This trailer for Where The Wild Things Are brought a smile to my face.

Directed by Spike Jonze and starring Catherine Keener, Max Records, Benicio Del Toro, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O´Hara, the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloeved book opens wide Oct. 16.

SYNOPSIS: The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, though he soon longs to be back home with his family.