Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1974 (with an updated version in 1988); a 1980 opera; and a live-action 2009 feature-film adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze. The book had sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2009, with 10 million of those being in the United States. Sendak won the annual Caldecott Medal from the children's librarians in 1964, recognizing Wild Things as the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It was voted the number one picture book in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, not for the first time.

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 53 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
PG
Year:
2009
101
$77,222,184
Website
6,548 Views
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.

[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.]

Mom:
Hey, shh.

[Max sits on the chair.]

Max:
Mom, what is that?

Mom:
Pâté.

[Picks up frozen corn]

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

Mom:
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 shouts real loud]

Max:
CLAIRE, GET YOUR STUFF OFF THE DINING ROOM TABLE!

Mom:
Max, don't ever pull that now.

[Max stands on the countertop.]

Mom:
Max, get off the counter, please. Get off. I have a friend here. You're embarrassing me.

Max:
WOMAN, FEED ME!

[Mom covers her eyes and sighs in disappointment]

Mom:
Max, get off the co--get-g-get off the counter. [impatiently, in an angry tone.] Get off the damn counter, Max, now. Now!

Max:
I'LL EAT YOU UP!!

Mom:
[shouts] GET DOWN!

[Max snarls]

Mom:
Get off from there!

[Max steps off the counter and runs to the front door. Mom chases him and Adrian is on the couch, who notices.]

Mom:
Stop! Come here! [She grabs Max, who starts pounding his fists on her wrists.] What is wrong with you?! This is not acceptable behavior!

Max:
YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTABLE!!

Mom:
No dinner for you, Max! Go to your room! [Max bites her on the shoulder.] OW!!

[Mom drops Max, who falls to the floor. She holds onto her shoulder in pain.]

Mom:
Max! You bit me! THAT HURT!!

[Adrian walks up to Mom]

Adrian:
Connie, he can't treat you like that.

[Mom is embarrassingly furious.]

Mom:
Max, what is WRONG with you?! You're out of control!!

[Tearfully, Max gets up and runs out the door]

Max:
IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!!


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