The Grinch (DVD)

...on Christmas day. This year the chosen film was 2000's Blockbuster hit 'The Grinch' starring Jim Carrey. Having grossed $340,400,000 worldwide at the Box Office, 'The Grinch' was one of the most successful films of 2000 and it is not hard to see why. I have now viewed this film several times and each and every time I have found the film to be massively magical and hugely enjoyable; a film that well and truly captures the atmosphere and magic of Christmas ...
...1957 Dr. Seuss story 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!', Ron Howard's 'The Grinch' is a live action film which adds background and depth to the original Dr. Seuss story in an attempt to explain as to why the Grinch himself has such a hatred for Christmas. Although the film has these added elements and as such is much longer than the original tale was meant, 'The Grinch' I feel is a strong film and this factor does not detract from the overall quality ...

RazzaLazza 25.12.2007 · Read full review
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...all about? ********************* Based on the world-famous Dr Seuss children's book, How the Grinch stole Christmas tells the story of a little magical town called Whoville which is home to the Who's, an absurdly happy bunch of people. The Who's adore Christmas and are busily getting ready for the holidays when the film opens. What they don't know is the nasty Grinch, who despises Christmas, lives at the top of a mountain just outside Whoville, ...
...But the Grinch hadn't counted on little Cindy Lou Who. Cindy, who is a little bit more reserved about Christmas than other Who's takes it upon herself to try to convince him to join the festivities where the town has reluctantly agreed to present him with an award. Will the Grinch be turned? Will he live happily every after amongst the Who's? Will he learn to love Christmas and the festive celebrations? Or will he reek havoc on the town that humiliated ...

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...Green Ham and Eggs, to the wondrous ‘The Grinch who stole Christmas’, the books enrapture my children, with their fun stories and their weird rhyming. Dr Seuss has the ability to tap into the imagination of children with sometimes silly, but always satisfying stories that abound with fun and frolicking. Imagine my children’s glee when they heard that ‘The Grinch’ had made it to the big screen – imagine the pestering ...
...VHS. The so-called normal school students of Whoville abuse the Grinch, a humanoid figure who just happens to be green and furry. This abuse causes the Grinch to leave town and become a hermit high up in the hills. Through his anger and sadness he decides to hate Christmas. He does have a little interaction with the people, but this is mainly due to collecting and using their trash or disrupting their mail. One particular Christmas ...

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...of us are familiar with The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (written by Dr. Seuss), and Imagine Entertainment have re-hashed the old classic into the critically acclaimed Christmas film: The Grinch. Whoville is just your regular town, inhabited with happy-go-lucky children skipping gaily along, and the occasional frantic moment at the local shops - just like a commercial town. Everyone gets along with everyone else and the innocence of life is personified ...
...time and everyone is in the mood for collecting mistletoe, gathering beside the fire and buying presents for their loved ones. All of this is let down by one small imperfection. Up in Mount Crumpit, there are myths of a monster, The Grinch (Jim Carrey) who detests Christmas, and lives alone with a dog. Those who dare go up there return shaken up, telling of being chased by The Grinch itself, which is highly forbidden, especially in this season. The ...

Desert_Beetle 03.03.2002 · Read full review
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...And I like Dr Seuss, The Cat In The Hat surely being one of the greatest children's book ever...but the idea of sitting through a 2 hour movie based on one of them with Carey playing a green hairy grouch...too painful for words. I hoped I would be wrong. Well, I wasn't. It hurt me, it hurt me lots to watch this movie. I had a few minutes of respite when I fell asleep somewhere around the middle section, only to be woken up by my friend's son asking ...
...or be found out for the liar I was. What could I say? "I haven't had this much fun since my root canal work", "I would rather paint my butt red and run around a bull ring shouting I am Ronald McDonald"..."NO, I AM NOT ENJOYING THIS PIECE OF SH*T!"? Well, I could, but sometimes you have to grin a bare it... It is kind of hard to actuallt find a story behind all the sacharrine coated sickliness with which we are assaulted here. Basically, as far as ...

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...Carrey is somewhere close to the pinnacle of his profession. Starting of in stand-up comedy and television, this 38-year-old actor is now known and loved by millions, who he has wowed with such manic comedies as “Ace Ventura”, “The Mask”, and “Dumb and Dumber”. Old “plasticine puss” has also proved his acting talent in straight roles, with excellent performances in movies such as “The Truman Show” and “Man on the Moon”. Now he’s back on our cinema ...
...audiences on this side of the Atlantic, this in no way makes the movie less enjoyable. There is a simple explanation for this. Simply, “The Grinch” is a marvellous, magical movie. Miss it at your children’s peril. The basic plot is that a Christmas-hating cave dwelling creature called the Grinch decides to upset the chirpy and happy population of nearby Whoville by stealing all of their Christmas presents. Meanwhile, a nosy little girl by the ...

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...to them - but How The Grinch Stole Christmas was never one of my favourites. I went in expecting to not like this movie and omg was I proved right. Its abysmal. Well its ok. No, it is abysmal, I can't pretend otherwise. To ME then, it sucks, but then, maybe I am not its target audience, although my cousins children didn't like it either and they range from 9 to 14. Well anyway, its a Christmas movie from Hollywood which has delighted us with other ...
...at some points. Anyway.... The Grinch tells the tale of a green, hairy, humanoid creature who lives up in the mountains above a town called Whoville. The Whos are a bunch of people who have forgotten the real meaning behind christmas and run about comercialising everything blah blah blah. The Grinch is an old meanie who hates to see people having fun and devises a plan to ruin Christmas by taking away all the presents, decorations etc. How cruel! ...

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This year we received The Grinch as one of our Christmas presents. I wasn’t too sure about this one, I do like Jim Carey, and he was brilliant in The Mask and The Truman Show in particular, but The Grinch? I wasn’t sure at all. The film is narrated in rhyme by Anthony Hopkins and is based on the book by Dr Seuss entitled ‘How the Grinch stole Christmas’. The narration falls in between spoken action by the characters and keeps the viewer abreast ...
...hairy monster known as The Grinch and the face make up and the subsequent facial expressions and movements are reminiscent of The Mask. The main difference being the fact that Mr Carey is never seen in human form and so we miss the real range of facial expressions of which he is capable. Anyway back to the plot as they say. The whole story takes place inside a snowflake – yes I know, but it IS fantasy after all! The action centres on the village ...

SusanLesley 29.12.2001 · Read full review
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...time of year once again, the Cool Yule, good will to all men, and all that jazz. I've never exactly been over enamoured with the commercial dosh fest which Xmas has become this last couple of decades. The spirit has long gone to be replaced by crap TV and a bunch of presents you neither want nor need. In many ways, Mr Big Green and Hairy has got it exactly right ... I HATE CHRISTMAS!! The Grinch who stole Christmas ... bizarre film on a bizarre ...
...A Christmas Carol revisited with the nasty old hermit estranged and rejected but recovering his warmth and humanity(!) ... YEUCHHHHH!!! Don't take it serious, don't take it serious ... SO TOUGH!!! Okay, what's it about? The Grinch is a very unjolly green giant for whom family warmth and happiness are a loathsome thing ... he lives up in the mountain overlooking the land of Whoville peopled by funny looking creatures called Who's ... as a child(!) ...

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The Grinch Didn’t Steal My Christmas… I watched this film with my younger daughter on Christmas Eve and am not sure whether or not it gets my vote as a good film. I always get a bit worried with films that involve green monsters and a little girl…… Anyway back to the film and it of course none other than the person you phone first when you have a crazy person to play, no not me, I meant the one and only Jim Carey…. Now ...
...only because he was in the film that I even took an interest in it.. The last time I took an interest in a green monster was The Incredible Hulk and I was sick of that guy ripping his bloody clothes off all the time..What a waste of good gear… Ok, Ok I am not talking about The Grinch, gods sake just be patient ok, its Sunday so chill out. Anyway the film starts with this little green thing being brought up by human parents and its called Grinch. ...

