I brought my twins to see this, with high hopes, and in the end I felt really let down. Spike Jonze made a visually sumptuous film, but, if I really had to condense it to one thing, the Wild Things were really down all the time. Either fighting, or complaining, or moaning, ugh. I guess if Max liked it there, he would never have wanted to go back home, but as it was for my group, we couldn't wait to get home either.