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- This adaptation is bright, colorful, and occasionally funny, but it doesn't come close to matching the effectiveness of the short-and-sweet original. While Cumberbatch's voice isn't as resonantly deep as Boris Karloff's, his Grinch is believably grumpy, angry, and resentful of Whoville's need for a ginormous Christmas celebration.
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Parents need to know that Dr. Seuss' The Grinch is an animated adaptation of the classic holiday story, featuring the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch as the legendary Christmas curmudgeon. The movie is appropriate for most younger viewers, with many more scenes of physical comedy and pratfalls than genuine….
60% Tomatometer 196 Reviews 52% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings The Grinch and his loyal dog, Max, live a solitary existence inside a cave on Mount Crumpet. His main source of aggravation comes...
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- It's family fun but with a muddied message.
- Verdict
By Clint Gage
Updated: Apr 21, 2020 3:43 am
Posted: Nov 7, 2018 5:00 pm
The Grinch is up there with Ebenezer Scrooge. An all-timer of a Christmas heel. He stole the holiday simply because he hated the noise. That’s it. His heart was two sizes too small. End of story. There’s a simple lesson to be learned from Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas when that’s all there is to it, but as Illumination’s The Grinch proves it’s a lesson that gets muddier the more you try to explain it.
Entire generations have grown up with the story so the film doesn’t have too many surprises. The Grinch lives alone and angry in a Whoville-adjacent cave while the Whos that live in the town below are loving and merry each and every Christmas. For 53 years The Grinch sat in his cave hating it until finally deciding to literally steal Christmas from The Whos. In the end, moved by the Whos’ persistent Christmas spirit even after his holiday heist, the Grinch has a change of heart and returns the gifts.
When the Grinch is as one-dimensionally grumpy as the Whos are one-dimensionally loving, it’s easy to catch the moral of Dr. Seuss’ original book. But the wrinkle added to this Benedict Cumberbatch-voiced Grinch makes buying it a little tougher.
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch is a fun and fast holiday movie, updating the classic story for the audience that made the Minions a billion-dollar industry. However, the straightforward moral of the 30-page children’s book and one of Dr. Seuss’ most memorable characters get a little handcuffed by this update.
- Clint Gage
And Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) gave us the Grinch, a furry green character with a dog named Max, who hates Christmas so much he decides to spoil the celebration of everyone in the community of Whoville by stealing all of their decorations, food, and gifts.
Nov 7, 2018 · By Michael Rechtshaffen. November 7, 2018 9:00am. Much closer in spirit to the beloved book and the evergreen 1966 TV special than the soulless lump of coal that was the 2000 Ron Howard-Jim Carrey ...
