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Article: 'Wild Things' really is too scary for kids under 8

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October 18, 2009
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At the risk of repeating myself: The movie version "Where the Wild Things Are" might be too intense and too scary for young children.

In fact, I'd suggest that parents see it before they take their children to the film -- or at least limit it to kids ages 8 or older.

That might sound a bit extreme, but I've already witnessed what experience the live-action versions of Maurice Sendak's beloved Wild Things creations can do to impressionable young minds.

Children at the promotional screening I attended were clearly upset by the sight of the hulking, monstrous creatures ... no matter how kind and "human" their features, voices and actions were.

(A combination of puppetry, performance art, ...

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