how the grinch stole christmas instantly stole my heart and become my favorite movie almost from my very first view . now and eight viewing later and it still have the same impact on me a it do the first time i saw it . screenwriter jeffery price and peter s. seaman of who frame roger rabbit fame do a fantastic job of adapt the story of the grinch to the screen . ron howard direction bring the story to full life and and jim carrey typically energetic performance a the grinch steal the show . some detractor of the film have claim that it be not true to the spirit or principle of the original story . have read the original story and i must say i can not agree . the movie make the very same point about christmas and it true meaning a the original story . indeed and it enhance the impact of the story by make it more personal by show u how and why the grinch become what he be . mild spoiler ( they probably wouldn not ruin the movie for you . but if you haven not see it yet and youre one of those who want to know nothing about a story until you have see it and you should skip the next two paragraph . ) i think just about everyone can relate to the grinch terrible experience in school . i think all of u and at one time or another and be the unpopular one in school who be always pick on . i know i be . and that why i personally have so much sympathy for the grinch and what he go through . and cindy lou who naive idealism and believing that nobody can be all bad and be heart rending . when everyone else have turn their back on the grinch out of fear and ignorance and cindy lou be determine to be his friend . if only everyone could have such an attitude . in fact and i think the only thing that might have make the film a little good would have be to far tone down the adult humor and content . it be already pretty restrain and but any of this adult humor ( like when the grinch slam nose first into martha may whovier cleavage ) just doesn not fit in a story like this . this one well on it way to be a christmas classic and take a richly deserve place alongside the book and the chuck jones cartoon a a must see of every christmas season .