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Review: Where the Wild Things Are (2009) ****

Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s story should appeal to imaginative children and adults who still remember their own tumultuous childhoods.

Shots interview with ‘Wild Things’ DP Lance Acord

The people involved with Spike Jonze’s upcoming adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are continue to say exactly the right things to convince me the movie is going to be better than a grilled cheese sandwich, a glass of grape Kool-Aid, a Ding Dong and a huge box of Legos.
Here’s cinematographer Lance Acord [...]