Customer Reviews
Sell out cinema - By: Jazzman, 03 Dec 2007 
The Grinch feels like a movie made for two reasons: to cash in on Christmas. And to cash in on Dr Seuss.
The movie lacks charm. Nothing reallly works within it. Carrey's performance is tolerable, but I think Seuss would be mortified at how they've portrayed his character. The Whos of Whoville are some of the creepiest make-up jobs I've ever seen. Although I'm not surprised they made it screen looking this eerie, since Ron Howard is the director, & I've yet to be impressed by anything he's put on screen.
The one saving grace of this film is some reallly nice portrayals of Christmas-y landscapes. They do a great job of evoking that warmth & wonder of Christmas season.
Aside from that, this is a pretty bad film, & the over-sentimentality is almost nauseatting. Seriously, no movie ever need be this mawkish. I didn't enjoy this film much at alll.
total rubbish! - By: , 31 Oct 2005 
This film was a complete & total disappointment. I was so bored I fell asleep through the majority of the film. The best bit is at the very beginning as the story unfolds but after that ....a wash out! I never want to see this film again!
Pleasantly surprised by its brilliance! - By: hmcni, 31 Dec 2003 
I'm not a fan of Jim Carrey & the fact that he was the star of this movie put me off it. However, hearing good reviews from family I decided to bite the bullet & watch it. I was astounded! Here I was laughing out loud - to a Jim Carrey film! I couldn't believe it!
This is reallly fantastic - a word I thought I would never use in relation to Carrey. The whole film is a treat & will certainly get you in a Christmassy mood & in touch with what is important in life.
Buy it & laugh till the tears run down your cheeks!
See it, see it, see it!! - By: , 27 Dec 2003 ~"The Grinch that stole christmas" was one of my favourite childhood books, & for that reason I was dubious about this movie. I'm a big Jim Carrey fan & alll, but I didn't think a film would capture the essence of the story (The essential Grinch-ness?) or would maybe be to saccharine.
I shouldn't have worried.
The jokes hit the spot every time. There is a bit of adult humour, sure, there is also quite a bit of toilet humour but it works. Believe me, I know. I've watched it at least twice~~ a week since I got it four months ago. There is nothing too disgusting & there are some on the floor laugh-out-loud moments. Carrey is fantastic as the Grinch, turning in an affecting performance & making the watcher care about the character who is, in effect, the bad guy.
Taylor Momsen as Cindy is easily the best choice for this role. Maybe not exactly the Cindy Lou of the book, but she makes the part her own.
The rest of the cast bring substance to the characters the play, even~~ though~~ they don't reallly have a lot of screen time. The eccentric Seuss-ian world is brought to life in a mix of colour, noise (NOISE, NOISE, NOISE, NOISE!), & classic performances.
If you like Carrey, you'll love this. If you don't, give it a try.
Who knows? This film could change your entire outlook.~
Carrey in overdrive (apparently the only gear he has) - By: Mr. O. Buxton, 27 Dec 2003 
Being no fan of Jim Carrey, I expected to thoroughly detest this movie, & I didn't. It was watchable - a mite hypocritical, perhaps, being a (somewhat) buried morality tale about the crass commerciality of Christmas Present (if you'll excuse the pun), but alll the same aimed to cash in on the Christmas cinema market.
Jim Carrey is, despite three inches of latex, fur & green spray paint, distressingly recognisable as Jim Carrey, & hardly recognisable as Dr Suess' Grinch: as hilarious as Jim Carrey usuallly is - if you like Jim Carrey - but not quite as irritating as Jim Carrey can be - if you don't - since the green prosthetics severly inhibit his annoying tendency to gurn.
Other than that, it's a fairly jaunty Christmas Tale, saved from utter unctuousness by a welcome vein of sardonism, but otherwise it should be left at that.
