Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
This is one of the year's best. To paraphrase the Wild Thing named KW, I could eat it up, I love it so.
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80
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New York Magazine (Vulture) David Edelstein
For all the artfulness, the feel of the film is rough-hewn, almost primitive. It’s a fabulous tree house of a movie.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie felt long to me, and there were some stretches during which I was less than riveted. Is it possible that there wasn't enough Sendak story to justify a feature-length film?
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75
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
The result is an involving experience for all but the most fidgety children and an opportunity for parents to enjoy (rather than endure) a motion picture with their offspring.
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63
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams
To their credit, the creative team has retained the handmade look and unruly spirit of Maurice Sendak's bedtime fable; to their discredit, they haven't added enough narrative or emotional dimension to make it an effective movie.
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60
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The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Where the film falters is Jonze and novelist Dave Eggers' adaptation, which fails to invest this world with strong emotions.
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60
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Variety Todd McCarthy
Director Spike Jonze's sharp instincts and vibrant visual style can't quite compensate for the lack of narrative eventfulness that increasingly bogs down this bright-minded picture.
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50
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The New Yorker David Denby
I have a vision of eight-year-olds leaving the movie in bewilderment. Why are the creatures so unhappy? That question doesn’t return a child to safety or anywhere else. Of one thing I am sure: children will be relieved when Max gets away from this anxious crew.
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50
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Village Voice J. Hoberman
Wild Things isn't overlong, but it is underwhelming.
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40
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Time Out Keith Uhlich
The true soulfulness of Sendak’s parable never emerges.
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