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Where the Wild Things Are

Name: Where the Wild Things Are
Director: Spike Jonze
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2009-10-16
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O'Hara

2009 · 1h 41m · Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy

IMDb 6.7 Metacritic 71 RT 73%

Spike Jonze's visually stunning adaptation captures the bittersweet magic of Sendak's classic—it's a gorgeously melancholic journey about childhood escapism that works for both kids and adults seeking something more thoughtful than typical family fare. Watch it tonight if you want to feel something real wrapped in beautiful weirdness.

Plot

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Director: Spike Jonze

Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O'Hara

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