Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms vs Where the Wild Things Are

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Where the Wild Things Are). Where the Wild Things Are is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 55m. Where the Wild Things Are is the older of the two (2009 against 2018). Both are adventure, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms posterMaquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms2018 VS Where the Wild Things Are posterWhere the Wild Things Are2009
Maquia: When the Promised Flower BloomsWhere the Wild Things Are
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 6.5/10
Year20182009
Length1h 55m1h 41m
GenresAdventure, Animation, Drama, FantasyAdventure, Drama, Fantasy
CountryJapanUnited States of America
DirectorMari OkadaSpike Jonze
Main castTomokazu Sugita, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoko HikasaPaul Dano, Forest Whitaker, Chris Cooper, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine O'Hara

Synopsis

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under…

Where the Wild Things Are

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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