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Moonrise Kingdom
2012
· Movie
· 94 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #476
- IMDb #676
- Google retired #1494
- Rotten Tomatoes #581
- Metacritic #338
- Letterboxd #534
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #598
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #981
- Metacritic Critics #436
- Metacritic Audience #379
- Criticker #426
- Douban #356
- Kinopoisk #805
- AlloCiné #624
- Trakt #621
Every rating
65–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on films →On a remote New England island, a young boy scout and a thoughtful girl make a secret pact to run away together into the wilderness. Their disappearance triggers a widespread search party led by the island's police captain, the scout master, and the girl's disillusioned parents. As a major storm approaches, the community is thrown into chaos by the young lovers' earnest and determined flight.
Details
- Director
- Wes Anderson
- Writers
- Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson
- Released
- 16 May 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $68.3M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 43 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 49 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 49 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Palme de Whiskers | "Tabitha" | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2013 | Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2013 | Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2013 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2013 | Best Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2013 | Best Cinematography | Robert Yeoman | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2013 | Best Director | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2013 | Best Feature | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Palme de Whiskers | "Tabitha" | Winner |
Independent Spirit Awards
5 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Robert Yeoman | Nominee |
| Best Director | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Male | Bruce Willis | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson and Steven Rales | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Art Direction | Moonrise Kingdom | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| Most Promising Performer | Kara Hayward | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Robert D. Yeoman | Nominee |
| Best Director | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Feature | Moonrise Kingdom | Winner |
| Best Ensemble Performance | Moonrise Kingdom cast | Nominee |
American Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films of the Year | Jeremy Dawson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Wes Anderson | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Use of Music in a Film | Moonrise Kingdom | Winner |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
6 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Best Youth Performance | Kara Hayward | Nominee |
| Best Youth Performance | Jared Gilman | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association
5 nominations
| Best Cast | Moonrise Kingdom cast | Nominee |
| Best Composer | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Best Film | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Young Performer | Kara Hayward | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
3 nominations
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Adam Stockhausen | Nominee |
| Best Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
2 nominations
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor | Jared Gilman | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress | Kara Hayward | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical | Andrew Weisblum | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Film | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination
| Best American Film | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild
1 nomination
| Excellence in Period Film | Kasia Walicka-Maimone | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Kiss | Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Awards
1 nomination
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |