The Grinch movie review
Unless your heart is full of unwashed socks, you’ll love the new Grinch
The grumpy Grinch learns about what the real meaning of Christmas is with the help of a little Who from Whoville. While the Who’s down in Whoville prepare their annual Christmas celebration, the Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) is dreading it’s arrival due to his previous unpleasant Christmas experiences. As the celebration plans to get bigger and bigger, the Grinch plans to steal the holiday from Whoville by dressing as Santa Claus and taking everything Christmas away with the help of his loyal dog Max.
The rest of the film involves him planning on enacting his plan and also has as new subplot involving the young Cindy Lou Who (Cameron Seely). The best thing about this film is how faithful the story was to the original book. It does capture the original story and it’s message perfectly and seeing the Grinch prepare his plot to take the holiday led to some funny moments, but it was the subplot with Cindy Lou Who was pretty much the icing of the cake of the film. I really loved this subplot of the movie because it actually legitimately felt heartwarming and I felt that the writing in the scenes with Cindy Lou and her friends was pretty spot on for young kids. The animation once again is good for an Illumination movie.
While everyone has their own personal favorites, I can easily bet that one of those holiday tradition films, that’s easily labeled as a ‘required viewing’ for the festive season is the 1966 Boris Karloff TV special How The Grinch Stole Christmas! That’s the first production that started it all from the cartoons to the live remake with Jim Carrey and of course no one can beat the original but it doesn’t mean they’re bad.
In How The Grinch Stole Christmas released in 2000, the story focuses more on the Grinch (Jim Carrey) and his point of view as to why he’s so bitter with the people from Whoville. It details the Grinch’s past about him being humiliated by the children of Whoville and has a relationship with Martha May Whovier. It wasn’t the best origin, but wasn’t that bad at all. While this movie stayed true to the spirit of the book (despite it’s crude and inappropriate humor but it has a few good jokes) Jim Carrey, although over-the-top, did a perfect job as the Grinch. The rest of the cast did great especially Taylor Momsen as the lovable Cindy Lou-Who.
If you’re a big fan of heartwarming Christmas films then this is the movie to see! The Grinch is a perfect family film that will surely bring some laughs and smiles.
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Isabella Gabriel | Dec 1, 2020 at 9:41 am
Wonderful review! I have not yet seen the new Grinch movie because I fear it won’t be as good as the original movie with Jim Carrey. Your review convinced me to give it a try! Thank you.
Aubrie McPherson | Dec 1, 2020 at 8:10 am
I saw that there was a new remake of the Grinch but I wasn’t going to watch it because I thought it wouldn’t be as good as the others. I will definitely give it a shot now.
Kevin Luz | Jan 9, 2019 at 1:08 pm
The movie was pretty good although the Who’s were kinda creepy and Cindy did not even care about the Grinch only her mom.
Alyssa H | Jan 9, 2019 at 1:07 pm
This was a thorough and good review! It makes me want to see the movie.
Yamiley | Jan 9, 2019 at 1:05 pm
I have always loved kids movies and the original Grinch movie. Now having read this article it makes me want to see this move asap. This is well written and well organized.
Jessica Sterling | Jan 9, 2019 at 12:44 pm
This movie was amazing. The lively animation and Tyler, The Creator featured in some soundtracks of the movie made this movie even better.
Molly Herman | Jan 9, 2019 at 12:37 pm
I love that movie and I agree with everything in this article!
Joshua Worden | Jan 9, 2019 at 12:23 pm
I personally loved this movie, I watched it two days after it came to the amc movie theater it was great. I even cried a little because I get emotional during movies.
Julianne Hogue | Jan 9, 2019 at 12:22 pm
I honestly enjoyed the original better since the funny inappropriate jokes,but this one was quite something alright.
Neysa Roberts | Jan 9, 2019 at 12:11 pm
I will always think the Jim Carrey version is the best, but this one looks interesting.
Abraham Cruz | Jan 9, 2019 at 12:08 pm
This Grinch review was great, I would love to see this movie sometime now that I’ve read this!
Bethany Hodges | Jan 9, 2019 at 11:51 am
This was a very good review, but I believe the Jim Carry version of How The Grinch stole Christmas stole Christmas was way better then 2018 How The Grinch stole Christmas.
Zeny Paulino | Jan 9, 2019 at 11:51 am
I saw this movie when it came out and I loved it but not better than the original.
Jasmine Hupton | Jan 9, 2019 at 11:44 am
I’ve heard a lot about this movie and I wanted to watch it, but this review puts the cherry on top. I can’t wait for it to come out in blue-ray and DVD so I can watch it at home.
Amya | Jan 9, 2019 at 11:40 am
I think the Jim Carrey version was the best and will always be my favorite version. This movie was super cute and funny.
Esiah Moore | Jan 9, 2019 at 8:28 am
The Jim Carrey version of How The Grinch stole Christmas is 100% better than the movie in this review. This is a very well written review though.
Christine Bui | Jan 9, 2019 at 8:24 am
This article is so well-written! I have not watched the new Grinch movie yet but after reading this review, I have the urge to go and watch the movie whenever I can!
George Santos | Jan 9, 2019 at 8:22 am
Definitely will see this movie. A wonderful remake of the original.