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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

  Genre: Fantasy

Director: Spike Jonze
Writers: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers
Cast: Max Records, Pepita Emmerichs, Max Pfeifer, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo & more
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 22 nom
Release Date: 16 October 2009 (USA)
User Rating: 6,7/10

Review: "I attended an early screening with my 8 year old daughter; we're both big fans of Sendak in general and this book in particular, and I quite like Spike Jonze as well. But this did not prepare us for the moody, almost downbeat atmosphere through most of the film, nor the sense of immediacy and almost hyper-realism combined with astoundingly fanciful imagery. It is such an odd movie! And yet, when it was over, we turned to each other smiling a melancholy smile and said, "I loved it." The expansion of the tiny story into a feature-length film is so subtle that you barely sense it happening. There isn't an artificial new plot laid over the bones of the original -- it's simply expanded at every turn and very gently stretched out to feature length. The voice performances are wonderful, and the costumes are magnificent, as is the one major visual addition to the material (which I won't give away). Enjoy!" Written by Doubleosix (imdb.com)

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