8 Inherently Annoying Movies That Everyone You Know Seems To Love

4. Moonrise Kingdom

Unanimous praise. That's what Moonrise Kingdom found itself met with upon first release, from both audiences and critics alike. "Wes Anderson has made one of his best ever movies!" they all screamed from the rooftops, and there was - at first - no reason to doubt it. After all, has this quirky director ever made a truly bad film? No, he has not. Moonrise Kingdom isn't a bad film, either, but it's one of Anderson's lesser contributions to the medium of cinema. All of the director's movies could be labelled as "self-conscious," of course, and Anderson probably wouldn't disagree with that the assessment, but Moonrise Kingdom feels like it's struggling for a fully formed plot, and in its attempts to be "A Wes Anderson" movie it ends up feeling half-hearted and a little bit... well, dull, actually. The story, which hones in on two pre-teens caught in a love affair, has a whiff of the unbearable about it, but really it's the emphasis on quirk over plot and character that brings Moonrise Kingdom to a place where it's just so darn frustrating to sit through. Anderson ensures that all his classic tropes are in place, but ultimately tries his hand at so much - piling on the eccentrics - that you come away feeling like you've just watched a parody. Everyone loved Moonrise Kingdom, regardless, which implies they were either tricked into liking it on account of its faux-nostalgic feel, or people are very easily pleased.