Plot
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them.
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 8.0/10 (557 voted)
Critic's Score: 79/100
Director:
Wes Anderson
Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis
Storyline Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down -- which might not be such a bad thing.
Writers: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Cast: Edward Norton
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Scout Master Ward
Bruce Willis
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Captain Sharp
Bill Murray
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Walt Bishop
Harvey Keitel
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Commander Pierce
Tilda Swinton
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Social Services
Frances McDormand
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Laura Bishop
Jason Schwartzman
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Cousin Ben
Kara Hayward
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Suzy
Jared Gilman
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Sam
Bob Balaban
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Narrator
L.J. Foley
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Izod
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
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Roosevelt
Charlie Kilgore
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Lazy Eye
Jake Ryan
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Lionel
Neal Huff
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Jed
Trivia: Wes Anderson's sixth collaboration with Bill Murray.
User Review
An ambitious film which for the most part delivers spectacularly
Rating: 9/10
Saw this just now in a small indie cinema in Heidelberg, Germany and I
have to say, it was a romp. In my humble opinion this film manages to
be both Wes Anderson's funniest picture so far and his most
melancholic. The utter uncompromising stylishness of his other work is
also present here, perhaps even heightened, but in contrast to The Life
Aquatic (and to a certain degree The Darjeeling Limited), the emphasis
here is firmly on plot. The brave and often odd visuals never overwhelm
the story and the audience never feels like they are not quite in on
the joke, like in The Life Aquatic. The tone does tend to become a bit
erratic, especially in the last third of the film when Anderson seems
to want to pack so much into every frame that the film becomes a bit
cartoonish at times (hence the not-perfect score from me). All in all,
though, the plot is very balanced and the pacing is great. The two
young leads are superb and the brave move by Anderson to place unknown
actors front and centre pays off beautifully. The rest of the cast is
on paper even more star-studded than The Royal Tenenbaums and yet
Anderson never steers into unnecessary character development just to
accommodate his stars. A touch here and a touch there are more than
enough to paint a picture of a group of people who are eerily similar
in their dissatisfaction with their lives and yet react quite
differently to the two young lovers' dash (literally) for happiness. In
conclusion, a must-see for Anderson fans and highly recommended for
everyone else.
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