That was an excellent one.

It is a performances centric movie

i must have seen a different film!!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

"Where the Wild" has a very striking beginning, not only for those who has a child alone, but also so that was a brother or older sister who neglected her brother or father who can not give the necessary attention to child (a), it really grabs the viewer, much also for the great performance of Max Records, we all knew that the film it was not solely that, but he had an adventure behind, although at some point the message that the film passes is confused, Spike Jonze script is linear, photography of the film is great, as the characterizations of the monsters as fear and at the same time not really are great, as the soundtrack is also good mixing children's songs the melancholic, "Where the Wild Things are" is a film average to good, but it is beautiful to see, shows the world's view of a child without friends, about friendship, about the importance of family residence, and technically it it is also good (do not understand why there are so many negative reviews), is not a children's film is a film for you help learn how to interpret all the feelings that they have, do not watch "Where the monsters live" hoping to have a cinematic experience or a life lesson, watch for fun and have a different view about people, their relationships and the world.Forgive my English by google translator.

Depressing, confusing rubbish. The cinematography is lovely (although I will forever hate the "you're-part-of- the-scene" jerking and weaving camera technique), CG effects are stellar, and the actors absolutely deliver, but the storyline is from Mars. I'm going for a pun and referring to the Roman god, Mars, because this movie is at war with everything - the original story, imagination, adults, siblings, giving instead of always taking...! If you're not one hundred percent paying attention to Max, you're against him. I kept wondering who was this move made for? Who is the audience? It's certainly not the little kids who are introduced to this venerable story in library readings or by loving parents, other family or similar. I have loads of fond memories reading this to my eldest nephew because he loved nothing more than to wrestle and we had great times growling and howling as we read the book together and then ran and wrestled to our hearts' content. So how on earth this story was taken and made into the complex, depressing, socio-anthropological "remark" that it is and only made me think of the dreaded "Lord of the Flies," story... I don't know! Fortunately the DVD cost me only $5 and it's going into the trash. Not even going to donate it to some charity. Rubbish it is, into the rubbish it will go. P>S> The DVD extra having to do with getting a dog to bark and run was MUCH more fun and rewarding to watch. That bit felt more like the childhood the book captured - lost in a world separate from the real one, than the movie did.

I was curious about this movie. It seemed to receive rather mixed reviews. Having read the book once or twice as a kid I was curious, plus all the wild things just looked really cool. For the most part I wasn't disappointed. It's about as good as I expected. Where the Wild Things Are has an interesting plot. It's different, for sure, but it's not different enough to catch your attention on it's own. Unfortunately, it wasn't presented very well. It involved mostly watching a bunch of fuzzy monsters having fun, as well as a short montage of fuzzy monsters building and a bit of arguing among the fuzzy monsters. While there were some character struggles, they weren't significant enough to make this movie anything more than what it was. The characters are done well for the most part. Max feels and acts like a child his age, and the wild things have their individual personalities that are relatively clear from the beginning. Unfortunately they never really go deeper than the clichés in which they embody. Nevertheless, they were still good enough not to ruin the movie. The visuals are probably the best part of this movie. The wild things themselves look super good, and their designs are unique and quite awesome. The other visuals are great too, which is definitely a plus. Overall Where the Wild Things Are is just good. It's not flawless, but it is well-done. The characters aren't horribly original, but they have personalities at least, the idea is interesting but not incredibly well-done, and the visuals are very good. Like I said, it's about as good as it could be. I can't think of any way to make this movie better or change any part of it. It was just good. In the end I'd recommend this movie, but don't expect some sort of underrated masterpiece with this one.

Just entirely too much stuff. The plot should have been the book, instead it's all this divorce crap, and childhood angst mess. Worse, all the monsters are stripped of their enigma and portrayed as boring ordinary creatures. I mean the drawings in the book are indelible and mysterious, the monsters are almost iconographic, then Spike Jonze gives the monsters girlfriends and hobbies. The book, Where The Wild Things Are, is a masterpiece, the drawings and the words are simple but every bit the stuff of genius. Its that simplicity that allows for the fantastic elements of Max's journey to easily flow. The movie complicates this simplicity with unnecessary dialog and additional plot, making for an inferior story.