Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

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Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

PG

2018

1h 26m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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The Grinch and his loyal dog, Max, live a solitary existence inside a cave on Mount Crumpet. His main source of aggravation comes during Christmastime when his neighbors in Whoville celebrate the holidays with a bang. When the Whos decide to make Christmas bigger and brighter, the disgruntled Grinch realizes there is one way to gain peace and quiet. With help from Max, the green grump hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus, steal Christmas and silence the Whos' holiday cheer once and for all.

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Critics Consensus

The Grinch gives the classic Seuss source material a brightly animated update that's solidly suitable for younger viewers without adding substantially to the story's legacy.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

Feb 7, 2019

2.5/5

The Grinch is bright and colorful, but the narrative feels a bit off from the anti-consumerist message that Dr. Seuss may have originally intended.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Nov 27, 2018

3/5

[The Grinch] is excessively well-meaning and very tame. No doubt it will please those who will always love the story, no matter what shape it takes, but you have to be a fan.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

Nov 26, 2018

3.5/5

Cumberbatch... does not let us down.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Nov 25, 2025

3/4

...familiar territory that is, for the most part, employed to entertaining and impressively memorable effect by Mosier and Cheney...

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Dec 10, 2024

6/10

Overall The Grinch suffers the curse experienced by many films, in that it is good and entertaining but ultimately only ‘good enough‘ or ‘reasonably entertaining’. Jokes land generally well, but softly.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Jul 14, 2024

2/5

Pandering to audiences with modern songs and obvious punchlines galore Don’t they know that these are tricks people will come to abhor?

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Kaleb

Dec 7, 2025

Whoever thought the grinch was butt can go shove it, illumination did excellent work on this movie. I watched it many times on tv, but this was the first time watching this movie in theaters.

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Rafaele

Apr 25, 2025

Awesome it’s a must see movie

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Michele

Dec 23, 2023

Great animation, great voices! Timeless Dr. Seuss tale with a slightly nicer Grinch (he's nice to his dog) and some updated music! Recommend! A great holiday film.

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Andrea E

Dec 10, 2023

This movie was so beautiful. I saw it when it first came out and loved it then. My 4 yr old has been watching it on Amazon almost everyday, so I decided to take her to see it in the theater and it’s the second movie she’s ever stayed the entire duration of without asking to go home. It’s so good!

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Angela

Dec 4, 2023

Fun movie to bring back for Christmas

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Devin H

Dec 27, 2022

Just another Grinch movie one of which we had enough already in my opinion. hit or miss the kids might like it go and pick your favorite Grinch or watch them all, it's just that another Christmas Grinch movie with okay casting.

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Synopsis

The Grinch and his loyal dog, Max, live a solitary existence inside a cave on Mount Crumpet. His main source of aggravation comes during Christmastime when his neighbors in Whoville celebrate the holidays with a bang. When the Whos decide to make Christmas bigger and brighter, the disgruntled Grinch realizes there is one way to gain peace and quiet. With help from Max, the green grump hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus, steal Christmas and silence the Whos' holiday cheer once and for all.

Director: Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney
Producer: Janet Healy, Christopher Meledandri
Screenwriter: Michael LeSieur, Tommy Swerdlow
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment
Rating: PG (Brief Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 9, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 22, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $270.9M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Dolby Atmos, Dolby
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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