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THE GRINCH

(2018)

AGE: 4+

40% SOUR

So What’s the Story?

The Grinch retells the story of whoville, a town where the most cherished holiday is christmas, and this year it will be three times as big. The only one who despises christmas lives up high in the mountains, and he is called The Grinch. Who plans a scheme to steal christmas so that it never comes again. The only question that remains is why?

Is It Worth Your While?

The Grinch was a complete disappointment for the Illumination studios, and for animated movies in general. Now here are my reasons. First of all I thought that the directing lacked the pure magic of the original, and could not capture the true meaning of christmas in any way shape or form. Plus the story’s complete lack of character, and joy insulted the original’s fantastic short story. In other words, The Grinch was truly made to be a short story, not into a full motion picture. At first, I thought that it was a creative idea to remake the classic tale, but soon found it to be a completely irrelevant, and stupid result. Also Cindy Lou Who, the most important character besides The Grinch did not matter at all in the movie, in other words, nobody cared about her. I think that the only thing to die for in the movie was it’s colorful, and bright animation that younger kids would love. Overall The Grinch has terrible directing, a bad plot, and terrible character development that not even it’s great animation can overcome.

How Was the Cast?

The cast in The Grinch missed the anticipation mark by a long shot. First we have Benedict Cumberbatch as The Grinch. Again, great idea to put such a talented person into the movie, but the overall outcome was terrible. He used this fake american accent that sounded nerdy, and strange instead of his awesome british accent that would have been so much better in the movie. Plus his performance felt rushed, and felt like he did not put any effort into the role like he normally does in films such as Doctor Strange, and The Imitation Game. I overall just wanted to see him do better. Which he easily could have, but missed the mark. The rest of the cast barely has a role to describe, so they won’t be in this paragraph.

Aging ‘The Grinch’

The Grinch is completely kid friendly with its jokes, colorful animation, and a sense of fun for younger children, and for those seeking a ridiculous holiday film for the family.