Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Director:

Spike Jonze

Writers (WGA):

Spike Jonze (screenplay) &
Dave Eggers (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

16 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

There's one in all of us.

Plot:

An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world--a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler. |

Plot Keywords:

Crown | Forest | Creature | Sun | Tree

US Showtimes:

Pacific Culver Stadium 12

1:35pm | 4:10 | 7:00

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Cast

Max Records	...	Max
Pepita Emmerichs	...	Claire
Max Pfeifer	...	Claire's Friend #1
Madeleine Greaves	...	Claire's Friend #2
Joshua Jay	...	Claire's Friend #3
Ryan Corr	...	Claire's Friend #4
Catherine Keener	...	Mom
Steve Mouzakis	...	Teacher
Mark Ruffalo	...	The Boyfriend
James Gandolfini	...	Carol (voice)
Paul Dano	...	Alexander (voice)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Judith (voice)
Forest Whitaker	...	Ira (voice)
Michael Berry Jr.	...	The Bull (voice)
Chris Cooper	...	Douglas (voice)

Also Known As:

Where the Wild Things Are: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #45516) | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:PG | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Japan:G

Filming Locations:

Central City Studios, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Lauren Ambrose described her character as a "eight-foot-tall Neanderthal, that looks just like her".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene in which Max is riding in the car in the pouring rain, at one point the camera pans to show the sun shining brightly directly above the window to his right.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Carol: I want you to be king forever.
Max: Definitely.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2009-10-17)" (2009)

I was moved.

I am 54 years old. I am a father. I am a step father. I went by myself. I was very moved. I cried the tears of the child who bit his mother and hated frozen corn - what it represented. I cried as the father who divorced and left my two sons when they were very young. I cried that I was both Max and was the cause of Max's pain. But I was moved. I will forever be a fan of the book and of this movie - which are both different and the same. Amazing. Thanks to all that made it. Go see it. But like Max, go do this thing by yourself - just like Max would. I guess this silly site needs me to enter 10 lines of text, so I guess if I want to share my review with you, I must comply. To the designers of this site, I say I will eat you up and gnash your bones with my terrible teeth.