We Love You So – Where The Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze

Jennfier Venditti’s critically acclaimed 2007 documentary about an off kilter adolescent boy making the best of his small town life is probably one of the most thought provoking glimpses into childhood committed to film in recent years. Like similar small town outsider stories and to a degree this genre of documentaries as a whole there is a certain element of “woah this kid is unbelievable” sympathy/humor that draws you in but it is the pure relatability which keeps you watching. A profundity in the simple. Revelation in the mundane. A true reminder of just how close we all once were to being swallowed up by school, dating, being accepted and trying to escape.  

Tags: billy the kid, documentary, jennifer venditti, movie

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