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MEANINGFUL
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“this version of the Grinch scared the crap out of me when I was a kid!”
Peter89Spencer · TMDB reviews ↗
“a narrative rhythm that felt far too stagnant, dragging through a pathetic cycle of loud, garish set designs and screechy humor”
famfacat · Metacritic ↗
“the first hour is almost completely unnecessary”
Glic2003 · Metacritic ↗
“I lost a bit of interest around the middle”
rwncop · Metacritic ↗
“the ending really pays off and is my favourite part of the film”
rwncop · Metacritic ↗
“the rest of the movie is sickly sweet and bloated (this concept just wasn't meant for feature length)”
DanBurrito · Metacritic ↗
Read 25 Aug 2026 · confidence 50% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“With Carrey hitting a career peak, this Grinch doesn't steal Christmas; it restores the season by helping energize us enough to make it through the whole thing.”
Jay Carr, Boston Globe · 100
“He's (Carrey) a marvelous Grinch in this spirited, bustling and mostly faithful spin on Seuss.”
Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer · 91
“Deliriously inventive.”
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News · 88
“Carrey is an actor possessed. He's brilliant.”
Robert Horton, Film.com · 80
“Carrey is excellent, making the most of his comic gifts even in a cumbersome Grinch outfit, and the eye-spinning color scheme is dazzling to behold.”
David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor · 75
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 25 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it plays better than it reviews — critics 48, the watch 62
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“I watch it nearly every year. It does has some issues. But I still think it's a pretty good film. Taylor Momsen was such a good choice for Cindy Lou Who. Christine Baranski was not only good in this film. But she was an absolute smokeshow. Jeffrey Tambor doesn't get enough credit for playing the egotistical mayor. It does such a great job of making u hate him.”
TheCosmicFailure▲ 9read it ↗
“I thought the movie was hilarious when it first came out and I still do. I can see why people don't like it for not being that faithful to the original. But I think it's a pretty fun modern adaption of the story which is pretty tough to do. I love the original cartoon and this for different reason. Jimmy Carrey was on a crazy run back then and he could single handedly make a movie. Wild times”
jamesneysmith▲ 4read it ↗
“I think the argument for comparing it to the original is a little silly. It's a short children's book that was adapted into a 30 minute cartoon. There's not that much material there... Grinch is grumpy about Christmas. Steals everything. Learns the meaning of Christmas. Gives it back. That's it... That premise was stretched out to a feature length film. All points were hit and it managed to be a thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable film. Its silly to compare faithfulness to the original in my”
TheNameIsWiggles▲ 2read it ↗
“It’s a great movie. I distrust anyone who dislikes it. Especially those who cry it isn’t like the original. The original was boring as hell when I was younger. this movie brought the Grinch back into the world.”
Thelostsoulinkorea▲ 2read it ↗
“a narrative rhythm that felt far too stagnant, dragging through a pathetic cycle of loud, garish set designs and screechy humor”
famfacatabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“the first hour is almost completely unnecessary”
Glic2003about 0–33% inread it ↗
“I lost a bit of interest around the middle”
rwncopabout 33–66% inread it ↗
“the ending really pays off and is my favourite part of the film”
rwncopabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“this version of the Grinch scared the crap out of me when I was a kid!”
Peter89Spencerabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Really good watch, will eventually watch again, and can recommend, but less so for younger audiences. I never remembered all the weird adult humor in this, it is usually just the charming grinchiness of Jim Carey's overacting that sticks with me, and maybe the Christmas spirit of Mary Lou Who. The movie manages to ride this wonderfully line between keeping the spirit of the book (even rhyming at times) and being new and refreshing, but it does do that by playing to the adults that would ha”
Kamurairead it ↗
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