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Summary The Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for company. With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Who-ville when he runs out of food. Each year at Christmas they disrupt his tranquil solitude ...

Directed By: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier

Written By: Michael LeSieur, Tommy Swerdlow, Dr. Seuss

The Grinch

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
51
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 231 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary The Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for company. With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Who-ville when he runs out of food. Each year at Christmas they disrupt his tranquil solitude ...

Directed By: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier

Written By: Michael LeSieur, Tommy Swerdlow, Dr. Seuss

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
51
38% Positive
12 Reviews
44% Mixed
14 Reviews
19% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
51
38% Positive
12 Reviews
44% Mixed
14 Reviews
19% Negative
6 Reviews

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Nov 19, 2018
83
Kids could still watch the peerless 1966 original, though their blooming little cortexes will probably respond to the shiny-bright novelty here — and be newly spellbound by a tale almost as old as color television, but still evergreen.
By Leah Greenblatt FULL REVIEW
Nov 8, 2018
75
With its charming character animation and inventive art direction, The Grinch is a vast improvement over Ron Howard’s live-action adaptation of the same story.
By Pat Padua FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 231 User Ratings
6.2
47% Positive
108 Ratings
40% Mixed
92 Ratings
13% Negative
31 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 231 User Ratings
6.2
47% Positive
108 Ratings
40% Mixed
92 Ratings
13% Negative
31 Ratings

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Nov 28, 2024
10
Ironluck
Helped me through my knee surgery. Despite feeling weird the day before watching this film got me through it
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Dec 26, 2021
10
KelvinSelimor
The Grinch. He's trying to steal Christmas again. Very nice and kind Christmas cartoon. Perhaps this version of the Grinch will seem too kind to many, but this does not spoil the impression at all.
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Nov 8, 2018
63
Beautiful to look at, and diverting enough. The material written to fill out the story is entertaining, but it doesn't resonate. You can't top what Seuss wrote.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
Nov 7, 2018
50
The result is a reworking that feels both unnecessary and uninspired, even if it’s too genial and visually captivating to be flat-out off-putting.
By Tom Russo FULL REVIEW
Nov 7, 2018
42
Bad as this movie can be, there are far worse things in our world than a story about the value of love and kindness, and the joy of sharing those things with those who may never have known them before (kudos to Cumberbatch, who sells the climactic transformation).
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
Nov 20, 2018
38
In this new, totally unnecessary version of Dr. Seuss’ holiday favorite, the mean one (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) isn’t all that scary or cruel.
By Johnny Oleksinski FULL REVIEW
Nov 8, 2018
25
The film’s vision of Christmas is so insipid and lifeless, it’s hard to see why the Grinch would even bother to steal it.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW
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May 14, 2021
10
YippiSkippi
Anyone giving this a bad score is an anime fan and therefore has an invalid opinion.
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Dec 18, 2022
6
Sosmooth1982
Wasn't as good as the one with Jim Carey. It was still pretty funny. You can do a lot more with animation. I prefer the real thing though.
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Apr 14, 2019
6
Tomtag
There was good animation but the story was not as good as I was expecting. There was too much fun and I didn't find it funny
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Dec 13, 2018
3
DangerCrusader
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Dec 26, 2020
2
striga
The narrator was so poor; there must be a million actors who could have read a children's book better than that. Out of place hiphop; inconsistent character actions with the Grinch and, finally, thinking a screaming goat would be funny half a dozen times. On the plus side, the animation was top-drawer; the animation team can be proud of itself at least.
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Production Company
  • Universal Pictures
  • Illumination Entertainment
  • Dr. Seuss Enterprises
Release Date Nov 9, 2018
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Stealing Christmas 2018.
Website https://www.grinchmovie.com/
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Awards

Visual Effects Society Awards
• 4 Nominations
Annie Awards
• 3 Nominations
MovieGuide Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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