Where the Wild Things Are (film) by WayForward. All were published by Warner Bros. Games. To coincide with the film's release, Girl Skateboards (which Jonze co-owns) came out with seven pro-model skateboards with the Wild Things as the board graphics. Lakai shoes also re-designed most of their pro-model and stock shoes and added in different colors, adding in pictures of the Wild Things on the side and on others with "Where the Wild Things Are" printed on the side. UGG Australia also designed limited edition Where The Wild Things Are boots. A series of collectible vinyl dolls of the Wild Things and Max was released from
Where the Wild Things Are (film) Yorker" saying, "I have a vision of eight-year-olds leaving the movie in bewilderment. Why are the creatures so unhappy?" Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com criticized the film's visual aspect, "Even the look of the picture becomes tiresome after a while — it starts to seem depressive and shaggy and tired." She also stated that "The movie is so loaded with adult ideas about childhood — as opposed to things that might delight or engage an actual child." "The Globe and Mail"s Liam Lacey branded the production a "self-consciously sad film." Critic A.O. Scott named the film the best of 2009 and