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Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are is causing a wild rumpus of reactions among critics and moviegoers, making it the most divisive movie of the year.

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To say that Where the Wild Things Are came to the box office with issues is putting it mildly. There were disgruntled devotees of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book, who couldn’t fathom the idea of their masterpiece being turned into a movie by a hipster director best known for idiosyncratic,...

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