Review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012) by Sara F — 07 Feb 2014

First love as only Wes Anderson could envision it.

This review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012) was written by Sara F on 07 Feb 2014.

Moonrise Kingdom has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Clarence Jim R (39) on 30 Dec 2017

Pretty good Wes Anderson movie, so far, he doesn't have a bad movie even though I've so far seen 4 of his movies and they all so far have been…

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