How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
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The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
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... Cindy Lou Who
... Mayor Augustus Maywho
... Martha May Whovier
... Lou Lou Who
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Really good watch, will eventually watch again, and can recommend, but less so for younger audiences.
I never remembered all the weird adult humor in this, it is usually just the charming grinchiness of Jim Carey's overacting that sticks with me, and maybe the Christmas spirit of Mary Lou Who.
The movie manages to ride this wonderfully line between keeping the spirit of the book (even rhyming at times) and being new and refreshing, but it does do that by playing to the adults that would have read the book as a child rather than endearing a new generation of children, but I think they intended to try to do both.
Jim Carey embodies the Grinch like no one else possibly could (I think Mike Myers proved that in "The Cat in the Hat"), and that is the majority of this so if you don't enjoy him, then you won't enjoy this movie. I do think they added some refreshing character interactions, though some of the execution is much better than others.
While it is far from a perfect movie, my biggest gripe is their stupid noses: it seriously bothers me the entire movie. It bothers me more than them dressing the Grinch, which points out that he is naked a LOT with his "co lead" being a young girl: you can see it just distracts from the spirit of the movie.
I don't think that everyone is going to love this movie, but it's hard to imagine that people will hate it.
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Release Date:
2000-11-17
Run Time:
105 min
MMPA Rating:
PG
Reviews of
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Really good watch, will eventually watch again, and can recommend, but less so for younger audiences.
I never remembered all the weird adult humor in this, it is usually just the charming grinchiness of Jim Carey's overacting that sticks with me, and maybe the Christmas spirit of Mary Lou Who.
The movie manages to ride this wonderfully line between keeping the spirit of the book (even rhyming at times) and being new and refreshing, but it does do that by playing to the adults that would have read the book as a child rather than endearing a new generation of children, but I think they intended to try to do both.
Jim Carey embodies the Grinch like no one else possibly could (I think Mike Myers proved that in "The Cat in the Hat"), and that is the majority of this so if you don't enjoy him, then you won't enjoy this movie. I do think they added some refreshing character interactions, though some of the execution is much better than others.
While it is far from a perfect movie, my biggest gripe is their stupid noses: it seriously bothers me the entire movie. It bothers me more than them dressing the Grinch, which points out that he is naked a LOT with his "co lead" being a young girl: you can see it just distracts from the spirit of the movie.
I don't think that everyone is going to love this movie, but it's hard to imagine that people will hate it.
Really good watch, will eventually watch again, and can recommend, but less so for younger audiences.
I never remembered all the weird adult humor in this, it is usually just the charming grinchiness of Jim Carey's overacting that sticks with me, and maybe the Christmas spirit of Mary Lou Who.
The movie manages to ride this wonderfully line between keeping the spirit of the book (even rhyming at times) and being new and refreshing, but it does do that by playing to the adults that would have read the book as a child rather than endearing a new generation of children, but I think they intended to try to do both.
Jim Carey embodies the Grinch like no one else possibly could (I think Mike Myers proved that in "The Cat in the Hat"), and that is the majority of this so if you don't enjoy him, then you won't enjoy this movie. I do think they added some refreshing character interactions, though some of the execution is much better than others.
While it is far from a perfect movie, my biggest gripe is their stupid noses: it seriously bothers me the entire movie. It bothers me more than them dressing the Grinch, which points out that he is naked a LOT with his "co lead" being a young girl: you can see it just distracts from the spirit of the movie.
I don't think that everyone is going to love this movie, but it's hard to imagine that people will hate it.
I'm not gonna lie, this version of the Grinch scared the crap out of me when I was a kid!
But as I got older I started to get use to it.
The trick was to just listen to the whole thing without looking at it and gradually (each year take a peak).
At first I didn't like this movie. It's one of my daughters favorites tho. So she would always want to watch a lot around Christmas time. Now I don't mind it and it's like a Christmas tradition for us now to watch this movie.
This is my favorite version and has been my favorite since I was a small child.
**A movie about Christmas, and about the way we face it.**
For starters, I must clarify that I have never seen any other material about Grinch, much less the original book where this character was created. I will judge this movie for what it is, without weaves comparisons. He is not my Christmas favorite, never was, I even think it is a little scary for smaller children, given the mischiefs and attitude of Grinch. But it has a good story, good dialogues and other qualities.
