The story line is really simple. A khaki scout (the scout leader is Edward Norton) falls in love with a girl who lives near the campground where he is staying with the rest of his troop. The kids are in early puberty. Sam and Suzy run away together though they can't get very far since they live/camp on an island off of Rhode Island. The scenery is breath-taking.
So the movie follows Sam and Suzy's adventure and growing bond and also the search for them by the adults. This was the disappointing part of the movie. The adult roles though all played by excellent actors (Bruce Willis as the island police chief was the best) were superfluous to the storyline and their dialogue was forced and unbelievable. Every time they entered the scene it took away from the lovely and magical tale of Sam and Suzy.
Their was a lot of music in this movie and most of it was symphonic or operatic. There were no laugh out loud moments for me at all (i thought there would be as soon as i saw the movie advertisement with Bill Murray in the ad.); just smiles at the innocence and lightness of the friendship between Sam and Suzy and how the rest of the khaki scout troop rallied around them to help their adventure along. It had a nice and cute ending. That's probably a good word to describe the entire movie; cute.
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