A kids' movie that's not for kids.
Anne Thompson at indieWIRE believes "Where The Wild Things Are" is too expensive to succeed commercially, and I think she's probably right. Standard movie math says a studio film needs to gross two and a half times its budget before it can start being profitable; in that case, "Where The Wild Things Are" would need to make $250 million just to break even, which is a hell of a lot for a seriously weird movie with something for everyone but not enough of anything to satisfy anyone. But apparently to dare to imply that "Where The Wild Things Are" won't save the world will bring the wrath of the internet upon you. The first comment response to Thompson's post begins "You're an idiot," and goes downhill from there. There are people on the web who really need this to be the be-all, end-all movie about childhood, something that suggests the...
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