There has been a fair amount of debate as to whether Where The Wild Things Are can be called a children's film. Fortunately, the results are very good, and while the film is by no means perfect, it remains a touching and compelling work. Spike Jonze is a director with a glowing reputation, but a seven-year gap between features isn't immediately reassuring. Maurice Sendak's 1963 book has become a classic in children's literature, beloved for generations and in various stages of development hell since the early-1980s. We find ourselves in precisely this predicament with Where The Wild Things Are. Even if we overlook the general risk that the whole project may become a cynical Hollywood cash-grab, the director's vision may be so different to your childhood imaginings that it ends up tarnishing the original experience, perhaps permanently. There's always a certain amount of trepidation when a filmmaker gets their hands on a book that you loved as a child.
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