Moonrise Kingdom

Happened to catch this most recent offering from Wes Anderson a few weeks ago on HBO. Admittedly I've not seen his others (too much Owen Wilson for my taste), but this one caught my eye and was just quirky enough and clean enough for me to stick with it.  It's the story of two misfit 12-year-olds, who happen to make a connection with the one other person in the world as odd as themselves.  They make a plan to run away together from all the dysfunction in each of their lives. 

The film boasts a terrific cast, headlined by Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Bill Murray and Frances McDormand, as the quartet of adults searching for the two young lovers, who unwittingly are the cause of the dysfuntion. But the real stars are the two youngsters, Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. They give breakout performances, and have promising careers ahead.

If you're a fan of quirky, mixed with a lot of dysfunction and a lot of sweet, then this movie's for you.  It's a terrific picture, and reminds us that the things that make us crazy when we're 12 are often the things that in the long run work out better than we expected.