Where the Wild Things Are

This film version of the children's book Where the Wild Things Are isn't a children's movie. It is a story of a child who runs away to a pretend place where he learns about community, and love, and controlling your anger for the benefit of the family. The film is beautifully done using a mixture of real actors, computer animation, and live puppeteering. Of course it is different from the picture book, a mere 338 words, adding background information about Max's life in the real world. In the film version Max bites his mother in a fit of frustration and then runs away. The book only says that he is behaving particularly wild so he imagines himself in a "wild world". Where the Wild Things Are is worth seeing, in the theatre or at home, especially if parents watch with their children and take time to discuss the story with them afterwards.
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"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak (JP SEN)

Poster courtesy of MSN Movies