I'm not a fan of the much loved children's book this is based on, I'm a fan of Spike Jonze and wanted to see what kind of world he creates with this and it is a beautiful one; forest next to ocean next to desert, wooden forts and a forever sunset light.
Max's parents are divorced and after getting into a fight with his mum he runs aways and ends up amongst the wild things who are essentially his personality split into different aspects. The wild things are looking for a king (parent) and Max takes on this role or tries to, it's hard being a parent.
A mixture of puppet and CG, the wild things are dirty, snotty, a bit ugly and a lot childish which helps Max in his transition to young adult. Max makes the important discovery that the world doesn't actually resolve around him.
The downers are the shitty soundtrack by Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the choice of voice actors for the wild things. I can never understand why directors choose actors with such well known voices for their none human characters. I can in a disney film where it somehow makes them more $ but this is art house and I don't want to see Tony Soprano coming out of a big puppet face.
YES - this is adults only.
