Film

Where the Wild Things Are 2009

Directed by Spike Jonze

  • Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
  • 101 min
  • PG

There's one in all of us.

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

AdventureDramaFamilyFantasycreaturebased on children's bookchildren's booklyingoverflowing with imaginationchildren's perspectivesmaurice sendak

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