'Where the Wild Things Are' gets it right

Courtesy CNN.com - Entertainment  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 16:29

Spike Jonze's direct and daring film, "Where the Wild Things Are," gets a lot right. The film, based on Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's classic, isn't perfect, but it offers a freshness and wonder often missing from films for children -- or adults.

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