Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Movie Overview

Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and adapted from Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s book of the same name. It combines live action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI). The film stars Max Records, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ruffalo, and features the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose, and Forest Whitaker. The film centers around a lonely 9-year-old boy named Max (Records) who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the “wild things,” who declare Max their king. In the early 1980s Disney considered adapting the film as a blend of traditionally animated characters and computer-generated settings, but development did not go past a test film to see how the animation hybridizing would work out. In 2001, Universal Studios acquired rights to the book’s adaptation and initially attempted to develop a computer-animated adaptation with Disney animator Eric Goldberg, but in 2003 the cartoon version was replaced with a live-action concept and Goldberg was dropped for Spike Jonze. The film was co-produced by actor Tom Hanks through his production company Playton… Source

• Where the Wild Things Are Movie Details
• Director: Spike Jonze
• Official Sites: Warner Bros. [us], Warner Bros. [jp], Warner Bros. [fr]
• Tagline: There's one in all of us.
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 101 min
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , Family , Fantasy

• Cast Overview
• Max Records as Max
• Pepita Emmerichs as Claire
• Max Pfeifer as Claire's Friend #1
• Madeleine Greaves as Claire's Friend #2
• Joshua Jay as Claire's Friend #3
• Ryan Corr as Claire's Friend #4

Where the Wild Things Are Movie Review from New York Times

Most of the snuffling, growling beasts that roam and often stomp through “Where the Wild Things Are,” Spike Jonze’s alternately perfect and imperfect if always beautiful adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children’s book, come covered in fur. Some have horns; most have twitchy tails and vicious-looking teeth. The beasts snarl and howl and som… Source

Where the Wild Things Are Movie Details from Imdb

An adolescent named Max has an active imagination, and he will throw fits if others don’t go along with what he wants. Max – following an incident with Claire (his sister) and her friends, and following a tantrum which he throws as a result of his Mother paying more attention to her boyfriend than to him – runs away from home. Wearing his wolf cost… Source