review: "Where the Wild Things Are"

never has a movie come so close to identifying the feeling of being a child as "where the wild things are".

this is not a sappy, sweeping, childhood fantasy film.  it is more an allegory for childhood and growing up than anything else.  it's big and beautiful and bittersweet and confused.  it's dreamlike and mesmerizing.

on a technical side, the wild things themselves look incredible.  a perfect, seamless blend of cg effects and practical animatronics.  the actors voicing the characters do a great job, particularly james gandolfini who lends his gruff, fragile voice to carol.

people have been saying kids won't enjoy this film, or won't get it.  that's probably partially true.  however, i do believe kids will see something different in it, and it'll certainly be one of those films that gets stuck in their heads.  later in life they'll watch it again and see more.  truly, the movie has a lot of depth and soul to it that you don't see in many films these days.

go see it.