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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 20 Jun 2012

The film is precious and adorable, but it isn't naïve, and the movie breathes so deep that Anderson even gets a real performance out of Willis…

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By Jeremy Heilman (393) for MovieMartyr.com (391) on 19 Jun 2012

Moonrise Kingdom is a charming reminder of Anderson's particular talent for spinning fantasies about the collective childhood we all wish we had…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 14 Jun 2012

Anderson never loses his core themes - young love, the need to escape, the bind and bluster of family…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 13 Jun 2012

As fussy as anything Anderson has ever done, but instead of being overstuffed, as virtually all of his movies have been, for good and ill,…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 13 Jun 2012

A sometimes precocious but mostly whimsical and artfully fluent evocation of adolescent enthusiasm and adult ennui…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 12 Jun 2012

Anderson's latest effort is like an Instagram photo - a nostalgic snapshot that seems to be of different time and place but is really the twee…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 11 Jun 2012

[Anderson] may make it look easy because of how firmly his mannerisms are established at this point, but it takes a real artist to evoke the…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 10 Jun 2012

Anderson's films have been described as quirky, eccentric and whimsical…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 07 Jun 2012

Wes Anderson, at 43, is still grappling with adolescence…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 07 Jun 2012

Anderson and his co-writer Roman Coppola have crafted an elegant and emphatic metaphor for adolescence, that tumultuous province of firsts and lasts…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 07 Jun 2012

Only Anderson could find the subtle brilliance in a shirtless, ax-wielding Murray dejectedly declaring I'm going outside to find a tree to chop down…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 07 Jun 2012

Did you think Wes Anderson had no more tricks up his sleeve, that he was just showing us the same thing over and over again, that he couldn't…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 07 Jun 2012

Moonrise Kingdom, which could be Anderson's most honest movie yet, also contains arguably his two most mature characters, who both happen to be 12…

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By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 07 Jun 2012

Exactly what you expect from Anderson, and also dangerously close to overstaying its welcome…

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By Jenny Mccartney (26) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 07 Jun 2012

The performances from Hayward and Gilman, as runaways, are at the heart of the film, and they manage to seem both innocent and powerful…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 07 Jun 2012

The best film of the year and perhaps the purest love story in cinematic history…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 07 Jun 2012

Though undeniably smart and charming, Moonrise Kingdom loves itself the way the callow Holden Caulfield loves himself: unconditionally…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Sin Magazine (286) on 06 Jun 2012

It's sweet, charming, quirky, imaginative, poignant, and whimsical. Just what a Wes Anderson film should be…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 06 Jun 2012

Anderson has trouble sticking the landing, but Moonrise Kingdom is in many ways the most satisfying flight he's taken us on in years…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 06 Jun 2012

Moonrise Kingdom takes place in a world where everything seems pleasantly faded, where people read crackly-covered library books rather than…

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