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Pratfall-heavy take on holiday tale is fun, mostly gentle. Read Common Sense Media's Dr. Seuss' The Grinch review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Universal Pictures
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch PG Released Nov 9, 2018 1h 26m Kids & Family Holiday Comedy Adventure Animation List 59% Tomatometer 197 Reviews 52% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings
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- Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney
- PG
- Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2024. While there isn't much new added to the formula, The Grinch is a sentimental update of a well-known story that leaves a warm glow and is sure...
Nov 9, 2018 · 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.
- 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
Nov 7, 2018 · 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 collaboration, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch is a...
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Nov 7, 2018 · Film Review: ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’. Benedict Cumberbatch voices a persnickety but more relatable Grinch in a new version that (unlike Jim Carrey's) stays true to the Seussian spirit. By...
