Product Description

Discover the magic of the Mean One this holiday season! Oscar®-winning director Ron Howard and Oscar®-winning producer Brian Grazer bring Christmas’ best-loved grump to life with the help of the irrepressible Jim Carrey as the Grinch. The Grinch is a celebration of the holiday spirit no home should be without! Why is the Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and the Grinch’s world upside down, inside out...and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27412 in DVD
• Brand: NBC Universal
• Released on: 2009-10-13
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Color, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Spanish, French
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 105 minutes

Features

• Condition: New
• Format: Blu-ray
• Color; Widescreen

Amazon.com
Under a thick carpet of green-dyed yak fur and wonderfully expressive Rick Baker makeup, Jim Carrey is up to all of his old tricks (and some nifty new ones) in this live-action movie of Dr. Seuss's holiday classic. He commands the title role with equal parts madness, mayhem, pathos, and improvisational genius, channeling Grinchness through his own screen persona so smoothly that fans of both Carrey and Dr. Seuss will be thoroughly satisfied. Adding to the fun is a perfectly pitched back-story sequence (accompanied by Anthony Hopkins's narration) that explains how the Grinch came to hate Christmas, with a heart "two sizes too small." Ron Howard proves a fine choice for the director's chair with a keen balance of comedy, sentiment, and light-hearted Seussian whimsy. Production designer Michael Corenblith gloriously realizes the wackiness of Whoville architecture, and his rendition of the Grinch's Mt. Crumpit lair is a marvel of cartoonish, subterranean grime. Then there's Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen), the thoughtful imp who rallies her village to recapture the pure spirit of Christmas and melts the gift-stealing Grinch's cold, cold heart. You've even got a dog (the Grinch's good-natured mongrel, Max) who's been perfectly cast, so what's not to like about this dazzling yuletide movie? The production gets a bit overwhelmed by its own ambition, and the citizens of Whoville (including Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, and Bill Irwin) pale in comparison to Carrey's inspired lunacy, but who cares? If a movie can unleash Jim Carrey at his finest, revamp the Grinch story, and still pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. Seuss, you can bet it qualifies as rousing entertainment. (Ages 5 and older.) --Jeff Shannon

Video Description
From KIDS FIRST!: Theodor "Dr. Suess" Geisel's beloved and imaginative story about the green curmudgeon who tries to steal Christmas from Whoville is brought to life with live actors in fantastic sets and costumes. This film is an expertly crafted production with great music, costumes, scenery, and cinematography. The classic Christmas story has built-in meanness by the Grinch counterbalanced by Cindy Lou Who, a girl who has her own doubts about Christmas. The sets and costumes are outstanding, and the Grinch is funny and scary all at once. Ultimately, it delivers a little magic that places it right in with other holiday favorites. It does contain some crude humor that some viewers might not appreciate. KIDS FIRST!® Child Juror Comments: Some kid viewers laughed, booed and cheered: "It was funny and creative." Others' responses were more tepid: "It's like big time fiction. My little brother might think it was real, and he would probably cry." Blu-ray. 105 min.; Ages 5-12.