The big hurdle was spinning a beloved, essentially plot-free … children’s book into a feature-length movie, but Jonze—along with co-scripter Dave Eggers, who knows a thing or two about the trials of childhood—managed to remain faithful to Sendak’s sentiment and visuals while expanding their scope.
— The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell loves the “expansive, wondrous, confusing, scary, and gorgeous place” that is Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. (via Hadyn Green)
