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Where the Wild Things Are - “Scene Selection” Review
20 October 2009 11:24 AM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
Children are so hard to incorporate into film and theater. The actors always are pesky, uncooperative, and rarely any good. However Max Records of “Where The Wild Things Are” stands out among today’s young actors with composure, emotion, and charm.
Records plays Max, an innocent boy who throws tantrums in a bratty, boisterous manor. He acts exactly as a child should though, beginning the film playing in the snow, throwing snowballs, and building an igloo. He ends up getting hurt and crying like a child should, but in return we see the wrath of Max and the love of his mother. Later Max plays out the scene from the book step for step by throwing a tantrum at the kitchen table and gets sent to bed. Flash forward and we see Max traveling to his own world toward the wild things. Max interacts and has an uneven time with the creatures. »
- Alex Kartman
It's a Magical Place 'Where the Wild Things Are'
18 October 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
With the help of bestselling author and hipster favorite Dave Eggers, director Spike Jonze has turned a nearly wordless picture book into a full-length feature. Where the Wild Things Are brims with creativity, imagination, and the untamed spirit of childhood—all hallmarks of Maurice Sendak’s enduring creation. With its PG-rating and source material, Jonze’s film might seem like standard children’s fare, but there’s a palpable sense of loneliness, sadness, and unpredictability rarely felt in mainstream family films.
Like Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits and Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, Where the Wild Things Are boasts an undercurrent of darkness that might surprise children and any unwitting parents unfamiliar with Jonze’s past work in Adaptation and Being John Malkovich. However, despite its sometimes melancholy mood, this adaptation is often buoyant with moments of joy and gleeful abandon.
Max (Max Records) is a terror of a child »
Wild Things Run Wild At Box Office
18 October 2009 4:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Fantasy film Where The Wild Things Are has marched to the top of the U.S. box office, taking $32.5 million (£21.6 million) in its opening weekend.
Director Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book boasts a castlist including James Gandolfini, Forest Whitaker and Chris Cooper.
The animated adventure easily beat Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler thriller Law Abiding Citizen into second place, but the movie - another box office debutant, still managed an impressive $21.3 million (£14.2 million).
Low budget horror film Paranormal Activity jumped up the chart to third place, taking $20.2 million (£13.5 million), ahead of Couples Retreat and The Stepfather, which round out the top five. »
Review: Where the Wild Things Are
17 October 2009 10:53 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Where the Wild Things Are Directed by Spike Jonze Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's classic Where the Wild Things Are contains exactly 10 sentences, 338 words of text and 18 pictures. The book, which the author refers to as a ¨personal exorcism,¨ earned a Caldecott Medal, went on to touch millions of readers worldwide, was eventually ranked by Publishers Weekly as one of the 10 all-time best-selling books for children since the 1970s and served as the basis for an animated short, an opera, a ballet, a museum exhibit and now a major motion picture. Spike Jonze's heartfelt adaptation is as beautiful, heartbreaking, and ingenuous as the original source material. Jonze creates an entire emotional and spiritual visual life which is as valid as the book. Giving it a modern cinematic voice, he manages to never take anything away from the story but rather he enhances and riches its text. Jonze makes the clever »
- Ricky
‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Movie Was Interesting & Unique
17 October 2009 6:13 PM, PDT | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
Warner Bros. new "Where The Wild Things Are" movie was very interesting and unique. It made its nationwide debut this weekend and stars : Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, and Forest Whitaker. I really wasn't that into the movie at first,as this is not usually my type of film,but as it went along,it started to pick up for me,and I found pretty entertaining. "Where The Wild Things Are" centered around a young boy named Max who seemingly likes to get himself into troubled predicaments. He starts snowball fights with some kids,and ends up biting his mom really hard when she tries to discipline him. »
- Andre@ontheflix
Top Critics Give ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Good Reviews
16 October 2009 4:46 PM, PDT | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
Apparently, top movie critics are giving the new "Where The Wild Things Are" movie, good to great reviews. The movie was just released today by Warner Bros. Pictures. It stars : Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, and Forest Whitaker. The Boston Globe's Ty Burr gave his critique,saying, "The movie is a wild thing, and that’s not such a bad thing at all." He gave the movie a B rating. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times ave it a B also . He said , "The voice actors and the f/x artists give their fantastical characters personality." »
- Andre@ontheflix
[Movie Review] New York, I Love You
16 October 2009 4:08 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
If you've seen Paris, je t'aime, you would know the basic concept of New York, I Love You. Some of the world's celebrated filmmakers create short tales of romance based in a metropolitan city, compiled in an anthology film. The stories stand on their own, but connected together by the common theme of love and the mood of its location.
