Moonrise Kingdom

This film, like all Wes Anderson films, is an experience. An interesting experience.
Here, there are two young people who runaway from their homes. In the case of Sam (Jared Gilman), it's his campsite, while for Suzy (Kara Hayward), it's here house, with her mature younger brothers and neglectful parents, Walt and Laura Bishop (aka Bill Murray and Frances McDormand). Laura calls her children to dinner with the use of a blow-horn.
After a chance encounter during a production of Noah's Ark, when Sam sneaks into the girl's dressing room, the two meet and become friends and pen pals. Sam is an orphan, and horribly unliked at the Khaki Camp which he is attending, though when he escapes his scoutmaster Randy Ward (Edward Norton) organizes the remainder of his troops into a search party for the young boy. In the meantime, the police are also notified. The only cop we really see is Captain Sharp (Bruce Willis), who just so happens to be having an affair with Laura. He is a lost and lonely man. But he throws himself into looking for the lost children.
Sam and Suzy have some interesting experiences, including their first encounter with kissing. But they also run into the fellow campers and Suzy ends up stabbing one of them with her left-handed scissors, which is bad. The moment that the two are caught is hilarious. They are both inside the tent, sleeping, but when they open up the tent, all the adults are just staring at them and Bill Murray is furious and rips the tent right off of it base. The children are taken back to their respective homes, but soon they escape again, this time with the help of Sam's fellow troops. One camper takes them to his cousin Ben's (Jason Swartzman) camp who marries them (not officially of course) and they once again try to escape, though this time it is the weather that thwarts them as a downpour arrives.
In the end, the kids decide to return home. Captain Sharp decides to open his home to young Sam, which is an offer he accepts, as he does not want to go with Social Services (Tilda Swinton) where he will be taken to a mental institution to be evaluated. Laura also ends her affair with Captain Sharp, though he understands why this needs to be done. She also tells Walt that they need to focus more on the children (though I don't think they follow through on this). At the end of the film, Sam and Suzy are still friends and may remain so for the rest of their lives, or they may eventually take it to the next level, but none of that matters, as they are together which is precisely what they wanted.
I do have some problems with the film, including the role of Suzy. Though her parents often say she is troubled, I don't believe that to be the case. She is lonely and way too old for her years. She also lets Sam touch her chest too early in the relationship. When Sam makes her a pair of earrings, but she doesn't have pierced ears. Not a problem, Sam just pierces them for her, with a stream of blood running down her neck from the procedure.
Still, the film has some great moments. The characters are all interesting and portrayed well by the famous actors. But Edward Norton does look old for only 42 and why is the Bill Murray character always the one being cuckolded? However, the scenery is fabulous and Anderson certainly pays attention to every single detail in his films, from the camera angles to the books Suzy reads aloud to the menfolk. It was a good film, but it could have been better. Grade: B+