How the Grinch stole Christmas

year; 2000

actors

Jim Carrey (the Grinch); known for a lot of things!

Taylor Momsen (Cindy Lou); was in a bunch of episodes of Gossip Girl

Jeffery Tambor (Mayor); known for his recent work in Transparent and Arrested Development

Christine Baranski (Martha May); has been in many a things, Into the Woods, couple episodes of The Big Bang Theory and The Good Wife

Molly Shannon (Betty Lou); best known for Superstar, Never been Kissed and Scary Movie

Kelley (Max the dog)

Random actor that I adore but who doesn't really have a huge role is;

T.J. Thyne(Stu Lou); Best known from Bones and also from small bits like this one and in Charmed(was supposed to be a white lighter but got attacked) as well as friends (really young doctor when Phoebe is having the triplets)

Synopsis;

The Who's of Whoville LOVE Christmas! Except one, a green who that does not like Christmas at all. After being humiliated again he sets out to ruin all of their Christmas'!

Rotten Tomatoes score; 52%

the audience rating; 55%

My Rating and review;

10/10 would recommend!

Holiday Cheese; 🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀

Family Cheese:🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀

we don't actually really see any reindeer but Rudolph is mentioned by Carrey!

Oh boy! All the things that I love about the holidays are all wrapped up in this 1 hour and 44 minute film! I work retail so the beginning of December gets me into quite the Grinchy mood. People are only JUST starting their Christmas shopping and they are in either really nice moods or are in a rude mood just because the mall is slightly busy and inconvenient for THEM to do their shopping... but once we get closer to Christmas I start to really enjoy this time of year, the snow, the lights and all the family that is around for the holiday!

Christmas time in retail starts off all greedy and demanding but then you step back and actually take a look at the bigger picture and all of a sudden all the stress melts away and you can actually start enjoying everything!

Thats exactly the emotional rollercoaster this film brings out in such a short amount of time. The Who's are all really busy getting their presents, shipping them and being all worried that it is getting soooo close to Christmas all ready! The Grinch may seem crabby but he's the only one that sees that these people be crazy! Its not like he hates Christmas specifically really, he just hates all the Who's that made fun of him one Christmas.

The mayor is a snob and I love how no one really cares that he spent their tax money on a car for Martha May who probably doesnt really need a car in their town because ya know everyone looks to be in a 5 mile radius of downtown.... plus that diamond ring! where the heck did he get that from!?

Cindy Lou is about the cutest child you will ever meet! Questions her family and the towns greedy and selfishness around the holidays but still respects everyone! I think most kids should watch this movie just to see how adorable they can be!

so the only reason I mention T.J Thyne is because i absolutely adore this man! He was amazing to watch in Bones and I actually met him at the Edmonton Comic Expo this year! he was so humble and it makes me smile everytime I catch him in a movie..

Fun facts about this film

Jim Carrey does sing a few lines in Mr. Grinch

I thought I had read somewhere that Christine Baranski didnt get any prosthetics done on her nose to create the who nose... can not find my source anymore!

thanks for reading!

xoxo The Geek