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7/10
A good adaptation
Rectangular_businessman19 December 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This was a good animated short, which made a pretty decent adaptation of the Maurice Sendak story "Where the Wild Things Are", being quite faithful to the plot from the original book.

It also had a very pleasant animation style which captured perfectly well the whimsical beauty of the illustrations done by Maurice Sendak.

The only thing that I didn't like very much was the narration, which in my opinion didn't go very well with the overall tone of the plot. While I don't think that it was necessarily bad, the voice of the narrator didn't feel adequate for this kind of story.

Other than that, this was something fairly enjoyable to watch, being an appropriate animation for the whole family.
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8/10
Gene Deitch's version of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are should provide ample enjoyment for fans of both men
tavm26 December 2009
Just watched on YouTube as linked from the Cartoon Brew site this Western Woods production of Gene Deitch's animation of Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are". Narrated and with music by Peter Schickele, this is a straightforward telling with the still pictures of the original book by Mr. Sendak coming to glorious life courtesy of Mr. Deitch. Just marvel at how the characters just leap on screen, cavorting and jumping and just having a good time. The feature film, live action version that just came out had some nice added moments but if you didn't want that version, this one should suit you just fine. So on that note, I recommend Gene Deitch's version of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are if you're a fan of both. P.S. Mr. Deitch is another one born in my birthtown of Chicago, Ill.
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8/10
several interesting facets
paleolith20 April 2010
Don't know how kids like it, but it's interesting for adults. The animation is good, the narration by Peter Schickele is very good, and the score by Schickele is excellent.

The DVD also contains "In the Night Kitchen" and four other Sendak shorts, and the extras include Sendak talking about his books.

This version would be a good lead-in to watching the 2009 movie (I did it backwards) since it turns out that the 2009 movie is closely based on the book/animated short, just greatly expanded. It even contains many of the lines from the original, and these make more sense when you know they are from the original.

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8/10
A good story.
This is a great adaption of this story that I would definitely recommend.
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8/10
This film deserves high marks for its single-minded focus . . .
pixrox17 October 2023
. . . on presenting a sure-fire formula for raising kids to become serial assault artists and active shooters. When parents constantly undercut themselves by weaseling out on even the most mild, milquetoast promised punishments for the incorrigible wrong-headed juvenile delinquents lingering under their roofs, they become part of the problem rather than the solution. When the inevitable consequences of their parental malpractice results in the liquidation of their little monsters' peers, they deserve double the sentences meted out to their abominations, as is happening right now in Oxford, MI. Unfortunately, it's too late to correct the shortcomings there from out-of-control miscreants doubtless exposed to WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, with it's "You get to have supper after all" decadent finale.
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