What is Christmas? Many will say that's the family or children's party. I accept, but in fact, it is the symbolic date that the Catholic Church marks the birth of Jesus. No one knows when Jesus was born, but the Church chose the date for convenience, coinciding the feast with an older pagan celebration, Saturnalia. For centuries, Christmas was just a festive day when Catholics confessed themselves, listened to Mass and ate fish (the consumption of meat and candy is forbidden on holy days, even though the elites did, by paying cash indulgences... in my country it's still tradition to eat codfish in Christmas Eve). The "invention" of modern Christmas happened in the late nineteenth century, with capitalism, and the creation of toy industries and food industries that allowed the middle classes a more interesting supper and the gift for children, offered to them by Baby Jesus and, later, for the invented character of Father Natal (in Spain, this exchange of gifts is only made on the day of kings in January, what I think makes full sense). This is how, in England, Germany and the US, Christmas became more commercial, more focused on consuming, gift distribution and conviviality, and the religious aspect was putted in the background.
This movie, released in the 1980s, shows us an evil character who learned to see Christmas as futile due to this obsession with toys, gifts and food. He does not know how to express this in the best way, he's unaware that behind this is a greater meaning, but what Grinch rejects is precisely this "commercial Christmas." And I couldn't agree more with him… So, through his mischiefs, Grinch will help people to rediscover the meaning of Christmas, even if this is not his real purpose. This is the beauty of this story, for me: Grinch will help the Whoos while they will help him to understand that Christmas is more than gifts or food.
Directed by Ron Howard, a director whose credits do not require presentations, the film is very well done and was a gigantic box office hit and critical success. It became a Christmas classic, although today it is not so popular. With no dead moments, it has an excellent pace, it does not lengthen too much, it is not tiring, and the script does what it needs, although with various flaws and several jokes that are not working. I liked, in particular, the narrator's interventions and rhymes, something that reinforces the idea that this is a children's story. Cinematography is amazing, with vibrant and flashy colors, and the soundtrack, not being memorable, has good qualities.
Jim Carrey did very well in accepting the difficult task of bringing Grinch to life. I can only imagine how boring it was for him to be subject to that make-up routine every day, but it was totally worth the time and sacrifice: he's unrecognizable and absolutely credible and authentic under that thing, and has a natural gift to model the voice as he wants and suits to the character. Sir Anthony Hopkins also deserves praise for his participation, having lent his voice to the narrator. The rest does a positive job, but merely supports Carrey in its task of building the movie around it.
Cast & Crew of
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Cast
... Grinch
... Cindy Lou Who
... Mayor Augustus Maywho
... Martha May Whovier
... Lou Lou Who
... Betty Lou Who
... Whobris
... 8-Year-Old Grinch
... Clarnella
... Surprised Who
... Christina Whoterberry
... Rose
... Elderly Timekeeper
... Drew Lou Who
... Stu Lou Who
... Junie
... Officer Wholihan
... Customer
... Biker Who
... Miss Rue Who
... Crazy Mose
... Post Office Clerk
... Sophie
... Who Boy
... 8-Year-Old Augustus Maywho
... Who Schoolgirl
... 8-Year-Old Martha May Whovier
... 8-Year-Old Whobris
... Shopper
... Shopper
... Shopper
... Shopper
... Shopper
... Shopper
... Tree Trimmer
... Yodeler
... Clerk
... Band Member
... Cook
... Little Choir Member
... Tiny Who Woman
... Tiny Who Man
... Near Miss Who
... Pudding Chef
... Puppeteer
... Puppeteer
... Puppeteer
... Puppeteer
... Puppeteer
... Balloon Who
... Max the Dog (voice)
... Narrator (voice)
Crew
... Director of Photography
... Executive Producer
... Makeup Artist
... Screenplay
... Editor
... Director
... Screenplay
... Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Producer
... Editor
... Compositors
... Conceptual Design
... Storyboard Artist
... Stunt Double
... Makeup Artist
... Special Effects Coordinator
... Visual Effects Producer
... Makeup Artist
... Second Unit Director
... Visual Effects Producer
... Foley Editor
... First Assistant Director
... Costume Supervisor
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Book
... Art Direction
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Music Editor
... Casting Director
... Music Supervisor
... Key Hair Stylist
... Unit Production Manager
... Sound Effects Editor
... Key Grip
... Visual Effects Producer
... Casting Director
... Makeup Department Head
... Stunt Coordinator
... Sound Effects Editor
... Sound Effects Editor
... Associate Producer
... Second Assistant Director
... Supervising Art Director
... Location Manager
... VFX Editor
... Music Editor
... Production Sound Mixer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Music Editor
... Script Supervisor
... Hairstylist
... Compositing Artist
... Studio Teacher
... Stunts
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Costume Design
... Makeup Effects Designer
... Production Design
... Set Decoration
... Key Hair Stylist
... Makeup Artist
... Compositing Artist
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Still Photographer
... Compositing Artist
... Digital Effects Supervisor
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