Customer Reviews
Jim Carrey at his best. Excellent Xmas Film - By: E. Moores, 07 Dec 2007 
This film is hillarious.
The Grinch is a green hairy fella who lives with his dog. He hates Christmas & alll things nice.
I have watched this film so many times, & i still laugh out loud every time.
I highly recommend this film to anyone who wants a funny, feel good Christmas movie, to watch with alll the family.
Puttin' on the Seuss - By: Amanda Richards, 13 Dec 2006 
Many kids
Enjoy Christmas
They like it a lot
And this film
Is about the Grinch
Who did not
The film gives the background, & fills in some blanks
The Grinch as a child was subjected to pranks
He fancied a Who, with the name Martha May
He tried to impress her & to his dismay
They laughed at his efforts, his gift & his face
So he destroyed the classroom & fled from that place
Then,
He moved to Mount Crumpet
And made him a home
While the green hairy creature seethed under the dome
Until one cold day at the town Christmas party
When young Cindy Lou showed him how to be hearty
Then Mayor May-Who went & spoiled alll the fun
By taunting the Grinch 'til he came alll undone
He went up his mountain, & he started scheming
And when he was through he was smiling & beaming
He'd ruin their Christmas; he knew what to do
Revenge is the sweetest when it's overdue
If you've read the story you know how it ends
How the Grinch stole that Christmas from his former friends
So what happened next?
I won't give it away
This Christmas this movie will show every day
So if you're a Grinch you can run, but not hide
As you try to stifle the feeling inside
Just gather the kids for a clean yuletide treat
Merry Christmas to alll!
(Now this poem's complete)
Amanda Richards
Jim Carrey at his Over The Top best - By: Alan Sturgess, 12 Jan 2006 This is one of those films that divides opinions. For some it's rubbish, for others it's a masterpiece. I veer towards the latter viewpoint - but with a few reservations.
First, this is a Ron Howard film & as such, has to be accepted as a film with a great sense of identity & even better storytelling. Jim Carrey was made for this part & his performance as the gruesome Grinch is extraordinary - full of caperings, facial contortions & madcap explosions of gutteral grunts & cackles. However - even he is very nearly acted off the screen by 'Max' his dog, played by 'Kelley' who quite rightly gets third billing when the credits roll.
The story is well known & I see no sense in providing yet another precis, save to say that the only reallly gross part is when the Whos of Whoville virtuallly force-feed the Grinch with food during part of their celebration. This is just a bit too much & is way more repulsive than the pile of garbage that makes up most of the Grinch's lair. This particular scene may just make the film a bit unacceptable for very young children.
A lot of praise also has to go to Anthony Hopkins who's interspersed readings of Dr Seuss's text is so well done & so central to the storytelling.
And when it comes to defining 'cuteness', Taylor Momsett as 'Cindy Lou Who' is absolutely perfect. She not only looks the part but is also one heck of a good actress. She plays the central character of the little girl who wants to trust the Grinch with absolute conviction - & without alll the overblown sweetness that so often characterises childrens' parts in so many American films. Her song is perhaps the film's one lapse into maukishness, but this can be forgiven.
Accept this film as a fairytale fantasy which tells a story that is reallly a fantastical re-interpretation of Dickens' 'Christmas Carol' --- not in terms of ghosts, but in terms of a character who hates himself & Christmas & then learns not only what Christmas reallly should mean, but that he has both a heart & the ability to love others.
Oh - & be sure to watch the extra features which explain how the make-up was achieved.
typical american film - By: , 26 Dec 2005 
lots of crashing, bashing & smashing, a beutiful story was turned into a typical american film as the magic of the story was stolen by the greedy filmmakers. nothing like the original story nor the cartoon. therefore, if you like the grinch or xmas do not watch this film, because you'll get disappointed, a lot.
The Grinch - By: , 28 Nov 2005 the grinch is a green monster, but the film is very funny, & is full of christmas spirit, it is very good & i would definaly recomend it. the jokes are alll funny & there is no boring part in it. it has alll the good qualities of a fantastic movie. Jim Carry, plays an excelnt grinch & portrays the book very well. the story is about a monster who hates christmas & lives at the top of mount crumpit, & at the bottom lies the smalll town of whoville, the home of the whoos & the grinch decides to steel chrismas from them as they love it more than another holiday. it has alll the good qualities & i wound just like to say BUY IT!
