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Release Date:
16 October 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
There's one in all of us. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 7 nominations
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Utterly Charmless
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Max Records | ... | Max |
 | Pepita Emmerichs | ... | Claire |
| Max Pfeifer | ... | Claire's Friend #1 |
| Madeleine Greaves | ... | Claire's Friend #2 |
| Joshua Jay | ... | Claire's Friend #3 |
| Ryan Corr | ... | Claire's Friend #4 |
 | Catherine Keener | ... | Mom |
 | Steve Mouzakis | ... | Teacher |
 | Mark Ruffalo | ... | The Boyfriend |
 | James Gandolfini | ... | Carol (voice) |
 | Paul Dano | ... | Alexander (voice) |
 | Catherine O'Hara | ... | Judith (voice) |
| Forest Whitaker | ... | Ira (voice) |
 | Michael Berry Jr. | ... | The Bull (voice) |
 | Chris Cooper | ... | Douglas (voice) |
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Where the Wild Things Are: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
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Rated PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.
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101 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:PG (certificate #45516) |
Finland:K-7 |
Ireland:PG |
Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Japan:G |
UK:PG |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)
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Spike Jonze turned down the chance to make the movie fully animated, because he wanted people to feel the Wild Things, and thought it would be more exciting and dangerous, if a real kid were running around with the wild things.
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Revealing mistakes: In the early scenes in which Max is outside playing in the snow there are leaves on the trees and roses in bloom. You can't see his breath in the air and it doesn't fog the window. If you look closely in some shots you can see a light fog in the air created by the cold manufactured snow on a warm day.
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Edited into "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Duplicity/Knowing/I Love You, Man (#1.4)" (2009)
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The film suffers from a distinct lack of narrative. On top of that there is nothing of depth here and it's clear little insightful thought has gone into the creation of this work. Look at the director's list of work - largely music videos and low-brow 'youth culture' entertainment...mm. The journey the film takes you on is meaningless, self-obsessed, narcissistic, violent, depressive nonsense. To add to that as it's not enough of a comment, the opening scene shows the boy violently chasing the family dog and terrorising it with a fork. Not only did this put me off the director it also put me off the boys character. I spent the film thinking, this lad is a selfish terror. His loving caring mum was no better feeding him cake and sympathy when he'd acted outrageously and not even apologised to her. Just how ego-fulled kids expect to be treated these days.