This may sound like heady stuff for kids, and it is, but no more so than what actually goes through kids’ heads as they feel their way through the world. “It’s hard being a family,” says KW late in the film — harder still being 9 or 10 and learning that parents are imperfect people, that friendships are fleeting, and that nothing lasts forever. Like Sendak before him, Jonze seizes upon that uncertain moment and transforms it into art.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE | Directed by SPIKE JONZE | Written by JONZE and DAVE EGGERS, based on the book by MAURICE SENDAK | Produced by TOM HANKS, GARY GOETZMAN, JOHN CARLS, SENDAK and VINCENT LANDAY | Warner Bros. | Citywide
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