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Bruce Willis | ... | ||
Edward Norton | ... | ||
Bill Murray | ... | ||
Frances McDormand | ... | ||
Tilda Swinton | ... | ||
Jared Gilman | ... | ||
Kara Hayward | ... | ||
Jason Schwartzman | ... | ||
Bob Balaban | ... |
The Narrator
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Lucas Hedges | ... | ||
Charlie Kilgore | ... | ||
Andreas Sheikh | ... | ||
Chandler Frantz | ... | ||
Rob H. Campbell | ... |
Deluca
(as Rob Campbell)
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L.J. Foley | ... |
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. Written by Production
If you've been following Mr. Anderson's relatively short career, you'll find more of the same here: a film that is full of quirkiness, which I find to be parables of the troubles we encounter in life. I came to this film without any expectations, having read nothing about it in the news so I was pleasantly surprised that the main protagonists are a couple of tweens. Any fears of mine finding a sappy or saccharine story were vanquished and replaced with wonderment following the journey of the two main characters. Both actors didn't seem to have formal training but this didn't stop them from serving the story well. It is down to the genius of Mr. Anderson capturing their human performances which are nothing less than beautiful.
I can't recommend this film highly enough!