Movie Review: Where the Wild Things AreSource:
I recall this book vividly as a child. It was one of the first books my parents read to me as a little one. My own experience with this movie echos the sentiments of the author contained in this seed.
Maurice Sendak tells parents to go to hellSource: The San Francisco Chronicle
Reporter: "What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?"
Sendak: "I would tell them to go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate."
Reporter: "Because kids can handle it?"
Where are the wild things? Too scary for the cinema, apparentlySource: theage.com.au
When classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are was published in 1963, critics said it was too scary and weird for children. Now the movie of the book, filmed in Melbourne in 2006 by director Spike Jonze, could be scrapped and reshot to make it more family-friendly.