Film

Where the Wild Things Are

2009 · 1h 41m · Adventure · Drama · Family

There's one in all of us.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

Metacritic

71

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

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Max

Catherine Keener

Mom

James Gandolfini

Carol (voice)

Lauren Ambrose

KW (voice)

Catherine O'Hara

Judith (voice)

Forest Whitaker

Ira (voice)

Chris Cooper

Douglas (voice)

Paul Dano

Alexander (voice)

Spike Jonze

Bob (voice) / Terry (voice)

Pepita Emmerichs

Claire

Mark Ruffalo

The Boyfriend

Max Pfeifer

Claire's Friend

Madeleine Greaves

Claire's Friend

Joshua Jay

Claire's Friend

Ryan Corr

Claire's Friend

Steve Mouzakis

Teacher

• Spike JonzeDirector · Screenplay
• Dave EggersScreenplay
• Tom HanksProducer
• John B. CarlsProducer
• Gary GoetzmanProducer
• Vincent LandayProducer
• Maurice SendakProducer
• Bruce BermanExecutive Producer
• Jon JashniExecutive Producer
• Scott MednickExecutive Producer

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Release date

October 16, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG

Budget

$100,000,000

Revenue

$100,140,916

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy

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