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Metascore
19 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 37 Critics What's this?

User Score
2.5 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 118 Ratings

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  • Starring: Dakota Fanning, Mike Myers, Spencer Breslin
  • Summary: Mike Myers stars in the title role of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat, a film adaptation of the beloved literary classic. (Universal Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 37
  3. Negative: 27 out of 37
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    70
    So good it breaks your heart for not being better. It is kept from brilliance by a soggy climax and a clumsy central narrative device.
  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    58
    Myers' Cat, with a voice that crosses Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion with Mel Blanc's Bugs Bunny, is generally fun, possessed of an anarchic playfulness that balances his sometimes bawdy tendencies.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Mark Caro
    38
    Although a literal movie adaptation of Seuss' 1957 classic "The Cat in the Hat" might have run 20 minutes, is it too much to ask that the filmed material preserve the author's sensibility?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 93
  3. Negative: 71 out of 93
  1. KarenS
    10
    This movie was great...You people need to lighten up....my kids 7, 11, 13 all enjoyed it. If your young children even got any of the adult humor....then you had already exposed them prior. This movie was mild compared to what your kids see on the Disney Channel Videos....or hear on the radio. I Welcome a Cat in the Hat 2.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. TheQuietGamer
    3
    This may seem like a kids movie but I was surprised with the amount of mature humor in the movie, and the story is stupid, and the characters are terrible, this is a movie you want to avoid.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  3. JakeH
    2
    this movie was full of mature themes and it wa creepy! If they want to make a film wwith a talking cat, use animation!
    • 1 of 3 users said yes

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