Where the Wild Things Are
Directed by Spike Jonze
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Where to Watch Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are Ratings & Reviews
- Davey’s Wonderful WorldFebruary 1, 2026This movie is an underrated masterpiece! This is also one of the greatest movies ever made based on children’s book, it knows that children are not idiots, and this movie goes all in on the dark themes and psychological aspects about being a child because this movie are coming of age story all about Max learning to feel for his mom and understand that she is only human and has her own struggles. The cast is also phenomenal. It finds that perfect middle round of actors who are not like Hollywood elite but are also not obscure either. I also really enjoyed the puppet tree work on the wild things in particular, especially Carol and The Bull just an absolute marvelous masterpiece that everyone should see at least once 9.2/10
- sopulaMarch 10, 2026the monsters are very cool, i'm guessing they're made of some combination of real big things and digital effects, the way they move is weighty and satisfying which is interestingly contrasted with the film itself being not satisfying at all. I've never quite understood why you'd make a "kids movie" that kids will obviously dislike it is definitely an interesting story with all the dream metaphor stuff going, all the monster's personalities are nicely and clearly a child's imagination, and the goodbye at the end is quite sad. overall i'd just say it is a difficult movie
Watch Where the Wild Things Are Videos
Where the Wild Things Are Trivia
Where the Wild Things Are was released on October 16, 2009.
Where the Wild Things Are was directed by Spike Jonze.
Where the Wild Things Are has a runtime of 1h 41m.
Where the Wild Things Are was produced by John B. Carls, Vincent Landay, Tom Hanks, Maurice Sendak, Gary Goetzman.
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
The key characters in Where the Wild Things Are are Max (Max Records), Mom (Catherine Keener), Carol (voice) (James Gandolfini).
Where the Wild Things Are is rated PG.
Where the Wild Things Are is a Family, Fantasy, Drama film.
Where the Wild Things Are has an audience rating of 5.7 out of 10.
Where the Wild Things Are had a budget of $100M.
Where the Wild Things Are has made $100.1M at the box office.