A tedious and tiresome affair that feels like a parody of the acclaimed director's signature style, rather than an earnest attempt at it.

Rating: 4/10 (26 February 2018)

'Moonrise Kingdom (2012)' is a tedious and tiresome affair that feels like a parody of Anderson's signature style rather than something organically evolved from it. It is a poorly-paced, pseudo-surrealist folk-tale that seems to slowly slog past its ninety-minute running-time (feeling closer to three hours) and doesn't have even remotely enough story or character development to fill that short time. It's a bit of a shame since the writer-director has such a celebrated and usually off-kilter yet enjoyable presence, but it doesn't seem like his heart was in this one or, if it was, maybe his head wasn't quite in the right place. 4/10