Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Book vs. Movie
Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) adapts Dr. Seuss's book, with Jim Carrey as the Grinch and Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who. Her attempt to welcome him into Whoville's celebrations runs into his longstanding resentment of the town.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Year
- 1957
- Pages
- 64Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 12 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Walter Matthau
High above Who-ville, the Grinch dreads the noise and celebration of Christmas morning. Convinced he can stop the holiday by taking away everything the Whos have prepared, he disguises himself as Santa Claus and recruits his dog, Max, for a night of theft. This rhyming picture book follows his attempt to empty an entire town of its Christmas cheer.
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writer
- Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman
- Year
- 2000
- Runtime
- 1 hr 41 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski
- Genre
- Adventure, children's, Christmas, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, musical
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Cindy Lou Who wants to understand why the Grinch lives apart from Whoville and persuades the town to include him in its Christmas festivities. The invitation brings old humiliations back to the surface instead of settling them. Retreating to his mountain, the Grinch devises a plan to take away the presents, decorations and food that seem to matter so much to the Whos.
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- Book or movie, which was better?
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Other adaptations of this book
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!The Grinch · Movie · 2018Details
- Director
- Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney
- Writer
- Dr. Seuss
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 1 hr 26 min
- Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams
Whoville's plans for an even bigger Christmas push its reclusive neighbor to begin preparing an elaborate holiday theft. While the Grinch builds equipment and recruits help for his raid, Cindy-Lou Who organizes a scheme to catch Santa and ask for help for her exhausted mother. Both plans depend on the same night and an unexpected encounter.
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