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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The grinch had a history of rejection with the Whos and made him believe no one would Love him. Just when he maps out a plan, the unbelievable happened.
17 November 1928, Oklahoma, USA
1 December 1957, Nairobi, Kenya
7 April 1992, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
27 March 1957, Rusk, Texas, USA
2 March 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 November 1990, Orange County, California, USA
29 October 1992, California, USA
November 29, 2007
The costumes astound, the sight gags abound, but the heart, oh the heart, now that must be found.
March 19, 2002
How the Grinch stole Christmas is one kind of larceny. How Jim Carrey steals the picture is another matter entirely.
February 05, 2008
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.
December 24, 2010
Live-action version of classic has some crude, scary moments.
February 05, 2008
Shrill, strenuous and entirely without charm.
September 25, 2010
An unforgivable transgression from the usually reliable Ron Howard, "Grinch" boasts the visual polish of a Menards tree aisle and resembles not a cheerful Christmas, but rather what the bloodcurdling onset of a mescaline bender might feel like.
August 17, 2001
Perhaps 20 minutes too long and subject to torpor.
January 17, 2010
Howard and the rest of the crew do something the late Dr. Seuss never would: take chronological age over the youthful, innocent spirit that lingers untouched in everyone--and never goes out of style.
June 24, 2006
This cinematic candy floss honours the Seussian universe by satirising our own. And Carrey's comic tornado of a performance is a triumph.
February 05, 2008
Parents can relax: Ron Howard's version of Dr. Seuss' tale of the Christmas-napping Grinch is a smartly stylized hoot.
December 06, 2013
Such a departure from the book, it's not even Dr. Seuss.
February 05, 2008
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.
