A Critics Thought...

Visionary director Spike Jonze brings Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book to the big screen with the help of hipster icon Dave Eggers, who teamed with Jonze to pen the adapted screenplay. A mixture of real actors, computer animation, and live puppeteering,Where the Wild Things Are follows the adventures of a young boy named Max (Max Records) as he enters the world of the Wild Things, a race of strange and enormous creatures who gradually turn the young boy into their king.

MovieTradition gives Where the Wild Things Are an 8 out of 10. This film was a tough one to rate. We had to do a little research to make sure we did Mr. Jones (Director) right. To begin this film, unbeknown to some, was not meant to be a child's film... but a film about childhood. Some will ask, "What does that even mean?" Well we would like to explain. This film is of course based on the 1963 beloved children's book by Maurice Sendak, but with the movie Director Spike Jones wanted to take a different route. Mr. Jones, during an interview, stated that this movie was suppose to bring back memories and moments of the child hood of the people who read the book back when it was originally published in 1963. Through the more scary "Wild Things", moments of loneliness, depression, anger and solitude MovieTradition does not recommended this film for children, but we do however recommend this film to those of you who are in the age range of 25 and older. All in all we enjoyed the diversity this film brought on but do not recommend this as a family outing... so if you are in the mood for a tear/memory jerker then head on out and see this film this weekend.