How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (2000)

  • 53% of critics liked it
    (129 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (773,676 ratings)

He's mean, he's green, and he's doesn't like the Yuletide season one bit -- Jim Carrey stars in this live-action adaptation of the classic children's story by Dr. Seuss (aka Theodore Geisel). High atop Mt. Crumpet, the Grinch (Carrey) observes the residents of Whoville joyously… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman
Genres
Drama, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 17, 2000 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • David Edelstein, Slate

    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.

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    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.

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    Shrill, strenuous and entirely without charm.

  • , Time Out

    This cinematic candy floss honours the Seussian universe by satirising our own. And Carrey's comic tornado of a performance is a triumph.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    How the Grinch stole Christmas is one kind of larceny. How Jim Carrey steals the picture is another matter entirely.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jennifer X


    I cannot in the least bit fathom why anyone would consider this entertainment. It's so obnoxious, loud, and offensive.

  • Coxxie M


    Jim Carrey can still pull me out of my slipping, quicksand depression but you know, just fuck every other actor in this movie and the director for not putting a goofy nose on the Cindy Loo girl. Grow into her nose? that doesn't happen. people don't grow their arms when they… More

  • Melvin W


    The Grinch: One man's toxic sludge is another man's potpourri.  "Inside a snowflake, like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe." Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas has been a huge part of my Christmas since I was a… More

  • Directors C


    To enjoy How the Grinch stole Christmas it all comes down to whether or not you enjoy typical holiday films and of course Jim Carrey's physical comedy (which pretty much died after this film). I'm one of those people and I really enjoyed this holiday movie.

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