Finally! A movie based on a book that I've actually read! The story for the movie Where the Wild Things Are is a fun and touching expansion of a moment in the life of our 1963 children's book hero, the sweet, misunderstood, raucous Max. Every little boy or girl who just wants to have fun and wants everyone else to be having fun was embodied in Max. His escape to 'where the wild things are' allowed the movie viewers to come along with him. I was happy to accompany our protagonist to his mystical forest and was there beside him when he was crowned king, and cried with him when he made his decision to either go home or not. The monsters were fantastic and beautifully true to the original book's illustrations.