DVD Movie Rating for: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Rejected by the Who's as a child and living in spiteful seculsion for most of his life, the Grinch has always hated the citizens of Whoville. That especially goes for Christmas with the Who's noise, phony sentiment and wasteful materialism. When little Cindy Lou Who's attempt to transcend the festivities' empty commercialism by inviting the Grinch ends with his public humiliation, the Grinch hatches upon on his supreme scheme to ruin the holidays.

DVD Production Details of: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Starring: Jim Carrey

Director: Ron Howard

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Release Date: November 20, 2001
DVD Features:
Production notes

Spotlight on location

Deleted scenes

Outtakes

Whoville section (includes Who School, Jim Carrey make up application, set decorations visual effects)

Faith Hill music video

Sing-Along songs

Read-Along songs

DVD ROM: "Add a Grinch to your own photograph, screen savers games, recipes

Widescreen anamorphic format

DVD Easter Eggs

2002 E.T. Trailer - During the very first sequence that appears when the DVD starts (Before the DVD Menu appears) Press the DVD Menu button on the remote and the trailer will play.

Cast of the movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

• Jim Carrey .... Grinch
• Taylor Momsen .... Cindy Lou Who
• Jeffrey Tambor .... Mayor Augustus Maywho
• Christine Baranski .... Martha May Whovier
• Bill Irwin .... Lou Lou Who
• Molly Shannon .... Betty Lou Who
• Clint Howard .... Whobris
• Josh Ryan Evans .... 8-Year Old Grinch
• Mindy Sterling .... Clarnella
• Rachel Winfree .... Rose
• Rance Howard .... Elderly Timekeeper
• Jeremy Howard .... Drew Lou Who
• Frankie Ray .... Who
• T.J. Thyne .... Stu Lou Who
• Lacey Kohl .... Christina Whoterberry

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Reviews of the movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Under a thick carpet of green-dyed yak fur and wonderfully expressive Rick Baker makeup, Jim Carrey is up to all of his old tricks (and some nifty new ones) in this live-action movie of Dr. Seuss's holiday classic. He commands the title role with equal parts madness, mayhem, pathos, and improvisational genius, channeling Grinchness through his own screen persona so smoothly that fans of both Carrey and Dr. Seuss will be thoroughly satisfied. Adding to the fun is a perfectly pitched back-story sequence (accompanied by Anthony Hopkins's narration) that explains how the Grinch came to hate Christmas, with a heart "two sizes too small." Ron Howard proves a fine choice for the director's chair with a keen balance of comedy, sentiment, and light-hearted Seussian whimsy. Production designer Michael Corenblith gloriously realizes the wackiness of Whoville architecture, and his rendition of the Grinch's Mt. Crumpit lair is a marvel of cartoonish, subterranean grime. Then there's Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen), the thoughtful imp who rallies her village to recapture the pure spirit of Christmas and melts the gift-stealing Grinch's cold, cold heart. You've even got a dog (the Grinch's good-natured mongrel, Max) who's been perfectly cast, so what's not to like about this dazzling yuletide movie? The production gets a bit overwhelmed by its own ambition, and the citizens of Whoville (including Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, and Bill Irwin) pale in comparison to Carrey's inspired lunacy, but who cares? If a movie can unleash Jim Carrey at his finest, revamp the Grinch story, and still pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. Seuss, you can bet it qualifies as rousing entertainment. (Ages 5 and older.)

A fun and psychological look at Dr. Seuss' infamous character
Dr. Seuss' infamous character (as famous as any Seuss character besides Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham) no comes to the big screen. And I couldn't be happier. Especially because not only does the film team up to great film people- Actor Jim Carrey and producer/director Ron Howard, the makeup effects in this film is the best I've seen in years. It is simply amazing craftwork done on Jim Carrey as he is enveloped in the Grinch caharcter, and even though you can't see him exactly, his personality, voice and soul is shining through at all times.

What also attracted me to the movie is that it takes a look at The Grinch in a way that you understand his phsyche. If you were to read the book or watch the 1966 TV cartoon (which was also fun), all you would see is the basics (and or the third act of this film). But in most of the film, we see how the grinch has been transformed into an antihero and how he may be mad outside, but inside, he has a heart (even if it's 2 sizes to small).

But the seriousness beside, this film is pure fun. It's consistantly funny as we look at Carrey use his grinch to make the audience yuckle up. And it works. A true family film (kids, adults and teens will range from being amused to being convulsed in laughter), this is the film of the season, that is unless Unbreakable passes it. One of Howard and Carrey's best. A winner in visual quality. A