Release Date: October 16, 2009 Director: Spike Jonze Producer: Gary Goetzman, John B. Carls, Maurice Sendak, Tom Hanks, Vincent Landay Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Paul Dano Genre: Family Running Time: 101 minutes
Monday, October 19, 2009 1:09:14 AM | (Age Not Specified)
In my opinion this movie in not suitable for small children. Completely gratuitous violence through-out. Terrible message. The book is cute and I am a fan of it and its message that teaches a young boy to try to vent his anger positively through fantasy. The movie, although well done in some ways, is completely wrong for small children. Spike Jones (director) simply was not careful enough in how he portrayed the story on-screen. He has turned the story into a rather morbid depiction of an unhappy boy and a bunch of even more unhappy monsters who partake in violence and frustration through-out the movie. Nowhere do we get the sense that the boy has learned anything by the end of it. Rather, b
Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:28:46 PM | (Age Not Specified)
T E R R I B L E . This was such a bad movie. BORING. I kept wondering why I had wasted my money and couldn't believe this was the best they could do with the story book translation!
Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:54:05 PM | (age group: 18-24) | F
loved the book as a kid and did not expect it to be so depressing and sad. plot was weak at best. definitely not a children's movie they would be afraid at some points. they could have done better. just was not the movie i wanted it to be
Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:43:42 PM | (age group: 35–49) | F
This is a terrible movie. I don't understand why is rated "G" if it has a boy that acts violent in daily life and in his own fairy tale. It is supposed to have a message after all this, but I don't think kids can really get the message.
