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...showing that Max is a kid with some problems. His mother (played by Catherine Keener) is in a relationship with a new man, and his sister is growing older and doesn't have time to play with him. Max is angry, lonely and feels entirely...

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...The Wild Things Are unveiled in New York Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener and director Spike Jonze were among the stars walking the red carpet in New York for the premiere of Where The Wild Things Are. The film is based on the popular 1963...

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...the Wild Things Are." How worried were you about messing up a classic book? Spike, you and Catherine spent a little time in the wild things' costumes. What was it like? CK: It was amazing. When I got into one of the costumes, we were...

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...and older (and many who are younger) will get director Spike Jonze's take. Young Max (terrific Max Records) has a fight with his mom (Catherine Keener) and runs away. He sails through a storm and lands on an island where he becomes pals with...

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...alert: Minor plot points follow.) Max Records, left, plays Max and Catherine Keener plays his Mom in Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book. Photo: Matt Nettheim/Courtesy Warner...

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...out of the picture. In the film, Jonze populates Max's world with an indifferent older sister and a busy single mother (Catherine Keener), whose date with a suitor ignites the tantrum that sends Max out to sea. Rather than being banished...

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...hot," balancing the seesaw of fear and comfort. In expanding the story, Jonze (with co-writer Dave Eggers) invents just enough of Max's home life to convey the forces behind his disobedience. The parents of 9-year-old Max (played by Max...

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...only to long for the warmth of his own home. Jonze and fellow screenwriter Dave Eggers expanded Sendak's story by establishing more of a motivation for Max (Max Records) to seek an escape. Max lives in a world where he gets little...

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...intense to be a family film, but they'll be surprised at how easily kids 10 and older (and many who are younger) will get director Spike Jonze's unique take. Max (terrific Max Records) has a fight with his mom (Catherine Keener) and runs away.

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