<p>Okay, the girls and I went this weekend and laughed! Really enjoyed the humor, its a bit wacked, but so are we. Was curious to see how they were going to stretch a short childs story into a full length movie, but it was entertaining. About a third of the audience either didnt get it or were frightened, it wasnt a young child’s movie, another third seemed mildly amused and the remainder was snorting with laughter along with us. </p>
<p>Anyone else see it and any comments?</p>
<p>My 12 year old and her friends went to see it this weekend. When I picked them up, they all proceeded to say a combination of , "that was…“depressing”, “scary”, “sad” - they did not like it at all! </p>
<p>I’m not a fan of taking children’s books (especially classics such as “Wild”) and putting it on the screen. Leave well enough alone.</p>
<p>My 15-year-old went Friday night. “How did you like it?” “I didn’t. It made me cry.” “Well that’s not such a bad thing.” “Oh. Then I liked it!”</p>
<p>I think it’s important when considering an adaptation of a well-loved or -known book (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter) that you read a review or two going in. For example, I read the most recent HP was probably farthest from the book, and therefore probably the best movie. I had DS read the Wild Things review before going, so he knew it would be quite different from the book. I rarely find the time to go to movie-theater movies, but will likely add this one to my netflix list when it comes out.</p>
<p>Saw it with 18 year old D and DH this weekend at an IMAX theater. It was the highlight of our going to see her for parents weekend. Definitely not a kids movie. There were small children in the theater who were running the aisles, obviously bored.<br>
DD and I both shed a few tears (just quick ones) at the end. The movie had to be different from the book. The book itself has 10 sentences. The Director comments in an interview I read that his goal for Maurice Sendak was to capture the emotion of childhood. He hoped he had done that. I think he did.</p>
<p>My college freshman saw it this weekend and found it “depressing” and she mentioned that personally she would have rated it PG-13. I’m not sure why the PG-13 rating in her mind, other than that she felt that it wasn’t a movie that younger children would enjoy.</p>
<p>Two of my younger kids almost 6 and almost 8 went and saw it Friday and loved it. It was all the talk when they got home.</p>
<p>I expect I would have a similar reaction as the parents from the CNN review- I am so picky about movies unfortunately- I think I would have preferred In the Night Kitchen instead
[Parents</a> upset, bored by ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/19/parents.wild.things.are/index.html]Parents”>Parents upset, bored by 'Where the Wild Things Are' - CNN.com)</p>
<p>My college freshman d and I saw the film while she was home for a brief fall break~we both found it somewhat sad yet touching…Max was a real natural, and I was impressed with the facial expressions the monsters were able to create. We agreed it was a great film for a psychology class, (she’s planning to major in psych, which I happened to as well) but not really a kids film at all.</p>
<p>My 21 year old son went to see it with me, and we both thought it was wonderful. Now I want my older daughter to see it, too. She’s the one in the family who will most identify with Max, as she was a child who lived (still lives-) in her imagination.
I think most 11-12 year olds would be able to enjoy the film, but I wouldn’t recommend it to younger ones. It is a psychological film, but I think most older kids could understand and appreciate it, at least enough to enjoy it. I’d see it again.</p>
<p>I just checked out EK’s link. One of the parents took a 20 month old and a 4 year old assuming that since they loved the book they would love the movie. Don’t forget it has a PG not a G rating and all of the reviews have been clear that it is not a kid movie but a movie about a kid.</p>
<p>The intensity of both Max and Carroll’s anger was frightening and disturbing. The wild abandon as they were playing and racing through the forest was startling, you could just feel the “wild rumpus”. AND in the end when the monsters were standing in the water and watching Max sail away from them, their wails/howls or sorrow took my breath…</p>
<p>Wails/howls of sorrrow…</p>