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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrWith Carrey hitting a career peak, this Grinch doesn't steal Christmas; it restores the season by helping energize us enough to make it through the whole thing.
- 91Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerHe's (Carrey) a marvelous Grinch in this spirited, bustling and mostly faithful spin on Seuss.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittCarrey is excellent, making the most of his comic gifts even in a cumbersome Grinch outfit, and the eye-spinning color scheme is dazzling to behold.
- 60TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsTV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsA smartly stylized hoot.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI am not a mind-reader and cannot be sure, but I think a lot of children are going to look at this movie with perplexity and distaste. It's just not much fun.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackOverall, the film sparkles. But it's a curiously unaffecting sparkle, an example, almost, of how the special effects stole Christmas.
- 30L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertThis new feature has replaced the original's benevolence, taste and wit with cynicism, armpit humor and manic, desperately unfunny padding.
- 20SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinProfoundly unnecessary -- cluttered, padded even at 90 minutes, indifferently narrated by Anthony Hopkins, and consistently misdirected by Ron Howard.
- 20VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyShrill, 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.
- 20The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenSo 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.