Review of The Grinch (2018) by Ageeknamedbob — 09 Nov 2018
Bland and uninspired. Seems like it's aiming to be as unoffensive as possible - particularly after the egregious 2000 one (doubly so since that one made the Whos straight up villains). Cumberbatch seems like a great choice on paper but basely gives energy to the role coming off more of a whiny "I hate it because people like it" type than evil.
Kenan Thompson got some solid laughs as the added neighbor character. But the other additions, Fred the Reindeer - Cindy Lou's story, don't bring much outside of stetching the run time. The Dr Seuss wild machine and creative naming is dialed back so much Whoville feels like a regular place with some eccentricities.
Weirdly changes between rhyming and not - many lines are spoken as if they'll rhyme when they don't. Pharrells' narration is awkward, and the remixed You're A Mean One is even more so. It may seem like I'm ragging pretty hard, but I didn't hate this version.
Just didn't much like it either.
This review of The Grinch (2018) was written by Ageeknamedbob on 09 Nov 2018.
The Grinch has generally received mixed reviews.
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