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Benedict Cumberbatch
The Grinch
Voice

Cameron Seely
Cindy-Lou Who
Voice

Rashida Jones
Donna Who
Voice

Pharrell
Narrator

Tristan O'Hare
Groopert
Voice

Kenan Thompson
Mr. Bricklebaum
Voice

Sam Lavagnino
Ozzy
Voice

Ramone Hamilton
Axl
Voice

Angela Lansbury
Mayor McGerkle
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Scarlett Estevez
Izzy
Voice

Scott Mosier
Director

Yarrow Cheney
Director

Michael LeSieur
Screenwriter

Tommy Swerdlow
Screenwriter

Christopher Meledandri
Producer

Janet Healy
Producer

Latifa Ouaou
Executive Producer

Audrey Geisel
Executive Producer

Chris Renaud
Executive Producer

Chris Cartagena
Film Editor

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• Dec 13, 2019

  While it's miles ahead of the Jim Carrey one purely on charm and appearance alone, it's still not a great movie. It's still a little conflicted in following the source material and making up its own stuff, and it does sometimes go too far into modern pop culture sense. Compared to previous Illumination entry The Lorax though and especially compared to the Carrey film, it's surprisingly charming and even makes some attempt at being timeless and faithful to the classic. Is it entirely successful? No, but I appreciate the attempt. I also appreciate the new focus, where we only see a hint of the Grinch's origins with the focus much more on his stealing Christmas, and the origins we do get were much sadder for me and didn't betray the character of the Whos the way the Carrey film did. There's still a lot of dumb stuff though, like a punk skater Cindy-Lou, and forced message with her mom that just didn't work for me. But in terms of visuals and just Christmas spirit the movie has it. It looks great, and just feels like Christmas. It's not great, but I liked it.
  Michael M Super Reviewer
• Jan 02, 2019

  The Grinch is the usual formulaic animation feature for the holiday season that is family friendly and keeps the kids glued with its sweet and colourful story telling. Definitely can't go wrong with this one.
  Chrisanne C Super Reviewer
• Dec 21, 2018

  Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is once again adapted for the big-screen, this time as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, and once again fails to recapture the spirit and magic of the original. The story follows the curmudgeonly Grinch who lives alone in the mountains and avoids Christmas, but his annoyance with Christmas soon turns to anger when the Whos triple their festivities. The film goes to great lengths to set itself apart from previous versions, including changing Seuss' limericks; which is unfortunate as the new ones aren't as charming and poetic. And the filler subplot about Cindy Lou Who is incredibly formulaic and predictable. Also, the soundtrack is rather garish, featuring a lot of pop-music. Dr. Seuss' The Grinch is an improvement over the live-action version, but it has a number of its own problems.
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Dec 10, 2018

  The obvious, conflicting idea here is that 2018's The Grinch has been crafted purely as a cash grab for Illumination, but preaches a message of the holiday season being more about selflessness and giving than receiving and indulging. I was thirteen in 2000 when the Jim Carrey-fronted and Ron Howard-directed How the Grinch Stole Christmas barreled its way into theaters. I vividly remember being excited to finally be able to see the movie on the big screen and to experience this thing that had been so discussed and so built-up that it truly felt like an event. Remember, these are the days when you had to see movies to be able to see movie trailers and there was always a hope I'd get to catch a glimpse of Carrey as the titular Grinch every time I went to the cinema (which was far less back then). Needless to say, Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas swept me up and delivered a sense of wonder I could only dream of, but that they had fully realized. And though I only return to the film once every three or so years around the holiday season it still holds something of special place in my heart despite the growing number of detractors over the years. And so, walking into what felt like a somewhat unnecessary, but completely logical (from a financial perspective) re-telling of the story via the studio that brought us the minions and The Secret Life of Pets there was no reason to expect 2018's The Grinch to be anything other than what it so obviously was intended to be: that aforementioned cash grab. Alas, that's mostly what this 90-minute exercise in "cinematic candy floss" is, but dammit if, by the end of the film, I wasn't wrapped up in the emotional beats of the story that has the viewer feeling sympathy for the grouchy Grinch (I rather liked Cumberbatch's take on the guy-appropriately irritated, but not evil or scary). The film also overcomes the biggest obstacle Howard's feature-length version had trouble with and that was stretching the narrative to such a length without feeling like much of it was padded. While this newest version is a cool fifteen minutes shorter than the live-action version, the pacing (sans a short section in the middle) is consistently even and always manages to be entertaining in more intriguing ways than I might want to give the studio credit for. Each of the characters are immensely likable-Max, new reindeer friend, Fred, along with the crew of town's children led by Cindy-Lou Who (Cameron Seely) each offer something that counters the Grinch's dismissive attitude so as to make him more mindful, if not necessarily more tender towards the many Christmas-themed circumstances he encounters. This is all to try and say without spoiling too much that the two main story strands resolve themselves perfectly and in a heartwarming enough way that it would seem impossible to stay mad at the movie for being one thing and teaching another; at the very least, it offers the value of keeping your children hooked for 90-minutes while conveying an earnest sense of gratitude to the parents willing to spend money on something they've seen before. Who knows, some of the older generations may even be as surprised by 2018's The Grinch as the Grinch was by the true meaning of Christmas.
  

  Philip P Super Reviewer

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