What's different—and consequently better—about New York, I Love You is that the individual stories are interconnected, to illustrate a web of people that links New Yorkers in unexpected ways. It could be that two strangers hail the same cab, or go to the same Chinese laundromat, or know the same pharmacist. Furthering these links is Emilie Ohana, playing a video artist who circles the city with a video camera and continually runs into the other characters.
Unlike the segmented and showcasey Paris, je t'aime, this film is much more fluid. »
- Arya Ponto
The Week in Film: "Wild Things," a date for "A Single Man," and trailers galore
16 October 2009 11:55 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
My high school reunion wound up being not at all traumatic, so I'm not certainly not going to let the week's movies get me down.
This week marks the long-awaited premiere of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, adapted (by Jonze and novelist Dave Eggers) from the beloved children's book by gay author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. I can imagine audiences being widely divided over this movie — after all, even the book has had its detractors over the years — and I can say that I definitely liked it without ever really loving it.
Max Records stars as Max, the wolf-suited boy who misbehaves and runs off to an island inhabited by monsters who make him their king. The movie offers delightful visuals, a sweetly plaintive score by Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Carter Burwell, and terrific performances by Records and Catherine Keener, along with the voices of James Gandolfini, »
- ADuralde
The Reject Report Goes Where the Wild Things Are
16 October 2009 11:34 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Welcome to another Reject Report, and this weekend we look forward to the much-anticipated Where the Wild Things Are, based on the best-selling children's book. Also rolling out is The Stepfather and Law Abiding Citizen, plus we have a Paranormal Activity update as well. All that and more in this weekend's edition! We might as well start with Paranormal Activity, which continues to roll at the box office in limited release. Last weekend it clawed its way past $7 million, and by the middle of this week it was ranking as high as third place in the overall box office. Not bad for a flick that was in 159 locations. Well, the campaign to roll this movie out in wide release has succeeded: Paramount got the 1,000,000 demands they wanted from the fans, so the movie is going wide in 760 locations. I'm doing a quick calculation here and by my estimation that should mean a haul in the neighborhood of »
- John Cairns
Interview: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Director Spike Jonze With Stars Max Records, Catherine Keener
16 October 2009 11:22 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – From the looks of things, you’d think “Where the Wild Things Are” director Spike Jonze is more than just Max Records’ director. You’d think Jonze was his 12-year-old star’s father, too.
Max Records, who briefly appeared in 2008’s “The Brothers Bloom” with Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo, sat cuddled up beside Jonze in our interview. Chock full of pride, Jonze kissed Records on his cheek as the boy spoke surprisingly intelligently about his breakout role.
Director Spike Zonze (front) and Max Records on the set of “Where the Wild Things Are”.
Image credit: Sonny Geras
Rating: 4.0/5.0
In the HollywoodChicago.com interview with Jonze (“Adaptation,” “Being John Malkovich”), Records and star Catherine Keener, we discussed the film’s deft ability as one of the best films for how imagination can be used for more than escape. While fantasy films often have kids bouncing off walls and escaping reality, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Review: ‘Where The Wild Things Are’
16 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
I’ve got to give it to Spike Jonze. He took on the Herculean task of adapting one of the most beloved children’s books of all time, and mostly got it right. I remember the book vividly, and seeing the creatures in the movie brought to life is a spectacle to behold. It is absolutely breathtaking. They are exactly as you remember them, but real.
