Max Records,
James Gandolfini,
Lauren Ambrose,
Paul Dano,
Catherine O'Hara
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The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is loved by the wild creatures who make him their Ki...( read more
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Stats: 11,503 reviews
After the wonderfully odd and gorgeous trailer I am a little disappointed in the film itself. The look and visual design is really pretty and unique, young Max Records a very talented discovery for the main role. The ending was really sweet and touching, but the middle part had m...( read more)
Where The Wild Things Are
Expected: 11 December
It?s been a loooong time coming, but Spike Jonze seems to think he?s finally cracked his adaptation of Maurice Sendak?s beloved kid book. A boy named Max enters a world of monsters who end up crowning him their king. It?s probably n...( read more)
This is no kid's film. This is a mature and thoughtful look at the psychology of a child, and also how we come to understand the world and complex emotions around us. Max is a very angry child, he interprets the acts of others as personal attacks on himself. This leads to those h...( read more)
i dont know that ive ever been so disappointed in a movie that i liked so much. this is truly a great film, with stunning art direction and cinematography and a solid performance from a young max records. but the film also felt a bit void of depth despite the deeply emotional a...( read more)
Do not go and see this film. I dropped off twice and my 9 year old described it as very very boring. What has Spike Jonze got on every film critic that they didn't give this the panning it so deserves? Utter utter bilge
Captures the thought processes of a child like no other film. Dialogue is the key as we follow a boy rationalize being a boy. The moments between Keener and Max Records are inspiring as a filmmaker.
Spike Jonze is an original cinematic voice but in the end you just wish he left this on the bookshelf where it belongs. full review
The result is a picture of considerable vision (this is a Spike Jonze film), but one that feels still-born. It traipses from one set-piece incident to the next without gathering much imaginative power... full review
Jonze's ideas, visual and otherwise, spill out in a faux-philosophical ramble that isn't nearly as deep as he thinks it is; at best, it's a scrambled tone poem. Even the look of the picture becomes ti... full review
Where the Wild Things Are is a fiercely innovative film with surprising texture and nuance. It captures the joy and exuberance of childhood without shying away from its very real pains and woes. full review
For all the money spent, the film's success is best measured by its simplicity and the purity of its innovation. Jonze has filmed a fantasy as if it were absolutely real, allowing us to see the world ... full review
In an era glutted with sanitized, prefabricated, computer-generated kids' stuff, this is an experience of sophisticated cross-generational appeal. It digs deep into childhood's bright, manic exuberanc... full review
Some children, I think, will love this film, some will find it frightening, and some will be bored. Adults, likely, will experience it the same way. full review
The plot is simple stuff, spread fairly thin in terms of events but portentous in terms of meaning. It comes down to: What is right? -- a question that children often seek answers to. full review
A mature, striking exploration of the way that kids feel. full review
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