So now that all the hype over The Wild Things (Where the Wild Things Are nick name) is coming to an end, did the film meet it’s expectations? It’s one of the most celebrated children books of all time, turned into a feature film.  Spike Jonze, the director, had a huge task to accomplish – to take forty-eight pages of genius and stretch it out into a hundred minute film. Spike Jonze put his own style on the story but kept the same visual appeal/effect that the book provided. The film wasn’t meant to be a movie only for kids – best said by Spike Jonze, it was more of a “kid in an action movie.” The movie turned out to be more depressing than the book, but personally I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. The world we live in today is a bit gloomy but it’s the reality and a film should be able to portray honesty and truth – shouldn’t it? Parents that take their children to see this movie might be a bit taken back by it, maybe because it’s not as happy of a film as they had expected but in the end it could be beneficial to them. The film shows the other side to child hood, the not so fun part that a lot of us have gone through. Children can relate to this not so perfect life where parents are divorced and money is short. In the end, the care that Spike Jonze showed for Maurice Sendaks book was simply magnificent. The lighting and cinematography was stunning, the surreal landscapes where the wild things lived and played felt so real and by the middle of the movie, the wild things become so normal/attached you almost  forget that they are actually humans wearing suites. The film teaches children an important lesson and if I had children,  I would take them to see it on opening night. In conclusion, YES! – the movie meets it’s expectations… now go see it.