Where the Wild Things Are (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Where the wild things live |
| Original title | Where the Wild Things Are |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 6 |
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| Director | Spike Jonze |
| script | Spike Jonze Dave Eggers |
| production |
Vincent Landay John B. Carls Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Maurice Sendak |
| music |
Karen O Carter Burwell |
| camera | Lance Acord |
| cut |
James Haygood Eric Zumbrunnen |
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Where the Wild Things Are is an American fantasy film by Spike Jonze from the year 2009 . It is the film adaptation of the classic children's book of the same name by Maurice Sendak .
action
Nine-year-old Max rebels against his mother when she brings a new friend home. He flees into a fantasy world populated by wild, oversized creatures. In his anger he manages to let the wild guys crown him their king. But Max soon realizes that he misses his mother. Finally, he leaves the world of the wild things and returns to his mother.
reception
In the United States, Where the Wild Things Are came to theaters on October 16, 2009. As of December 10, the film, which was estimated to cost between $ 80 million and $ 100 million in production, grossed $ 75.6 million in the United States. The film opened in Germany on December 17, 2009.
Reviews
"Sensitive-melancholy children's film, which uses expressive images to implement Maurice Sendak's classic picture book (1963) and which is relaxed and open about the darker side of children's experiences."
“This simple story, consisting only of“ And then… ”series, not only reflects Max's larger than life fear of losing all the people who mean something to him. At the same time, it sums up the essence of the post-industrial world and its labor and capital relations. "
“The film adaptation of the classic picture book by Maurice Sendak is monster fun for children. The surreal images and the melancholy undertones affect adults in particular. "
“What the film lacks is a big story, a classic dramaturgy. Strictly speaking, little happens and what happens is typically childlike, impulsive. The film actually lives more on the mood and the characters than on the sparse plot that does without classic quests and other thrill moments. It is more the psychogram of a therapy group trying to get along with each other. There is a lack of clear accusations as well as clear messages. "
"Whoever ultimately looks at" Where the wild things live "will show up. How Spike Jonze adapts a children's book for the big screen, without watering down his own style or making concessions to the genre, is definitely worth seeing. "
literature
- Michael Staiger: Where the wild things live and how to get there. Narrated rooms in Maurice Sendak's picture book and Spike Jonze's film . In: Christian Exner, Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (ed.): Of wild guys and wild chickens. Perspectives of the modern children's film . Schüren, Marburg 2012, ISBN 978-3894727543 , pp. 106-120.
Web links
- Official website for the film (German)
- Official Film Website (English)
- Where the Wild Things in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Where the Wild Things Are - Film of the Month December 2009 at kinofenster.de, ed. from the Federal Agency for Civic Education and Vision Cinema .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Where the Wild Things Are . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2009 (PDF; test number: 120 492 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Where the Wild Things Are . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wherethewildthingsare.htm
- ↑ Where the wild things live. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Film review of Where the Wilders Live at filmstarts.de , accessed on February 4, 2010.
- ↑ Film review of Where the Wilders Live at moviepilot.de , accessed on February 4, 2010.
- ↑ Film review of Where the Wilders Live at critic.de, accessed on April 16, 2013.