How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Ron Howard, who never met a story he couldn't screw up, takes the delightful holiday cartoon classic and turns it into something gormless, vulgar and awful. The cartoon used imaginative language and iconic animation to create its magical effect. Howard replaces... Full review

I found this a very entertaining small kids movie that actually is geared more for adults with a lot of jokes and humor only they would understand. A few things are inappropriate for the kiddies, but just a few. Othewise,... Full review

Ron Howard directed this? The 1966 cartoon is charming, teaching a simple lesson to children using a simple plot. In this movie, Howard gives us a Whoville filled with greedy, manipulative, self-centered Whos. Jim Carrey is terrible, but I'm sure... Full review

I have just read the lead comment for this film that is on the front page with the voting results and cast run down.Why is it that some people can not take a film for what it is supposed to... Full review

If you went to this movie to see some huge academy award presentation...oh well..but if you wanted to see a funny delightful adaptation of an old classic, you will love it..Jim Carey was incredible as usual. The story line was... Full review

I have seen this movie 5 or 6 times and every time I see it the only character that was funny was Jim Carrey as the grinch. Some of theother characters were good in their roles but if Jim Carrey... Full review

In the land of Whoville everyone loves Christmas and count down the whole year until that wonderful time. However just outside Whoville lives the Grinch, a green hairy twisted creature that hates, and always has hated, Christmas and was rejected... Full review

(possible spoilers) Someone once asked Dr. Seuss if they could secure the movie rights to his 1957 Christmas classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He turned them down, insisting that no one could do better than the marvelous Chuck Jones TV... Full review

I agree completely, this film looks extremely overblown, and it is.Though the sets and costumes are visually amazing, they go by too fast too be truly appreciated, and there is the feeling that it is too much crammed into too... Full review

I love this movie, but can't get what is in this movie tht is not to like. People who don't like this movie must be Richard Roeper and Roger Ebert. But I can't believe that is Mr. Carrey behind all... Full review

Indeed, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is so big, so bloated with unnecessary red and green froufrou....For every Bill Irwin, quite capable as the clown, we have Baranski....There are deleted scenes a'plenty (which is stunning, considering how crammed full the film already feels), a look at Baker's make-up techniques, and a vile music video from Faith Hill.....watch as the special effects give overkill a comfy new motion picture home..... ... Full Review

The film is a good seasonal spectacular, however, and you get plenty of special features for your money. Carrey is a human cartoon as a performer at the best of times and here it works to his advantage, infusing the character with the level of hyperkinetic energy the source material demands. ... Full Review

Absolutely outstanding set design and production values make the film visually exciting and contribute to its dreamlike feel. Most of these appear to have been ad-libbed by Jim Carrey, who's surprisingly good as the Grinch. ... Full Review

But it was otherwise a great movie! This is one of the best movies of all time that don't dissapoint you in the ways of messing up the story. ... Full Review

The performance from Jim Carrey just might be his best yet.....The cast is wonderful.....Ron Howard is the exact definition of a great director.....Ron Howard's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" stars Jim Carrey, one of the most talented actors alive, and co-stars Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen .....Jim Carrey is superb as The Grinch and Max looked just like the dog from the cartoon..... ... Full Review

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A 2003 live action-version of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers fell flat. A 2000 version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! starring Jim Carrey teetered on disaster. ... Full Article

As I write in today's column, "Dr.Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" at 7 on the Cartoon Network is tonight's holiday pick. This is, of course, the 1966 animated version, narrated by Boris Karloff and NOT the overblown live-action... ... Full Article

"I thought that if I could give a child his or her first viable theatrical experience, and load into it every kind of craft we know how to do, the child will never forget that night. ... Full Article