Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor

Big budget remake of the classic cartoon about a creature intent on stealing Christmas. Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, ...( read more  read more... )live the Who's, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who's love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch.

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PG, 105 min.

Directed by: Ron Howard

Release Date: November 17, 2000

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DVD Release Date: November 20, 2001

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  • September 25, 2009
    Shit. I love Dr. Seuss. Watch the cartoon film instead, the cat in the hat meets the Grinch or read the books damn it but not this shite!
  • December 7, 2008
    I'm not in the habit of turning off movies before they're over or walking out of theaters, but for How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the live action version, not the classic animated one narrated by Boris Karloff or Walter Matthau, just so there's no confusion) I made the very rare...( read more) exception. This movie asks a double-sided question: not only what kind of idiot do you have to be to make this movie, but what kind of douche nozzle do you have to be to see it? What possible reason in the history of everything is there to drag out a 20 minute story into two hours of pure fucking hell? If I saw this movie before Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I probably would've hunted down Jim Carrey and straight-up murdered his ass. I know he's usually just an over-the-top ass clown but even his performance in this movie was excessive. When the fucking dog is the best part of the movie you are in some sorry, sorry shape. Just knowing this movie exists makes me want to stick my head in an oven. This movie wasn't a total war crime because 2 things actually made me laugh and I can't even remember them. The completely unnecessary backstory is shit, just like 99.3247895279878925% of the rest of the movie. I've got to stop now or I'm going to have a fucking stroke thinking about how bad this movie is. On the plus side, if anyone ever tries to tell me what a great filmmaker Ron Howard is, this movie is going to be the first thing thrown in their face.
  • November 5, 2008
    Least favourite Christmas movie! I just cannot get into it everytime I have to watch it.
  • June 6, 2008
    Carrey as the Grinch . . i just didn like this live action version of the classic tale.
  • March 25, 2008
    Christmas time in Whoville is a spectacular time of the year. All the Whos in Whoville are excited for the Christmas season. Though there is one person who hates Christmas, the man who lives on the top of a snow-covered mountain named The Grinch. He plans to spoil the spirits of ...( read more)the Whos in Whoville by stealing Christmas from them as they sleep. Though there is one small, adolescent girl named Cindy Lou Who is determined to save Christmas and the Grinch?s Christmas spirit.
    Ron Howard did a good job faithfully adapting Dr. Seuss?s classic How The Grinch Stole Christmas to the silver screen. Jim Carey did a fantastic job as The Grinch, portraying him as the cold-hearted mean villain as he was described in the book. Then he was able to turn him into the warm gentler side at the end. The Grinch is a good laughing romp for the entire family to enjoy during the holiday season. Some maybe a tad disappointed and favor the classic cartoon, but overall the live action Grinch scores what is needed to be a warm hearted Christmas story. Dr. Seuss?s How The Grinch Stole Christmas receives three and half candy canes out of five for being a joy able and memorable Christmas movie.
  • November 8, 2009
    I hated this movie only watch the 1st couple of minutes and switch off.
  • November 7, 2009
    A great reenactment of the classic story and animated show! Jim Carrey's hilarious in this!
  • November 7, 2009
    Le storie del Dr. Seuss non dovrebbero essere portate al cinema.
  • November 5, 2009
    hahaha..y does jim carrey have to do this...hahhaa...
  • November 2, 2009
    Churrototote!
    No pierdan su tiempo.

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  • momgoncrazy2
    April 5, 2009
    Jim Carey.....Nuff Said....Noone Coulda Done It Betta!!
  • gloomgurl
    January 6, 2008
    Man, I just love this movie. Jim Carrey brought the Grinch to life. He did a great job. He gave the Grinch a personality. It is one of the funniest Christmas movies that i have ever seen.
  • sportboy
    November 7, 2007
    I enjoyed the film and it was very funny. The funny part was when the grinch hated christmas and he tried to steel everything.And a lttle boy was trying to make friends with him.
  • faulknerdude
    December 30, 2006
    ha ha ha ha ha u must laugh
  • faulknerdude
    December 30, 2006
    it has the perfect actor for the grinch funny as f**k

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