I gotta be honest...it was not as good as I was expecting it to be. Maybe my expectations were too high but, it was missing that "magical" feel. I loved this story when I was a kid but I feel the book did not translate well enough in this film. Johnny Depp was brillant, obviously, but it was not enough to save this movie from a bad rating. BTW, it is definitely much too scary for children so parents, think twice before taking your kids.
Don't spend your money on this movie. There was no point to it at all. A couple of parts will make you chuckle but that's about as good as it gets. Overall, it was a dumb movie and felt like it was never going to end. I find it hard to believe it was based on real life events...is that some kind of a joke?
Save your money, save your time!This was hands down the worst movie I have ever seen & believe me I've seen a lot of bad movies.Just when I thought Land of the Lost & Year One were bad,along came Where the Wild Things Are.It was stupid, long & inappropriate for children.These wild things were scary & kept making references to eating people.Not to mention the rough play, punching & demolishing things.As a grown adult, I was even scared for the little boy during some parts of the film.I don't understand how kids wouldn't be scared watching this.This movie should not be rated PG.I never read the book but I'm still trying to figure out what the moral of the story was.Do yourself a favor & go see something else!