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Family Filmgoer: 'Where the Wild Things Are'
Published 10/16/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies
Some parents may decide that this inventive, moody adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved 1963 picture book is too emotional and intense to be a family film. And for some children, they would be right. Director and co-screenwriter (with Dave Eggers) Spike Jonze has expanded on little Max's intera...
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