When Jonze decided to forgo the usual CGI, film followers exhaled a sigh of relief. Instead, a combination of puppetry, live action and CGI (for the facial expressions) was employed. Jonze said that he felt a physical presence was necessary for the actor (Max Richards) to interact with. I agree. However, at times I felt the creatures tread a little too close to H.R. Pufnstuf territory, and I would be jarred out of the movie.
The film begins with the hero Max displaying the »
- Shannon Hood
'New York, I Love You': Out-Of-Towners, By Kurt Loder
16 October 2009 8:53 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
High-concept anthology gets lost in Gotham.
Orlando Bloom in "New York, I Love You"
Photo: Vivendi Entertainment
A revved-up writer (Ethan Hawke) improvises a mad rap for a beautiful stranger in the night (Maggie Q), only to learn she's uniquely immune to his come-on. Meanwhile, in a downtown bar, a sardonic professor (Andy Garcia) teaches some new tricks to an over-confident young thief (Hayden Christenson). And a geeky student (Anton Yelchin), dumped by his girlfriend (Blake Lively), winds up squiring a disabled blind date (Olivia Thirlby) to a big dance in her wheelchair — and then gets a wild surprise while rolling her back home.
The new mini-movie collection "New York, I Love You" has some cleverly turned stories and lively performances. But unlike its 2006 predecessor, "Paris, I Love You," it displays only an intermittent affinity for its target metropolis on the part of the 11 directors who weighed in on it. »
Where the Wild Things Are Review — John’s Take
15 October 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, a 90-minute adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 43-year-old children’s book which barely spans a handful of pages, is a thing of absolute beauty. It is beautiful in cinematography, beautiful in performance and dialogue, and beautiful in silent moments between every wild thing that occurs onscreen. It’s a family film that doesn’t pander or refrain from asking the questions every child is bound to ask, but will also implore its adult audience to reconsider the answers they’ve made to those questions many moons before.
It’s somewhat unbelievable to me that I live in an era of film in which the last three “big” films engineered for children — by which I mean this film, Wall-e, and Up — have had the gall to treat kids like adults. Wall-e is a search for love and belonging, Up deals with mortality in »
- John Cooper
Where The Wild Things Are | Review
15 October 2009 8:06 PM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Spike Jonze Writer(s): Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers (screenplay) Maurice Sendak (book) Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker Our story follows Max (Max Records), an interesting and tender young boy full of imagination and wonderment. Max has become disconnected from his sister who has left childhood for the teenage years, and his mother (Catherine Keener) is dating someone that Max sees as competition for his time and attention. With the absence of Max's father due to divorce, we see him acting out emotionally the only way a young boy can - loudly and inappropriately. After putting on his wolf costume and displaying a "rebel yell" outburst in front of his mom and boyfriend Mark Ruffalo, Max's mom attempts to scold Max and send him to his room...but Max has other plans. He bolts from the house »
- Dave Campbell
Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are
15 October 2009 12:49 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Steve Mouzakis, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano
Director: Spike Jonze
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Running Time: 101 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Distributor: Warner Bros., Golden Village Pictures
Leave it to imaginative director Spike Jonze to puncture the world of innocence created by Maurice Sednak in the classic children's short story about a boy fleeing from home to an island inhabited by a race of huge, fuzzy creatures. This alternate reality is presented in both delicate and frenzied respects, the latter which is working more distinguishable in Mr. Jonze's film adaptation. Save for a couple of magical scenes subtlety is tamed and encapsulated by the overwhelming power of Jonze's mind that twirls out of control, allowing conflictions of tone to hurl upon the live-action film and consume it for the worse.
