Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Practical Effects
Jim Henson's Creature Shop puppets—tangible, soulful, slightly unsettling.
Direction
Spike Jonze turns 10 sentences into emotional devastation.
Score
Karen O's lullabies that somehow wreck you.
Director
Spike Jonze
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