dr. seuss how the grinch stole christmas or ( 2000 ) ( out of four ) if you desire to see a holiday movie that will inspire your seasonal spirit and continue the traditional dr. seuss classic fable and do not see dr. seuss how the grinch stole christmas . if you be old enough to read this review and then you be probably too old to get any kind of enjoyment out of this motion picture . it contain lot of color and creative production design and imaginative set and costume construction and joyous load noise and and the character be make up to look like the actual inhabitant of the fictional village whoville . unfortunately that be where the movie positive element end while the rest of the production be nothing but an excuse for jim carrey to cackle on screen while give a devilish grin and all while prance through the overly broad screenplay with nothing much to do . many people recognize the story of how the grinch stole christmas from whoville and so i will not waste my time in write a detailed synopsis for you to read . however and i will say that the movie story be execute in three major act while the development of the grinch and setting and the whoville festival and and the dr. seuss vision of the mean one rob the who from their christmas . there be many familiar name within the credit here and but no familiar face . like in battlefield earth and i just do not see why the producer would hire expensive actor just to have their identity shield by unrecognizable makeup and costume . regardless and there be snl molly shannon a betty lou and the wife of bill irwin and the late playing lou lou and the father of little cindy lou and play by taylor momsen . jeffrey tambor be the whoville mayor and anthony hopkins lend his bellowing voice for the film narrator and and christine baranski be the grinch lone lose lover . the filmmaker attempt to bring originality to the story by add unnecessary subplots and focus too much on the little cindy lou . the screenplay by jeffrey price and peter s. seaman just feel like it go everywhere across the movie landscape while there be little if any focus by director ron howard and the screenplay be predictable and too extensive and and contrive . the only character give any distinction here be the grinch himself and all of the other character be puppet of the plot and shapeless and uninteresting . and the dialogue be overzealous and too corny to be anything but pathetic . example grinch represent oh and the who manity . the movie redeeming factor go out to the gift production designer michael corenblith and the costume designer rita ryack and and the ample makeup department . how the grinch stole christmas be a very good look production . the set and the atmosphere create by the filmmaker be detailed and imaginative while it be like the audience be visit a world a in a dream . the people of whoville be plaster with makeup and to the point in which we can not tell the actor recite the humorless line . although dazzling and i really can not give credit to the performance and for they be over looked to due the expensive technical department take their place . jim carrey be one actor who i can talk about . his performance be what nearly destroy the movie itself he be way too egotistic a the grinch and too exaggerated and comical to allow the story to be anywhere near recognizable a the work of seuss . surprisingly and although there be a few funny moment due to a few slyly clever sequence and no laugh come from jim carry zany silliness . it be almost like the movie be write specifically for carry to overplay his part . this factor only lead the movie to a wild but brainless comedy and which be only a pale shadow of the original christmas classic how the grinch stole christmas . after this movie and historian should check the coffin of the late author and dr. seuss may have roll over in his grave .