"Moonrise Kingdom"

I didn't rent this Wes Anderson film for a long time because my younger son had said it was "weird'. It was. It was weird, and wonderful and a flight back to a simpler time. I loved that that children were children, the adults were adults,  the parents were parents, and everyone was human.
It is a fantastical story about a boy who doesn't fit into a mold and a girl who doesn't fit into a mold, and how they fit perfectly with each other. The boy has no parents and has been in Foster Care. The girl has parents who don't understand her, but do love her and, with all their faults and foibles are doing the very best they can.
This film is full of color and light. It was the most beautiful movie I've seen in a very long time.
The movie was written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, (yes, THAT Coppola family). It was beautifully directed by Wes Anderson, and the chosen cast was perfect. Jared Gilman plays the boy, and Kara Hayward plays the girl. They were exactly who they should have been--children on the cusp of puberty with more questions about life than answers, and yet an unwavering commitment to be exactly who they were.
The supporting cast was made of of acting veterans such as Edward Norton as the boyscout troop leader, Bruce Willis as the local law enforcement, Frances McDormand as the girls mother, and Bill Murray as the girls father. Everyone was delightfully quirky and sincere.

This is not a chick flick, but a human film. You will be touched.