Tone isn't consistent throughout the film, a major setback for a short film (90 minutes). The connection »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are
15 October 2009 12:49 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Steve Mouzakis, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano
Director: Spike Jonze
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Running Time: 101 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Distributor: Warner Bros., Golden Village Pictures
Leave it to imaginative director Spike Jonze to puncture the world of innocence created by Maurice Sednak in the classic children's short story about a boy fleeing from home to an island inhabited by a race of huge, fuzzy creatures. This alternate reality is presented in both delicate and frenzied respects, the latter which is working more distinguishable in Mr. Jonze's film adaptation. Save for a couple of magical scenes subtlety is tamed and encapsulated by the overwhelming power of Jonze's mind that twirls out of control, allowing conflictions of tone to hurl upon the live-action film and consume it for the worse.
Tone isn't consistent throughout the film, a major setback for a short film (90 minutes). The connection »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are
15 October 2009 12:49 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Steve Mouzakis, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano
Director: Spike Jonze
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Running Time: 101 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Distributor: Warner Bros., Golden Village Pictures
Leave it to imaginative director Spike Jonze to puncture the world of innocence created by Maurice Sednak in the classic children's short story about a boy fleeing from home to an island inhabited by a race of huge, fuzzy creatures. This alternate reality is presented in both delicate and frenzied respects, the latter which is working more distinguishable in Mr. Jonze's film adaptation. Save for a couple of magical scenes subtlety is tamed and encapsulated by the overwhelming power of Jonze's mind that twirls out of control, allowing conflictions of tone to hurl upon the live-action film and consume it for the worse.
Tone isn't consistent throughout the film, a major setback for a short film (90 minutes). The connection »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are
15 October 2009 12:49 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Steve Mouzakis, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano
Director: Spike Jonze
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Running Time: 101 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Distributor: Warner Bros., Golden Village Pictures
Leave it to imaginative director Spike Jonze to puncture the world of innocence created by Maurice Sednak in the classic children's short story about a boy fleeing from home to an island inhabited by a race of huge, fuzzy creatures. This alternate reality is presented in both delicate and frenzied respects, the latter which is working more distinguishable in Mr. Jonze's film adaptation. Save for a couple of magical scenes subtlety is tamed and encapsulated by the overwhelming power of Jonze's mind that twirls out of control, allowing conflictions of tone to hurl upon the live-action film and consume it for the worse.
Tone isn't consistent throughout the film, a major setback for a short film (90 minutes). The connection »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are
15 October 2009 12:49 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Steve Mouzakis, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano
Director: Spike Jonze
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Running Time: 101 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Distributor: Warner Bros., Golden Village Pictures
Leave it to imaginative director Spike Jonze to puncture the world of innocence created by Maurice Sednak in the classic children's short story about a boy fleeing from home to an island inhabited by a race of huge, fuzzy creatures. This alternate reality is presented in both delicate and frenzied respects, the latter which is working more distinguishable in Mr. Jonze's film adaptation. Save for a couple of magical scenes subtlety is tamed and encapsulated by the overwhelming power of Jonze's mind that twirls out of control, allowing conflictions of tone to hurl upon the live-action film and consume it for the worse.
Tone isn't consistent throughout the film, a major setback for a short film (90 minutes). The connection »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Where The Wild Things Are - “Scene Selection” Preview
14 October 2009 12:01 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
This weekend, set your iPod to repeat one song over and over: “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire. It became the anthem for the film “Where the Wild Things Are” when the trailer premiered earlier this year, with lyrics that resonate a touching story, and images that play like a music video. It fits right into the tradition of songs that become recognizable through a film. “Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind” had “Mr. Blue Sky” by Elo, and “Watchmen” had Smashing Pumpkin’s “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning.” I know I will be playing the song over an over to get in the spirit to see one of my most anticipated films of the year.
Based on the popular children’s book by Maurice Sendak “Where the Wild Things Are” is extended way beyond the 48 illustrated pages. Director and co-writer Spike Jonze adapted the work with the help of Dave Egger’s. »
- Alex Kartman
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