One of the best "first love" ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2017)

Wes Anderson is one of today's cinema treasures. His unique visual style, his sensibility and carefully constructed worlds make him a joy to watch.
"Moonrise Kingdom" is a story of a first love, one that take course over the summer of 1965 but could have taken part in any age or place. As most of Anderson's films, the characters are misfits and weirdos, and extremely charming too. The acting is superb, specially for Jared Gilman (Sam) and Kara Hayward (Suzy), two young and really talented actors who make the love story credible every second. Toys, clothing, costumes, coded maps and hideouts are everywhere, enchanting the screen with a vibe of nostalgia. Dysfunctional families and lonely hearts are present too (another common place for Anderson) and it always amazes me how much love feel the director for their characters. A truly, genuine love that never gets compassionate or pitiful. You can feel it in every frame and every line of dialogue. There's an aura of lost innocence, of long and endless summer days when we were young and we thought that every dream could come true.
Visually, the film recreates the style of children's books, or the fantasy books Suzy love so much. Symmetry, vivid colors, exquisite compositions of deliberately artificial places are everywhere and we feel dragged right into the heart of a fable or a Doré's engraving. Everyone willing to remember the feeling of that rapturous first love in his/her live should see this film.