Brilliant movie about kids for adults

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2012)

I walked into the theater to watch 'Moonrise Kingdom' without any expectations beyond the lush, sepia-tinted scenery that graces the poster. And while I got plenty of postcard-perfect locales, the film was so much more than just a visual treat.
It's a lovely story about the wonders of childhood romances and the grand sense of adventure that all children experience before they are forced to grow up. However, the death of innocence that accompanies that age does rear its ugly heads in portions, with some scenes eerily reminiscent of how adults might react in the same situations. In a sense, it captures children at that time when they're no longer children but not yet adults either.
And I think that's the beauty of the film, and the reason we all connect to it so much as adults; it's not a saccharine story, but a quirky one with real characters.