Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 American-Australian-German fantasy drama film directed by Spike Jonze. Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name. It combines live-action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI). The film centers on a lonely eight-year-old boy named Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things," who declare Max their king.

Max

• Let the wild rumpus start!
• YOU'RE OUT OF *CONTROL!!*

Dialogue

Max: Did you make this?

Carol: Yeah, yeah.

Max: It's very good.

Carol: We were gonna make a whole world like this. Now, everyone used to come here, but you know... you know what it feels like when all your teeth are falling out really slowly and you don't realize and then you notice that, well, they're really far apart. And then one day... you don't have any teeth anymore.

Max: Yeah.

Carol: Well it was like that.

[Max drags a chair to the counter. He sniffs the food in the kitchen. His mom takes the oven mitt off to tell him to be quiet.]

Connie: Hey, shh.

[Max sits on the chair.]

Max: Mom, what is that?

Connie: Pâté.

[Picks up frozen corn]

Max: Frozen corn? What's wrong with real corn?

Connie: Frozen corn is real. All right, now get off the chair, please. And go tell your sister to clear her stuff off the table.

Max: [Max shout real loud] CLAIRE, GET YOUR STUFF OFF THE DINING ROOM TABLE!

Connie: Max, don't ever pull that now. [Max stands on the countertop.] Max, get off the counter, please. Get off. I have a friend here. You're embarrassing me.

Max: NO, WOMAN, FEED ME! [Connie covers her eyes and sighs in disappointment]

Connie: Max, get off the co--get-g-get off the counter. (You're bad dog with eating garbage can.) [impatiently, in an angry tone.] Get off the dang counter, Max, now. Now!

Max: I'LL EAT YOU UP!!

Connie: [shouts] GET... DOWN! [Max snarls] Get off from there! [Max steps off the counter and runs to the front door. Connie chases him and Adrian is on the couch, who notices.] Stop!

Adrian: Hey.

Connie: Get over here! [She grabs Max, who starts poundin' his fists on her wrists.] What is WRONG with you?! This is not acceptable behavior!

Max: YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTABLE!! (I'LL BITE YOU HER!!)

Connie: No...dinner for you, Max!? Go to your room, (and you're bad dog with the garbage can!?) [Max bites her on the shoulder.] OW!! [Connie drops Max, who falls to the floor. She holds onto her shoulder in pain.]

(Max: NO MORE GO TO YOUR ROOM!!)

Connie: ([Connie gasps and Adrian gasps]) Max! You bit me! THAT HURTS!! (Claire's gonna kill me!) [Adrian walks up to Connie]

Adrian: Connie, he can't treat you like that. (Connie calm down.) [Connie is embarrassingly furious.]

Connie: (No, Adrian, go back to sit in the couch and Max bit me! My Claire was never waste!) Max, what is WRONG with you?! You're out of control!!

Max: [Tearfully, Max gets up and screams and runs out the door] IT'S NOT MY FAAAAULT!!!!!!

Ira: Oh my god, it's KW.

Alexander: Oh, hi KW.

Douglas: KW, it's good to see you.

Max: Coral, were NOT ripping pour down!?

Max: Stop it, what are you doing?!

Douglas: Coral, [Carol: What?!] that was my favorite arm?!

Taglines

• There's one in all of us.
• Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.
• Let the wild rumpus start!
• I could eat you up, I love you so.

Countries release date

• United States - October 16, 2009
• Egypt - November 29, 2009

Home media

Cast

• Max Records as Max.
• Catherine Keener as Connie.
• Mark Ruffalo as Adrian.
• Pepita Emmerichs as Claire.
• Steve Mouzakis as Max's teacher.
• Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, Joshua Jay and Ryan Corr as Claire's friends.

External links

• Where the Wild Things Are quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Where the Wild Things Are at Rotten Tomatoes