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Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003)

PG  |   |  Adventure, Comedy, Family  |  21 November 2003 (USA)
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Sally and Conrad are two bored kids whose life is turned up-side-down when a talking cat comes to visit them.

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Storyline

Conrad and Sally Walden (Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning) are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat ('Mike Myers') walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back. Written by Anonymous

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Rated PG for mild crude humor and some double-entendres | See all certifications »

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Budget:

$109,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$38,329,160 (USA) (21 November 2003)

Gross:

£7,500,297 (UK) (11 June 2004)
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Throughout the film, the Cat refers to himself as a "six-foot tall, talking cat". However, according to his spayed and neutered papers, he is only five-foot eight. See more »

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Mr. Humberfloob: [speaking to Joan] If your house is as messy as last time, you're FIRRRRRRRE-DUH!
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Waste of time!
2 January 2006 | by (New Jersey) – See all my reviews

The only good thing about this unfunny dreck is that I didn't have to pay for it. I saw it for free at college. And if a college student can't find humor in something that was free, it's hopeless.

Stale acting and poor jokes cannot be masked by an excellent, yet bewildering set design (that goes out of its way to market Volkswagon Beetles). I don't know what Michaels Myers was doing in this movie, but I have never seen anything more depressing. This was nothing more than a blatant effort to capitalize on the previous success of the Grinch (which has its opponents, but I enjoyed it very much). It's difficult not to sit through this failure and wonder what better projects were passed over to fund it.

You want a funny Seuss adaptation? Go with the Grinch.


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