First, there is the . It is the gold standard for "autumnal core." The mustard yellows, burnt oranges, and forest greens make you want to knit a sweater and drink hot cider, even if it’s July. The production design captures that specific melancholy of summer ending and the colder, scarier world of adulthood approaching.
: The local police officer who is having a secret affair with Suzy’s mother. Moonrise Kingdom
: From the dollhouse-like structure of Suzy’s home to the precariously perched treehouses, the world feels like a life-size miniature . Musical Symbolism and Ritual First, there is the
The two met a year earlier at a church performance of Noye's Fludde . Bound by their shared status as "troubled" outcasts—Sam for his orphan background and Moonrise Kingdom