Five-year-olds might go for it, but people who grew up with Jones' version will be looking at their watches and grinding their teeth.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 123
Fresh: 65
Rotten:58
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Consensus: Jim Carrey shines as the Grinch. Unfortunately, it's not enough to save this movie. You'd be better off watching the TV cartoon.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Childrens
Theatrical Release: Nov 17, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $259,011,600
Synopsis: Director Ron Howard casts comedian Jim Carrey in the title role in this live-action adaptation of the famous Christmas tale by Dr. Seuss, giving this rendition of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS a delightfully manic spin. Carrey is... [More]
Starring: Jim Carrey, Molly Shannon, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski
Director: Ron Howard
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Reviews for How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Cloying fancy gives way to gross-out comedy, twisted social commentary, affecting pathos, and weirdly sexualized romance in this lurid live-action version of the classic children's book.
02/05/08
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Parents can relax: Ron Howard's version of Dr. Seuss' tale of the Christmas-napping Grinch is a smartly stylized hoot.
02/05/08
Top Critic The costumes astound, the sight gags abound, but the heart, oh the heart, now that must be found.
11/29/07
Unfortunately, Ron Howard is the Grinch who stole Christmas from Jim Carrey.
09/21/07
A holiday gift, The Grinch just may steal the hearts of kids and grown-ups alike.
11/20/06
This cinematic candy floss honours the Seussian universe by satirising our own. And Carrey's comic tornado of a performance is a triumph.
06/24/06
Universal Pictures has definitely left something under your Christmas tree, but you might want to clean it up soon before it leaves a permanent stain.
12/06/05
In adding material, The Grinch loses much of its rhythm and the heart within it shrinks three sizes right along with it.
12/10/03
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is thick with irony but doesn't have the guts to explore any of it.
10/23/03
If God is in the details, then this is the most righteous movie ever made.Jim Carrey is the only man deserving to interpret Chuck Jones' animation.
07/03/03
This delightful fantasy offers Happy Who-lidays to the young and the young at heart.
05/20/03
Carrey is superb, swamped in makeup and sounding like a cross between Hitchcock and The Honey Monster.
05/08/03
Howard and his writers have made some interesting choices in bringing one of the most well-known American Christmas cartoons to life on the big screen.
02/08/03
I sometimes felt shades of Tony Clifton beaming through the Grinch, with a good helping of the Mask. If only for Carrey's hyperactive, larger than life performance, this is a must see.
11/18/02
Latest News for How the Grinch Stole Christmas
August 01, 2007:
Trailer Bulletin: Horton Hears a Who
The last few times somebody tried to turn Dr. Seuss into a movie, the results were ... How the Grinch Stole Christmas and (dear lord) The Cat in the Hat. And then somebody got... More...
February 05, 2007:
Jim Carrey Talks About Voicing Dr. Seuss' "Horton"
Jim Carrey did such a bang up job as the live-action "Grinch" that he's landed himself another Dr. Seuss gig. The "Horton Hears a Who" film will be animated... More...
September 13, 2006:
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