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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
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Reviews Counted:241
Fresh:176
Rotten:65
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Some may find its dark tone and slender narrative off-putting, but Spike Jonze's heartfelt adaptation of the classic children's book is as beautiful as it is uncompromising.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.
Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Theatrical Release: Oct 16, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $77.2M
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano
Director: Spike Jonze
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REVIEWS FOR WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Top CriticIf you ever laughed uncontrollably while engaged in a childhood snowball fight, built intricate forts out of your grandmother's afghan blankets, or made up the rules to complex playground games, in the middle of the game, then this film is for you.
Jul 4, 2010
A beautiful and languid testament to the importance of remembering how powerful our childhoods really were.
Apr 15, 2010
Never having read the book, it must be better than this.
Apr 7, 2010
For me, it was a hard, uphill climb just to say I'd reached the top.
Feb 25, 2010
Sendak sums up the joy and miracle of creative passion, even as he acknowledges dreaded mortality lurking in the existential shadows.
Feb 16, 2010
Where the Wild Things Are imaginatively evokes the childhood fears and wonders experienced when trying to make sense of the world.
Jan 31, 2010
Uma espécie de "Anticristo" Jr., o filme abraça o universo psicológico de seu protagonista como estrutura narrativa, levando o espectador para uma viagem por vezes perturbadora - mas sempre tocante - à psique de Max.
Jan 15, 2010
The conversations and interactions [Jonze] orchestrates, whether real, imaginary, spoken with an inner voice, or cried aloud, are delivered with the unmistakable rhythm and in the grandiose rubber and glue terminology of children.
Jan 6, 2010
Bring the Prozac . . .
Dec 29, 2009
It's a divisive and sometimes difficult film, but if you let it into your heart, you'll end up grateful.
Dec 22, 2009
Exploring the mind of an angry little boy, Where the Wild Things Are is an psychological exploratory fantasy of intriguing depth.
Dec 12, 2009
A film for anyone who’s ever climbed trees, grazed knees or basked in the comfort of a parent’s sympathy as they’ve pulled you off the ground crying. It’ll make your inner child run wild.
Dec 11, 2009
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ stands out for its unusually potent evocation of the timbre of childhood imagining, with its combination of the outré and the banal, grand schemes jumbled up with delicate feelings and the urge to smash things up.
Dec 11, 2009
Don't go expecting joyous escapism, but if you're interested in seeing melancholic auteur filmmaking, complete with a lush soundtrack... you won't see a more compelling film this year.
Dec 11, 2009
It’s all very charming and quirky... But it’s also, ultimately, a little flimsy and unlikely to achieve anything like the iconic status of its source material.
Dec 11, 2009
Jonze's Wild Things is an altogether darker, colder picture: a film about the way children can lose their fear of the world only by losing their innocence.
Dec 11, 2009
Loud, narcotised, emotionally stunted, it’s so eager to avoid the horrors of mainstream commodity culture that it concocts a defensive version of pre-adulthood.
Dec 11, 2009
It moves smoothly from the sublime to the ridiculous, it inhabits the dual worlds of fantasy and reality, and articulates something profoundly simple about both.
Dec 11, 2009
An uncommonly sobering yet ethereal kiddie flick.
Dec 11, 2009
LATEST NEWS FOR WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
December 11, 2009:
The Effects of Where the Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze's eagerly-anticipated adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are was initially supposed to use entirely practical effects, but the director soon realised he'd need more...
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December 7, 2009:
Exclusive: The World of Where the Wild Things Are
It has taken Being John Malkovich and Adaptation director Spike Jonze more than five years to bring Where the Wild Things Are to the big screen. Maurice Sendak, the writer and illustrator of the...
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October 18, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Audiences Eat Up Wild Things
Three new releases hit the multiplexes while one indie sensation expands nationally hoping to strike gold and shake up the establishment. Leading the charge is the family film Where the Wild Things...
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October 15, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Where the Wild Things Are Is A Wild Rumpus
This week, we've got a wild rumpus (Where the Wild Things Are, starring Max Records and Catherine Keener), a legal skirmish (Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler), and some...
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October 5, 2009:
Spike Jonze and Max Records Talk Where the Wild Things Are
You've still got to wait a little while for it to reach theaters, but in the meantime, you can get a small taste of what to expect from "Where the Wild Things Are," thanks to a new interview with...
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