Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat

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Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat

PG

2003

1h 22m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

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In this live-action film based on the favorite children's tale, the trouble-making Cat in the Hat (Mike Myers) arrives at the home of bored young Sally Walden (Dakota Fanning) and her brother, Conrad (Spencer Breslin), while their mother (Kelly Preston) is out. The family's pet fish (Sean Hayes) objects to the Cat's presence, but that doesn't stop the hat-wearing giant feline from trying to have fun, no matter how much destruction is left in his wake.

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Critics Consensus

Filled with double entendres and potty humor, this Cat falls flat.

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Antonia Quirke

London Evening Standard

Dec 18, 2017

The Cat in the Hat is dog food.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 22, 2010

2/5

Too mature for the kids who are reading the book.

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Nick Schager

Nitrate Online

Dec 1, 2003

The Cat in the Hat isn't so much a movie as an extremely long commercial for Universal's Dr. Seuss-inspired products and tie-ins.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 5, 2024

2/4

...the picture’s downfall is triggered by the inevitable arrival of Myers’ increasingly intolerable figure...

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

Jul 6, 2022

[It's] what wants to be an austere breakdown of suburbia, a Burger King 00s trash pop kidz flick, The Mike Meyers I Do What I Want Variety Hour, a self-aware slapstick of the endearing family film and an actual endearing family film.

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Martin Thomas

Double Toasted

Jan 20, 2021

I went out of my body. Jesus Christ. What was this? I usually enjoy watching bad movies.

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Hat

Apr 21, 2023

absolutely insane, but too long

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Aaron C

@griddster 21 hrs ago

Incredible movie. It is very goofy, but that is why its a fantasy kids movie, and it fits the Dr. Suess cat in the hat way of doing things. Its a very fun movie.

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love H

@horrorfan123 1 day ago

Fricking LOVE THIS FILM

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Brandon L

@tcsm74 2 days ago

genuinely hilarious

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Katti L

@RT77331509 3 days ago

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Declan D

@filmbuffkid 4 days ago

So with the whole situation with Natalie Reynolds getting the haunted cat in the hat costume and the cat in the hat epidemic happening for the past couple of days, I’ve decided to give this film a rewatch because of its popularity and I can’t believe that I was allowed to watch this as a kid and this is made by the same people who made Saving Private Ryan btw. Mike Myers in this film is absolutely crazy and he’s horrific to look at (no wonder why the costumes haunted) and thing 1 and 2 had me curled up in a ball, laughing hysterically and horrified at the same time by looking at them, some of the jokes are outdated, but a lot do give me great laughs, and this film has the feeling of backrooms with the whole vibe of the town, and while this film is kinda crazy, it still manages to have enjoyable moments in the film unlike other films *cough* Regretting you *cough* and the villain is pretty corny and I didn’t like the character, overall, while it’s outdated, it’s still nostalgic. 6.5/10

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Synopsis

In this live-action film based on the favorite children's tale, the trouble-making Cat in the Hat (Mike Myers) arrives at the home of bored young Sally Walden (Dakota Fanning) and her brother, Conrad (Spencer Breslin), while their mother (Kelly Preston) is out. The family's pet fish (Sean Hayes) objects to the Cat's presence, but that doesn't stop the hat-wearing giant feline from trying to have fun, no matter how much destruction is left in his wake.

Director: Bo Welch
Producer: Brian Grazer
Screenwriter: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, Dr. Seuss
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG, Universal Studios Inc., Universal Pictures
Production Co: Imagine Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Universal Pictures, Alphaville Films
Rating: PG (Some Double-Entendres|Mild Crude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.4M
Runtime: 1h 22m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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