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Where the Wild Things Are

Overview


Genre :

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Release Date :

October 16, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG

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  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..will possibly haunt young children and puzzle their parents..”
by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
2 of 4

“..These wild things aren't wild enough..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
2.5 of 4

“..There just isn't enough good stuff..”
by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
4 of 4

“..thematically and psychologically rich yet presented in simple terms that children can intuitively understand..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
4 of 5

“..terrific, captivating..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
Review rate : A

“..Profoundly beautiful and affecting..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4

“..not remotely like any children's film coming out of Hollywood these days..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
2 of 4

“..less an adaptation of its source material than a therapeutic response to it..”
by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
3 of 4

“..involving experience for all but the most fidgety children and an opportunity for parents to enjoy..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3.5 of 4

“..fiercely innovative film..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
Review rate : A-
Reviewed by Josh Modell [Onion AV Club]
4 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

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