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This film was spellbinding for me.  I felt as though I was a little kid, watching my imagination take me away.  It was so thoroughly saturated with emotions ranging from passionate abandon to crushing heartache, changing with the furious whims of an 8 year old boy named Max.  The imagery conveyed intense feelings of very real danger and pure joy.  There were several scenes when there was unrest among the Wild Things and they would place the blame on Max, their chosen King.  Because of the unpredictability of the mood and direction of the scenes, I became genuinely uncomfortable and concerned for the outcome of the fights between them.

Basically this movie drew me in and I quickly became invested in Max’s fate.  It deals with a lot of real-life issues in such a disarming way that, at least for me, was very powerful.  I would recommend this film to anyone who was once a crazy kid.