The kids and I went to the opening night of Spike Jonze's masterful recreation of Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are". We went to our neighborhood Roseway Theater, newly remodeled and run by good peeps! The theater was full, as expected, and enriched our already wonderful viewing experience. We all laughed in unison and cried too as Jonze took us through Max's journey of the heart. Bijou adored it and howled like a true wild thing all the way home. Jack had no howls but only a furrowed and thoughtful brow as he quietly said, "The monsters were kind of scary." The lead monster, "Carol" was scary and played appropriately by James Gandolfini. But he loved other parts, his favorite being when Carol showed Max his incredible miniature city complete with boats and water features. This was depicting a perfect world where they could all be together. The message of family and connection in a world of stress and distraction was telling. We loved this movie with all our heart!
