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The Grinch

  • 20182018
  • PGPG
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
69K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,035
486
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Grinch (2018)
'The Grinch' tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl's generous holiday spirit.
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AnimationAdventureComedy
A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
69K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,035
486
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Directors
      • Yarrow Cheney
      • Scott Mosier
    • Writers
      • Michael LeSieur(screenplay by)
      • Tommy Swerdlow(screenplay by)
      • Dr. Seuss(based on the book "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by)
    • Stars
      • Benedict Cumberbatch(voice)
      • Cameron Seely(voice)
      • Rashida Jones(voice)
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Yarrow Cheney
      • Scott Mosier
    • Writers
      • Michael LeSieur(screenplay by)
      • Tommy Swerdlow(screenplay by)
      • Dr. Seuss(based on the book "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by)
    • Stars
      • Benedict Cumberbatch(voice)
      • Cameron Seely(voice)
      • Rashida Jones(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 660User reviews
    • 191Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 18 nominations

    Videos7

    Trailer #3
    Trailer 2:35
    Trailer #3
    Official Trailer #2
    Trailer 2:28
    Official Trailer #2
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:26
    Official Trailer
    Benedict Cumberbatch, 'Grinch' Cast Reveal Their Favorite Christmas Gifts
    Video 1:59
    Benedict Cumberbatch, 'Grinch' Cast Reveal Their Favorite Christmas Gifts
    The Trailer Trailer for Sept. 24, 2018
    Video 0:51
    The Trailer Trailer for Sept. 24, 2018
    The Trailer Trailer for the Week of June 18, 2018
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    The Trailer Trailer for the Week of June 18, 2018
    Rashida Jones of 'The Grinch': "No Small Parts"
    Video 4:04
    Rashida Jones of 'The Grinch': "No Small Parts"

    Photos102

    Angela Lansbury, Dr. Seuss, Scott Menville, Tommy Swerdlow, Tristan O'Hare, Kresimir Mikic, Pentatonix, Sam Lavagnino, Georgia Toffolo, Ramone Hamilton, and Cameron Seely in The Grinch (2018)
    Benedict Cumberbatch in The Grinch (2018)
    Benedict Cumberbatch in The Grinch (2018)
    Benedict Cumberbatch in The Grinch (2018)
    Benedict Cumberbatch in The Grinch (2018)
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    Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    • The Grinch
    • (voice)
    Cameron Seely
    Cameron Seely
    • Cindy-Lou Who
    • (voice)
    Rashida Jones
    Rashida Jones
    • Donna Who
    • (voice)
    Pharrell Williams
    Pharrell Williams
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Tristan O'Hare
    Tristan O'Hare
    • Groopert
    • (voice)
    Kenan Thompson
    Kenan Thompson
    • Mr. Bricklebaum
    • (voice)
    Sam Lavagnino
    • Ozzy
    • (voice)
    Ramone Hamilton
    Ramone Hamilton
    • Axl
    • (voice)
    Angela Lansbury
    Angela Lansbury
    • Mayor McGerkle
    • (voice)
    Scarlett Estevez
    Scarlett Estevez
    • Izzy
    • (voice)
    Michael Beattie
    Michael Beattie
    • Store Clerk
    • (voice)
    Lori Alan
    Lori Alan
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Carlos Alazraqui
    Carlos Alazraqui
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Doug Burch
    Doug Burch
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Cathy Cavadini
    Cathy Cavadini
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    • (as Catherine Cavadini)
    Tucker Chandler
    Tucker Chandler
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Townsend Coleman
    Townsend Coleman
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Meilee Condron
    Meilee Condron
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Yarrow Cheney
      • Scott Mosier
    • Writers
      • Michael LeSieur(screenplay by)
      • Tommy Swerdlow(screenplay by)
      • Dr. Seuss(based on the book "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The studio originally wanted Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch using his natural voice, but Benedict felt that, since the rest of the cast is American, the Grinch should have an American accent.
    • Goofs
      The theme song describes the Grinch as having yellow teeth, but his teeth are white.
    • Quotes

      Grinch: [looks at Fred] Well, Santa had eight reindeer, he looks like he ate the other seven.

    • Crazy credits
      Cindy-Lou asks Santa-Grinch to bring something to make her mom's life better. Over the end titles, we see that The Grinch has created a number of labor-saving devices, which do indeed make her happier and her life easier.
    • Alternate versions
      The UK theatrical release was censored in order to obtain a U classification; the distributor chose to remove several uses of mild bad language (ass) from a song number in order to avoid the film receiving a PG rating uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Grinchy Dumbo (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
      Written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie

      Performed by Jackson 5

      Courtesy of Motown Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews660

    Review
    Top review
    4/10
    More or less EXACTLY what one would expect from Illumination's The Grinch.
    Illumination is a studio known for producing gutless, boring, paint-by-numbers, mass appeal movies that focus more on cute gimmicks and marketing than they do on actual storytelling and character development. If you've seen anything else from Illumination, you practically don't need to see this movie, because you can probably just predict every scene in your head and just about get it right. While The Grinch isn't Illumination's worst, it's still a thoughtless and emotionless product only meant to sell toys and theater tickets before charm and charisma.

    Benedict Cumberbatch's Grinch is boring. I do like Cumberbatch and I did think he'd be great to voice the Grinch, but he's terrible in this movie. His voice doesn't match the character whatsoever, and does nothing to bring the character more to life. At least Jim Carrey put energy and emotion into his performance, whereas Cumberbatch sounds like he's disappointed about the small paycheck he's just been given. The Grinch himself is written in a way that pulls all punches and has to cave in to cutesy kids logic instead of a clever way that tells a good story. Instead of making The Grinch actually funny or interesting, they make him the typical 2018 grumpy hipster who's a good guy at heart but just needs his morning coffee. Making him a mostly good character really undermines the climactic payoff of him finally understanding the meaning Christmas towards the end.

    Sadly, both the character and the overall movie as a whole share the same problems; it's boring, uninspired, and vanilla. Much like the character, the movie sucks out anything interesting in favor for playing it safe and selling toys. The music is even done by rapper Tyler The Creator, and even as a moderate fan of his work, the music here is terribly uninspired and obviously an attempt to make the film more hip. Most of the jokes are entirely predictable. Actually, the entire movie is predictable. I don't mean we've seen the original movies, I mean the film follows every generic story you'll ever see in a kids movie. The film feels more like it was written by a computer and less like a team of engrossed screenwriters. One of the film's running gags is the ex-popular 'screaming goat' meme...seriously, I thought that meme stopped being funny in 2013.

    Truthfully, this film is not the worst thing to come out of Illumination. It may not be a good movie, but at least it doesn't completely bastardize and miseducate its message like The Lorax did, and at least it isn't as excruciatingly for-the-masses as Minions or The Secret Life Of Pets. The Grinch, as well as every single other Illumination Studios movie, is like a cute untamed puppy; it may urinate on your rug and chew up all of your shoes, but it's cute and looks at you with big puppy dog eyes and does silly things, so you don't punish it and let it slide when it really shouldn't be forgiven so easily. When are we as an audience going to stop letting these thoughtless movies slide solely because of their cuteness? Regardless, moms and kids alike will continue to enjoy these movies without the slightest care, simply because it's cute and nothing more.
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    • Joshua_Penczek
    • Nov 10, 2018

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 9, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dr. Seuss' the Grinch
    • Filming locations
      • Illumination Entertainment - 1805 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Universal Animation Studios
      • Illumination Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $75,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $271,384,731
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $67,572,855
      • Nov 11, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $512,858,819
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Auro 11.1
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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