Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

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Where the Wild Things Are

Max Records, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano, Catherine O'Hara

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  read more... )ng, though he soon longs to be back home with his family.

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  • January 5, 2010
    Review coming soon.
  • December 29, 2009
    "There's one in all of us."

    An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world--a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

    ...( read more) size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook">REVIEW
    Filmmaker Spike Jonze' valentine to Maurice Sendak's beloved children's classic storybook gets the big-screen treatment big-time (consider the fact the story is literally only a few hundred words!) with co-scripter Dave Eggers, allows the imagination to run wild ? or better yet, "Let's the royal rumpus begin!" ? in this inventive look at childhood personified in the rambunctious ball of energy known as Max (Records nailing the character in all its giddy innocence) who finds himself in another world with monsters/creatures (brilliantly realized by the good folks at Jim Henson Prods.), representing the various stages of being a child (i.e. shyness, boldness, selfishness, etc.) however too much of a good thing eventually peters out by the final act.
  • December 28, 2009
    As a striking example of honing tone and originality, Spike Jonze's interpretation of a childhood longing for pride and status sits high on the list of experimental children's fables. The film is a melancholic, but all-the-while levitating, ponderance of escapism and the need for...( read more) a place in society. It hits all the right notes in the many different facets of what it is to be a child, and the problems experienced in growing up, yet at the end still seems to be facing a slight block. The film's meandering and melancholy qualities can somewhat act as a slight deterrant, with it's creatures impersonal while entertaining. But slight discrepencies aside, Where the Wild Things Are is one of the finer examples of cinema befitting a child's world.
  • December 22, 2009
    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)e confused and oddly untouched at times. Somehow I could not relate to the problems and fights the wild things and Max were having, it almost felt like watching a documentary about a dysfunctional family without really getting what their problem is. Most of the images of the film remain unforgettable, I just wished it somehow would have managed to take me on the ride. Instead I was just a witness.
  • December 19, 2009
    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)ot for the very little ones, but this darker fantasy should be just the thing for cold winter nights.
    Honestly the best film that I have seen of this year, without hesitation. At first i was weary of seeing this film, I didn't like the idea that it was made from a children's book and that the monsters looked a bit too much like puppets, looking back I now fully realise that you should NEVER judge a book by it's cover. It was honestly an amazing, moving & powerful film. I have never cried at a film since "My sisters keeper" a while ago, I thought this would be the last film that would make me cry. I can honestly not say how much I adored this film, I could really relate to it as well from when I was younger, at the beginning I felt like I was Max, and felt more like him throughout the whole film. If you are considering seeing this movie GO AND SEE IT! You are guaranteed not to be disappointed.
    Look out for: Catherine Keener as Max?s stressed mom
  • January 5, 2010
    Yeah once we were a child! Great soundtracks! The child actor is very cute! I did not read the book but i like the scenario. You know It's fantastic. I don't care if it's a good adaptation of the book or not...A movie makes a cardiac massage to the child inside you. Still not too...( read more) late for that little cutie inside you I think. Watch and let the kid inside smile again.
  • January 5, 2010
    Interesting movie...
  • January 5, 2010
    The weird bi-polar nature of the Wild Things kind of bothered me...
  • January 5, 2010
    This movie is so brilliant and beautiful i could watch it over and over. Obviously, i fell in love with carol. Its visually dark but delicate, it has some subtle messages and the soundtrack by Arcade Fire is absolutely stunning
  • January 5, 2010
    What a gorgeous movie. It makes you feel like a kid again while watching it as you see everything through the boys eyes. Spike Jonze is the only guy who could have pulled this off. It's visually stunning and is gushing with emotion. The story doesn't really go any where but i...( read more)ts based on a short story so it would have been silly to have created some heightened plot just for the sake of the film. It's definatley not a film for kids though as i would imagine alot of the themes and ideas would be lost on the youth of today. Karen O on the soundtrack did a great job, i downloaded the whole album when i got home, brilliant! One of my favourite films of the year.

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