Review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012) by Shawn Y — 24 Dec 2013

Extremely well edited and put together. Silly in its entirety.

This review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012) was written by Shawn Y on 24 Dec 2013.

Moonrise Kingdom has generally received very positive reviews.

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