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# Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - Is it OK for kids? | Top Rated Families

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# Where the Wild Things Are

2009Rated PG101 minAdventureDramaFamilyFantasy

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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.

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**Length:** 101 min - long for under-sevens

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