist" from the motion picture score for Moonrise Kingdom is written and composed by Alexandre Desplat. ℗2012 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.

Excerpts from the film Magnolia are © 2000 New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpt of "Able-Bodied Seamen" from the motion picture score for The Master is written and composed by Jonny Greenwood. ℗2012 Nonesuch Records Inc.