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Genre :

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Release Date :

October 16, 2009

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Spike Jonze

Starring :

Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Max Records, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Dano, Tom Noonan, Chris Cooper, Michael Berry Jr., James Gandolfini

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..will possibly haunt young children and puzzle their parents..”

by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

“..These wild things aren't wild enough..”

by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]

“..There just isn't enough good stuff..”

by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]

“..thematically and psychologically rich yet presented in simple terms that children can intuitively understand..”

by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]

“..terrific, captivating..”

by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]

Review rate : A

“..Profoundly beautiful and affecting..”

by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

“..not remotely like any children's film coming out of Hollywood these days..”

by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]

“..less an adaptation of its source material than a therapeutic response to it..”

by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]

“..involving experience for all but the most fidgety children and an opportunity for parents to enjoy..”

by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..fiercely innovative film..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

Review rate : A-
Reviewed by Josh Modell [Onion AV Club]

Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

Reviewed by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]

Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

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