How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 17, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
10
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Misfires on nearly every possible level.
30
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
This new feature has replaced the original's benevolence, taste and wit with cynicism, armpit humor and manic, desperately unfunny padding. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The dullest, clunkiest, big-budget fantasy since Steven Spielberg flattened Peter Pan in "Hook."
20
SlateDavid Edelstein
Profoundly unnecessary -- cluttered, padded even at 90 minutes, indifferently narrated by Anthony Hopkins, and consistently misdirected by Ron Howard. Read full review
20
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Shrill, strenuous and entirely without charm, Ron Howard's attempt at a Christmas classic is an elaborately wrapped empty box that will fool many people into buying it but will not greatly please its recipients. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
So clogged with kooky gadgetry and special effects and glitter and goo that watching it feels like being gridlocked at Toys "R" Us during the Christmas rush. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It's not Christmas that's being stolen here. It's the spirit of Dr. Seuss. Read full review
20
SalonStephanie Zacharek
You will not like it on the screen, you will not like it -- not one scene! Read full review
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