Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
There's one in all of us.
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Where the Wild Things Are rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.7/10· 111K votes
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic71%
TMDb6.5/10· 2K votesWith 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 71/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Where the Wild Things Are
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.
Cast of Where the Wild Things Are
Max Records
as Max
Catherine Keener
as Mom
James Gandolfini
as Carol (voice)
Lauren Ambrose
as KW (voice)
Catherine O'Hara
as Judith (voice)
Forest Whitaker
as Ira (voice)
Chris Cooper
as Douglas (voice)
Paul Dano
as Alexander (voice)
Spike Jonze
as Bob (voice) / Terry (voice)
- P
Pepita Emmerichs
as Claire
Mark Ruffalo
as The Boyfriend
- M
Max Pfeifer
as Claire's Friend
Where the Wild Things Are facts
- Budget
- $100M
- Box office
- $100.1M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Spike Jonze crafts thoughtful children's perspective on growing up realistically
- •Atmospheric creature design and emotional character work feel genuine
- •Adventure captures complex themes of belonging and maturation beautifully
What the audience disliked
- •Slow pacing and melancholic tone alienates young audiences
- •Fantasy sequences feel restrained when viewers expect grand spectacle
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