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I went to see the Grinch purely because I'd actually been on the set of the film and so was intrigued and wanted to see the end result. The director of the film is Ron Howard and although this isn't the usual kind of film you'd expect himto produce, it's still enjoyable and well timed for the Christmas season. It's a film about a small town full of "Who people" and an outcast called "The Grinch" who lives on Mount Crumpit. The Grinch doesn't like ...
...He was also bullied by the other children at his school and so resigned himself to living alone on Mount Crumpit and bearing a grudge on the people of Whoville. The time is nearing Christmas and the Grinch wants to do everything he can to stop all the celebrations. The townspeople of Whoville are scared at the mention of the Grinch as they know he will try and stop Christmas. However, there is one little girl, Cindy Lou, who tries to understand ...

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...will not be familiar with the story of the Grinch, because it is a truely American. The Grinch plays as much of a role in America at Santa Claus does. This film is a blockbuster at the box office. Its currently number one in America and it is well deserved. With Jim Carrey as lead role, the Grinch who stole christmas, the film is NOT to be missed by anyone, whatever age you must be. It is the best children's film I have seen in years and it is hilarious. ...
...an animated series. The story, revolves around a green 'thing', I'm not sure if he is one of the Who people or not. The 'Who people' are a jolly bunch, and they all live in Whoville with wacky houses and they compete seriously over who has the best lights on their house. The time they love most is christmas, and at christmas they focus only around presents, and nothing more. A little girl called Cindy Lou Who tries to show them the real meaning of ...

Laura_lu_uk 04.02.2001 · Read full review
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...tell you that I bought The Grinch on e-bay for a great price of £5.50, including p&p and I have to say its well worth the money. The introduction to the DVD is brilliant as it is a clip from the movie, rather than the usual computer designs or cheap lay outs, which makes it unique among my personal collection. The main menu has all the usual, scene selection, bonus materials and languages. Nothing special there. HOLD ON, I just selected a picture ...
...and 'Music Time'. In the fun and games there is a game called 'rhyme time' where it shows various rhymes from the movie/book and you choose the correct missing words (not very exciting for adults but children would definitely appreciate it). Next in line is a read along called "The Care and Feeding of a Grinch". In this you or your kids can read certain stories from Max's point of view or even get him to read them to you, again i think any child ...

Jonny555 29.11.2005 (17.07.2008) · Read full review
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Over the Christmas holidays I went to watch The Grinch in Pennsylvania with some family. My boyfriend's sister raved about it and quoted it until we thought we better see it just to get her to stop. Initially I viewed the movie with a childish sort of wonder and laughter but after forty five minutes, that wonder began to fade into boredom. By no means is that Jim Carrey's fault, his humor is probably the only thing that helped this movie reach two ...
...knows Dr. Seuss' story and the movie followed the story accurately, pretty much to the letter. Jim Carrey is dressed up as a grouchy grinch who eats glass, sifts through trash, and lives alone atop a mountain above Whoville. Jim's normal slapstick humor seems to dim a little bit toward the end, almost giving the sense that even he grew bored with the plot. Director Ron Howard (Ransom, Apollo 13, Backdraft), gives his usual touch of creativity to ...

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Today it's been announced that The Grich is the most successful film of the year. It was also the day when I saw it. It's not hard to see why it's so huge. It has some stunning visuals, family values and has no violence, swearing etc. The film follows The Grinch (Jim Carrey), a creature who is so bitter about christmas and life that he lives alone on the top of a mountain with only a dog as companion. He despises the perfect little world of Whoville ...
...tries to find out why The Grinch hates christmas so. Naturally The Grich ends up wrecking havoc on the town and spoiling christmas finally actually stealing it until he discovers the true meaning of christmas and changes his ways. Jim Carrey is this film, whenever he's not on screen you lose interest. His performance is wonderfully animated. Rick Bakers make-up is amazing and makes Carrey unrecognisable. The mannersims and vocal talents shine through ...

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