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  • May 17, 2012

    This year’s Opening Night Film at the Cannes Film Festival was Wes Anderson’s new movie ‘Moonrise Kingdom’. I’m not a huge fan of his, but I’m intrigued about this flick. So far, the early word from the fest has been somewhat expected…this is Wes Anderson doing exactly what Wes Anderson specializes in. Criticwire has a piece here that collects the immediate reactions to the film, and those who have seen it seem to all thing about the same of it. After the jump I’ll share some of those quick responses that Matt Singer kindly compiled in his article, but for now we now seem to more or less know what we’re getting with ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ when it opens in theaters stateside next week…

    From the Criticwire article that Matt gathered responses for yesterday, here are a few of the instant reactions from Twitter:

    Instant Twitterverse Reaction:

    Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian:

    “‘Moonrise Kingdom’ was a great opener for #Cannes2012 – elegant, eccentric and charming”

    Alex Billington, FirstShowing.net:

    “‘Moonrise Kingdom’ – Whimsical, charming and honestly a lot of fun. There’s nothing like a Wes Anderson film, that’s for sure. #Cannes

    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune:

    “‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ the #Cannes2012 opener, from Wes Anderson–v. droll tale of young love & adolescent isolation. The festival starts well.”

    Aaron Hillis, MovieMaker:

    “Faulting ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ for looking too ‘Wes Anderson-ish’ is like complaining about Matisse’s blue nudes for not being in other colors.”

    Guy Lodge, In Contention:

    “‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (C+) Three courses of dessert, smothered in Desplat. Appealing blush, witty accents, but, as ever, all love and no passion.”

    -Thoughts? Discuss on the Forum!

    About Joey Magidson


    When he’s not obsessing over new Oscar predictions on a weekly basis, Joey is seeing between 200 and 300 movies a year. He views the best in order to properly analyze the awards race/season each year, but he also watches the worst for reasons he mostly sums up as "so you all don't have to". In his spare time, you can usually find him complaining about the Jets or the Mets. Still, he lives and dies by film. Joey's a voting member of the Internet Film Critics Association as well. Today the IFCA, tomorrow the world!

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    3 Comments

    1. This is just a small sampling, but most people seem to be reporting similar observations…

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    2. How can you say you;e not a fan?? are you watching the same movie as me.? Guess i will never get what people don’t see.

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      • Just like I don’t get why some people don’t care for Kevin Smith movies…just a difference of opinion.

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