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.
Their disappearance triggers a frantic search led by local police captain Sharp (Bruce Willis), Khaki Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton), and Suzy’s eccentric parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand).
and Jason Schwartzman round out the cast with memorable, "peculiar" cameos.
: The film uses Super 16mm film to achieve a grainy, nostalgic texture reminiscent of 1960s home movies.