Time Out New York Project: Issue #733, October 15-21, 2009

'Where the Wild Things Are'

“Where the Wild Things Are” and “An Education.”

What an impossible task Spike Jonze has set for himself, adapting one of the few works that can be confidently called “perfect.” Maurice Sendak’s illus...

Some very good books were just never meant to be turned into movies. Sadly, you can now add Maurice Sendak’s 1963 classic “Where the Wild Things Are” t...

“Where the Wild Things Are” is an alternately perfect and imperfect if always beautiful adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children’s book.

The long-awaited adaptation of a children's classic has zest and heart but never fully coheres.

Where the Wild Things Are may be the first family film in recent memory to rely not on narrative or character development but on ideas and the director's vis...

These ungainly bundles of fur take on an endearing whimsicalitywhich is refreshingly free of schmaltz.

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The 2009 film is a perfect encapsulation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s story.