Where the Wild Things Are

My opinion that this movie is terrible, worst then the horror movies! Actually, the worst I have ever seen in my life! If you want to have your own opinion – go and watch it but PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN FROM IT.... Full review

Quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. I was going to stick it out until the end, but when other people in the theatre started leaving, I realized it wasn't just me. A waste of time and money.... Full review

Went to see it with my son (11 y.o.) Both of us were disappointed. The movie should not have been advertized as kid's movie since it is for adults, for parents. Besides, I noticed nervousness in my son after the movie... Full review

Boring, slow and pointless. Added nothing to the book. Spike Jonze w/o Charlie Kaufman is not a winning combo. Visually great, but that's about it.... Full review

Oh...worst movie even seen, man what he wanted to say out this movie, the total unit must by of crazy guys and r**ists.... Full review

I was really looking forward to this movie. I have been reading this story to children for over 35 years. I couldn't believe how they butchered such a wonderful story. I was bored out of my mind. The movie dragged. It... Full review

This book was one of my all-time favorites growing up as a kid. I now wish, they would have left it in book form. The writers I believe, were attempting too make the movie appealing to adults and kids alike. Well,... Full review

This is def. a watch when comes to tv type of movie. The storyline is very unclear. There's an angry child but no clear indication why except you guess maybe because he has no father figure. He doesn't get punished for... Full review

This movie made little sense to me. It was simply a horrible movie with no direction. I was disappointed as I was expecting a movie with a lot more substance. The kid in front of me kept asking when it was... Full review

This was the worst movie I have seen since The Gods Must be Crazy. I wouldnt waste my money or time on this movie!... Full review

The very good film, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, took in $4.million.....It's not really a bad film....Yet it remains an interesting film....although one not as good as it could have been.....Critics also believe this to be one of the best movies currently in the theaters as well..... ... Full Review

Where the Wild Things Are" is depressing, dull and dysfunctional.....Visually, "Where the Wild Things Are" is extraordinary..... ... Full Review

What director Spike Jonze created was much more beautiful cinematically, intellectually and emotionally than a simple happy-ending movie could ever be.....Expecting an entirely feel-good, upbeat movie is a mistake.....Records displays incredible talent as Max.....The music captures the excitement and joy of imagination.....Not only does the film successfully capture what it feels like to be young.... ... Full Review

This film was so brilliantly directed by Jonze....Director Spike Jonze brings the classic children tale to the big screen in "Where The Wild Things Are.....I was like many kids at the time the book was released, written by Maurice Sendak, an avid reader of this story..... ... Full Review

Needless to say, Where the Wild Things Are succeeds as a discussion piece.....I suspect people will love this movie for the same reasons I hate it.....While I found the film intellectually interesting, I wasn't at all entertained by it.....The cinematography is stunning.....while others will be scratching their heads wondering what happened to the wonderful little fantasy story from their youth..... ... Full Review

Alison Goldfrapp is trying to explain, I suspect to herself as much as anyone else, why she and her musical partner, Will Gregory, spent most of the summer frantically writing the score for Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Wood's biopic of the... ... Full Article

A FEW weekends ago I sat near the back of the biggest theater in my local multiplex, part of a packed house watching Spike Jonze 's "Where the Wild Things Are." ... Full Article

Despite director Spoke Jonze's insistence that 'Where the Wild Things Are' is not a children's film, many families still trooped to theaters expecting something a lot more kid-friendly than the dark, existential art film they got. ... Full Article

NEW YORK - About the hoopla surrounding the film adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are," Maurice Sendak is characteristically gruff. "I kind of want it over," he said. ... Full Article

Childhood is magical and difficult in director Spike Jonze's imaginative adaptation of the Maurice Sendak classic. The film's expanded narrative swings deftly between Max (Max Records) acting out and Max figuring it out ("it" being life, of course). ... Full Article

"Where the Wild Things Are" is one of those films that leaves the viewer with plenty of questions. That doesn't necessarily make it bad; the film overall was a success in my book. ... Full Article