A good movie

After 7 seven long years, Spike Jonze finally came up with a new directing effort and I was definitely eager to check it out. When I bought the DVD in France with its cute poster and since it was an adaptation of a children book, I thought it would be nice to watch it with my 7 year-old daughter. Wisely, I decided to check it out first on my own and within 5 minutes, I realized it was definitely nothing for her and that was the first failure of this movie in my opinion. I mean, it was way too dark and gloomy for the kids and since it really looked like a family feature, I really wonder who was actually the target audience in the end. I don't mean that it was a bad movie, not at all. It was actually pretty good and visually really interesting but from a sweet children book (which I haven't read though), they basically made a rather dark tale about a psychotic young boy who meets some rather psychotic monsters. Basically, it is a pretty tough sale. Apparently, Jonze started filming in 2005 and only released the whole thing in 2009 so the production was pretty hazardous (Apparently, it was terribly difficult to manage to create those wild things) and I did appreciate the work provided and its originality but it never really managed to convince me. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it is worth a look though, especially if you are interested in Spike Jonze's work.

7/10