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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) -- Big budget remake of the classic cartoon about a creature intent on stealing Christmas.
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Overview

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5.6/10   36,289 votes
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Director:
Ron Howard
Writers (WGA):
Dr. Seuss (book)
Jeffrey Price (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 November 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Inside a snowflake, like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe. more
Plot:
Big budget remake of the classic cartoon about a creature intent on stealing Christmas. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 16 wins & 29 nominations more
User Comments:
Horrible more (429 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Grinch (Australia) (UK) (USA) (promotional title)
Der Grinch (Germany)
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some crude humor.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Iceland:L | Malaysia:18PL | USA:PG (certificate #37737) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When the Grinch is pretending to be a director, he is imitating Ron Howard. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the Grinch is rearranging the mail, a package falls on the ground. In the next shot the package is gone. more
Quotes:
The Grinch: Those Whos are hard to frazzle, Max. But, we did our worst, and that's all that matters. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: Kill Gil, Volumes I & II (#18.9)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Christmas in Whoville more

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30 out of 44 people found the following comment useful.
Horrible, 9 February 2004
1/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

How the Grinch Stole Christmas was a wonderful little Christmas cartoon that anyone could easily enjoy, I never did see the reason for a remake. Not to mention a remake that was made with humans, the cartoon was just perfect enough, what's the purpose of this film? But it also seemed a little odd for Jim Carrey to be the Grinch. I mean he's a great comedic actor, but him as the Grinch? It just didn't make any sense to me. His performance was a little over the top and unintentionally laughable at moments. Not to mention some of the added dialog was a bit childish and not enjoyable. The whole story of the Grinch and Cindy Lou-Who was over done and wasn't needed. They actually just destroyed the story, period.

All the who's in Whoville are getting ready for their best Christmas season yet where everything is intended to go perfectly. But Cindy Lou-Who is curious and worried about the Grinch that lives above them and that he's not going to get as good of a Christmas as the other who's. He kicks her out and decides that he doesn't want Christmas this year and that in fact he should just steal Christmas all together to show the who's what his version of Christmas is all about. But soon he realizes that the who's may know that it's a little bit more than what is the materialized version of Christmas.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas wasn't needed and was a bit over the top. I really recommend that you stick with the cartoon just for the simple fact that this is a pretty disturbing version, at least in my opinion. The make up and presentation of the whole film was just a bit over done, not to mention that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! was more meant to be as a cartoon rather than a version starring Jim Carry. But at least this version makes you grateful for the Boris Karloff version that is played every Christmas.

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