Where the Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze
US/DE,
2009,
101 min
Cast
Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O'Hara
Spoken language
English
Subtitles
Nederlands
In 2023 BBC proclaimed Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are (1963) as the best children’s book of all time. A couple of years before, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH-director Spike Jonze already adapted the fantasy adventure successfully to the big screen. The story focuses on Max, a boy who is grounded but sails to a hidden island where the creature from the title are living, the “Wild Things”. They declare Max as their king! Jonze’s coming-of-age films is just like the children’s book: incredibly heartwarming.
