How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Name: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Released: 1992-11-23
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Walter Matthau

Video
1992
Not Rated
30m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

781

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Animation Family Fantasy Short

A hermit, known as the Grinch hates Christmas and is tired of the Whos of Who-ville celebrating it. This year, he plans to steal it from them. Features the illustrations from the book accomp... Read allA hermit, known as the Grinch hates Christmas and is tired of the Whos of Who-ville celebrating it. This year, he plans to steal it from them. Features the illustrations from the book accompanied by narration.A hermit, known as the Grinch hates Christmas and is tired of the Whos of Who-ville celebrating it. This year, he plans to steal it from them. Features the illustrations from the book accompanied by narration.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

781

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Trivia
The film makes very little use of color, as it is based on the black-and-white images of the original book. This is the only version of the Grinch which is not colored green, as it features an apparently white Grinch.

Connections
Version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

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You simply can't go wrong with Dr. Seuss

Pretty much, if you're a fan of Dr. Seuss's original story, you'll be a fan of this, as it is simply a reading of the beloved Christmas story about the "Mean One," presenting the original artwork by Dr. Seuss himself, straight from the book. Walter Matthau's narration doesn't make us forget about Boris Karloff, but he does a job that isn't anything to be ashamed of. His narration brings to mind that of a grandfather reading to some grandchildren, so that in itself will evoke some good, fire-time Christmas memories for most viewers.

In any case, it is light-years beyond the Ron Howard/Jim Carrey collaboration, and it shows just how brilliant and lyrical Suess's original work is, and how it needs no tinkering.

***1/2 out of **** (Just for the record, Karloff's version gets ****, and Carrey's gets 1/2)