How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Grinch cements a relationship with the Whos after a long time of separation.This Christmas would be all fun.
16 September 1964, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
12 March 1946, Denver, Colorado, USA
10 January 1982, Hayward, California, USA
2 March 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 January 1969, Sturgis, Michigan, USA
16 July 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 July 1968, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
December 06, 2013
Such a departure from the book, it's not even Dr. Seuss.
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.
February 05, 2008
Shrill, strenuous and entirely without charm.
February 05, 2008
Parents can relax: Ron Howard's version of Dr. Seuss' tale of the Christmas-napping Grinch is a smartly stylized hoot.
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
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.
August 17, 2001
Perhaps 20 minutes too long and subject to torpor.
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.
December 24, 2010
Live-action version of classic has some crude, scary moments.
November 29, 2007
The costumes astound, the sight gags abound, but the heart, oh the heart, now that must be found.
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.
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.
