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Genres:
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Comedy /
Family /
Fantasy
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Release:
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Director:
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Ron Howard
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Actors:
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Rachel Winfree,
Jim Carrey,
Taylor Momsen,
Jeffrey Tambor,
Christine Baranski,
Bill Irwin,
Molly Shannon,
Clint Howard,
Josh Ryan Evans,
Mindy Sterling,
Rance Howard,
Jeremy Howard,
T.J. Thyne,
Lacey Kohl,
Nadja Pionilla
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Duration:
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105 min.
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Rating:
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(5.6/10)59.5
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Plot Summary:
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Based on the book not later than the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who's, an almost mutated mould of munchkinlike people. All the Who's love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a shallow offspring, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is one overstuffed movie, but it's by no means a turkey. Yes, it's odd to see a $100-million-plus extravaganza that mocks materialism and extols simplicity. Yes, the film's frenetic attempts to create a full-length feature film out of a slender, albeit beloved, children's book can be exhausting. Finally, however, the lively and amiable spirit of the endeavor converts our inner curmudgeon just as the spirit of Christmas eventually overpowered that larcenous Grinch.
A major holiday presence since it was published in 1957, so popular it's even sold 24,000 copies in Latin (under the title Quomodo Invividosulus nomine Grinchus Christi natalem abrogaverit), Grinch has also been successful as a 1966 Boris Karloff-narrated Chuck Jones ...
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