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The Cat in the Hat (2003) -- Sally and Conrad are two bored kids whose life is turned up-side-down when a talking cat comes to visit them.
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Overview

User Rating:
3.3/10   14,157 votes
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Director:

Bo Welch

Writers (WGA):

Dr. Seuss (book)
Alec Berg (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 November 2003 (USA) more

Tagline:

Don't mess with the hat. more

Plot:

Sally and Conrad are two bored kids whose life is turned up-side-down when a talking cat comes to visit them. full summary | full synopsis

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(18 articles)

Lorax Speaks For The Trees In 2012
 (From EmpireOnline. 29 July 2009, 12:56 AM, PDT)

Mike Myers Divorcing
 (From WENN. 28 December 2005)

User Comments:

Waste of time! more (393 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:

Rated PG for mild crude humor and some double-entendres.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS


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Trivia:

The pink-housed village was built especially for the movie in the Moorpark, California area, on a hillside just south of the 118 freeway. When it was first constructed many local residents complained to their elected officials that such an eyesore had been allowed to be built, but were assured that it was just a movie set built and that it would be torn down upon completion of filming which, by December 2002, it was. more

Goofs:

Continuity: Right before The Cat comes in with the D.I.R.T. machine, Sally and Conrad are standing next to each other holding hands as the door begins to open. When the door opens, they are no longer holding hands and standing a few feet apart. more

Quotes:

The Cat: [showing his car] Here she is, the Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger, or S-L-O-W for short.
Sally: S-L-O-W?
The Cat: Yeah, S.L.O.W. It's better than the last thing we had: Super Hydraulic Instantaneous Transporter.
Conrad: Oh, you mean...
The Cat: NO! Quick! To the S.L.O.W.!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in 'War of the Worlds': Characters - The Family Unit (2005) (V) more

Soundtrack:

You Gotta Be A Football Hero more


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32 out of 44 people found the following comment useful.
Waste of time!, 2 January 2006
1/10
Author: gaiafaye (gaiafaye@hotmail.com) from New Jersey

The only good thing about this unfunny dreck is that I didn't have to pay for it. I saw it for free at college. And if a college student can't find humor in something that was free, it's hopeless.

Stale acting and poor jokes cannot be masked by an excellent, yet bewildering set design (that goes out of its way to market Volkswagon Beetles). I don't know what Michaels Myers was doing in this movie, but I have never seen anything more depressing. This was nothing more than a blatant effort to capitalize on the previous success of the Grinch (which has its opponents, but I enjoyed it very much). It's difficult not to sit through this failure and wonder what better projects were passed over to fund it.

You want a funny Seuss adaptation? Go with the Grinch.

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