Through his handcrafted ode to the trials of childhood, Spike Jonze puts his own unique imprint on Maurice Sendak's enduring classic. In the prologue, 9-year-old Max (Max Records) stomps around the house, feeling neglected. When his mom (Catherine Keener) sends him to bed without supper, Max runs away (something he doesn't do in the book). He finds a boat and sails to a distant land where fuzzy monsters are raising a rumpus in the forest. Since his wolf suit allows him to fit right in, he joins the fray, catching the eye of Carol (James Gandolfini), who notes, approvingly,... "I like the way you destroy stuff. There's a spark to your work that can't be taught." With that, they pronounce the diminutive creature king, hoping he can bring cohesion to their fractured family. After Max comes across Carol's scale-model town, he decides they should build a real one, but the project stalls as Alexander (Paul Dano) and Douglas (Chris Cooper) mope, Judith (Catherine O'Hara) browbeats Ira (Forest Whitaker), and Carol pines for K.W. (Lauren Ambrose), who prefers the company of owls Bob and Terry. Max realises he has to make a choice: stay with the wild things or return home, where he has to keep his aggressive impulses in check.For readers of Sendak's slim tome, his decision won't come as a surprise, but Jonze ends the story on a lovely grace note. Until that time, the squabbling is a bit much--these monsters never stop talking--but Jonze, cowriter Dave Eggers, the Jim Henson Company, and singer/songwriter Karen O. have gone all-out to re-create the inner world of a child with as much empathy as was mustered for the inner adult world of Jonze's Being John Malkovich. --Kathleen C. Fennessy [show more]
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Fantasy adventure directed by Spike Jonze ('Being John Malkovich', 'Adaptation') based on the classic children's story by Maurice Sendak. Max (Max Records) is a naughty young boy who has misbehaved yet again and, as punishment, his mother (Catherine Keener) sends him to his room. While stuck in his bedroom Max passes the time by letting his imagination run wild and creates a whole new world where he sails to the land of the Wild Things: a place where huge, hairy creatures live and where Max is crowned king!
Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play. Let the wild rumpus start! Nine-year-old Max runs away from home and sails across the sea to become king of the land Where the Wild Things Are. King Max rules a wondrous realm of gigantic fuzzy monsters - but being king may not be as carefree as it looks! Filmmaker Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) directs a magical, visually astonishing film version of Maurice Sendak's celebrated children's classic, starring an amazing cast of screen veterans and featuring young Max Records in a fierce and sensitive performance as Max. Actors Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Paul Dano, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Lauren Ambrose, Tom Noonan, Alice Parkinson, Max Records, Michael Berry Jr., Robby D. Bruce, Steve Mouzakis, Angus Sampson, Nick Farnell & John Leary Director Spike Jonze Certificate PG Year 2009 Screen Widescreen Languages English Duration 1 hour and 41 minutes (approx)
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