Where The Wild Things Are

The book.

Every kid's parents should see "Where The Wild Things Are," but leave the kids at home.

I say leave the kids at home because it's a movie brimming with intense emotion, mainly anger, themes of abandonment, loneliness, divorce and child abuse. I guess if I had tweenagers or teenagers I would let them watch it and prepare for a counseling session, afterwards.

My husband and I went on a date night without the kids. Hubby didn't want to go, but when we walked out of the movie he said, "hey, that was a pretty good."

I loved it!!!!

I could relate to this movie as parent currently residing with not one, but TWO Wild Things. Children have wild imaginations, wild amounts of unlimited physical energy, and they are wildly sensitive.

Wild Things does a great job of depicting how sensitive kids are to what's going on in their environment, as well as, what's going on with their parents. And the movie also reminds us, how much guidance today's children need from their parents.

Being a kid, is as hard or even harder than being a parent, at times.

Where The Wild Things Are

Watching the movie, "Where The Wild Things Are," is not where my kids will be found.

Internet, this is not a review of the movie based on the children's book with the same title by Maurice Sendak. But rather an explanation, of why I'm not taking my kids to see, "Where The Wild Things Are."

The book is a terrific, wildly popular, kids' book. The way I see it is, the movie was made for grown ups who loved the book as children. "Wild Things," isn't for MY kids, wild as they may be.

How do I know this, if I haven't seen the movie? Is it because I'm psychic? Well, it started with that. I could tell from the previews it might not be appropriate for MY kids.

Then there's the PG rating. PG stands for parental guidance, which means if I take MY kids to this movie, there will be some, "'splaining to do Lucy!"

Next, there's my movie scout, who has actually seen "Where The Wild Things Are." Here's what he had to say about his movie experience. (Oh and he doesn't have kids.)

"Children were crying the entire time, totally surreal. Kids were taken out constantly, but some kids were stuck there with stupid parents."

He loves the movie (and the book). His review sealed the deal for me, "no kids." After all, there are lots of great movies out there, that are inappropriate for MY kids.

"So, "Where The Wild Things Are," is a kids' book, but not a kids' movie?" asks Vinny in dismay.