Where The Wild Things Are

Director Spike Jonze brings the classic children tale to the big screen in "Where The Wild Things Are."

In the film, Max (played by Max Records) is a lonely and troubled youth with a unique fantasy life. When Max's snow fort is destroyed in a snowball fight by his sister's friends, Max becomes angry and destroys her room, then Max while in his tantrum bites his mother (Catherine Keener) and runs away from home where he finds an abandoned sailboat and sets sail.

Max would later discover a island inhabited by a race of wild things, humanoid in nature but with features resembling those of various animals.

The characters includes the outspoken Carol (voiced by James Gandolfini), couple Ira and Judith (voiced by Forest Whitaker and Catherine O' Hara), an attention-craved goat Alexander (voiced by Paul Dano), Carol's birdlike sidekick Douglas (voiced by Chris Cooper, the estranged K.W. (voiced by Lauren Ambrose) and the intimidating Bull (voiced by Michael Berry, Jr.)

When Max and the Wild Things meet, Max in efforts to avoid being eaten by the creatures tells them that where he came from he was once a mighty king with supernatural powers. The creatures believes Max and crown him as their new king.

Once Max is king, he orders the construction of an enormous fort, a project that would later bring turmoil and drama to the group, such drama that Max realized that even though he was a wild thing at heart he was still a boy who wanted to go home.

I was like many kids at the time the book was released, written by Maurice Sendak, an avid reader of this story. This film was so brilliantly directed by Jonze as if his version was like reading the story all over again.

The wild things were so amazing to watch on screen, and the actors chosen for the roles delivered especially Gandolfini, Whitaker and Cooper, three actors known for serious roles but were great as the voices of these characters.

And as last year, although Twilight was the buzz and Robert Pattinson was the breakthrough star (I disagreed and say Bobbe J Jackson from Role Models, but I digress), this year the clear breakthrough star is Max Records.

This film will make such an impact, that it shouldn't be long now before kids ask their parents for Carol, Douglas, The Bull action figures or stuffed dolls.

Spike Jonze who at the time was one of the music world's best directors, delivers his finest work with this film, this movie should definitely be up for several Oscar nominations and I would rate this movie among the best of the year, where exactly find out in December on the Reel Revue.

Next time on the Reel Revue, will be my review for Couples Retreat starring Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristen Davis and Kristen Bell.

Well you seen my review, now check what these critics thought of Where the Wild Things Are.