Heyhey!!! Here's MY movie review, and if you'd like, send us yours too! We'd love to read them, and we think others would too (just, try to avoid dissing Jim Carrey, eh? I got a soft spot for him...). At the bottom of this page you'll find the The Grinch movie cast list. :)
*Max looks at Grinchi and then towards the secret passage next to the mini-frige, where The Grinch pops from*
WHERE ARE YOU ALL COMING FROM?!?! How do you know about all my trap doors?
*grins* Grinch secret.
Grinchita's Review
The Grinch, in my humble opinion, was spectacular. I know many disagree, I have looked into quite a few “professional” reviews before I even began to write this, and most I read, which I believe would be a ratio of say, 3:5, that Hollywood had destroyed another Classic. But I don’t think so.
Jim Carrey, to start, was the perfect Grinch. I can’t imagine anyone doing any better. Those Grinchy grins, that rotten voice with a bit of a lisp (due to not brushing his teeth for years, I’m sure), his perfectly evil outlook on life. But he also plays The Grinch in such sad moments, which is another thing I’d like to get into. But Jim Carrey (thought he’s no stranger to interesting costumes—The Mask & The Riddler), was only the best. Even those who didn’t like Jim Carrey, had to for this one.
The first hour of The Grinch wasn’t the childhood cartoon we remember. It shows the deeper observations of Who life, just as well as life of the one and only Grinch. The Grinch may be mean and rotten and smelly, his hands may be cold and clammy, but maybe he’s not so bad after all. Deep inside, at the top of Mt. Crumpit, The Grinch lives with his dog Max. But we must remember, that besides Max, The Grinch is very alone. And when he only has himself and Max, life is awful boring and lonely. A few scenes show us the corner of Grinch’s undersized heart that hold the sad childhood memories in which helps show why The Grinch is The Grinch (I call it an alternate moral).
The Whos seem like bright and cheery people, and they much are—pure Seussian characters, who look quite a bit like People of the Rats. But Cindy Lou Who sees what no else does—or more, she sees something is missing. To Cindy Lou, Whoville has become to concerned with the gifts of Christmas, and is curious of why no one likes The Grinch—and that is because Grinch is not a Who, but a what. But there must be something more to Christmas and The Grinch, and that is what she is determined to discover through the whole film.
Every about the scenery and settings come straight from the illustrations of the ingenius Dr. Seuss. The twists and turns and nonsense all come together to a place we can barely dream of with out a little help. Author of “Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham” always creates amazing places that you can only explore in a book. If only he was here to see this.
All together, with the scenery, costuming, character portrayal (and Jim Carrey, of course), The Grinch is a movie for anyone. The humor is for just about anyone, and it eventually gets its point across from the original: Christmas is not about the presents. It’s about being with the ones you love. Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes long, and jam-packed with humor and mental pictures you’ll be enjoying for years to come.
