Review of The Grinch (2018) by Trineo99 — 10 Nov 2018

First of all, the only really good thing about this movie was the animation. The animation in this movie was pretty good to look at. You can easily see that the animators put a lot of effort into how the movie looked.

The pacing was pretty decent seeing how it’s a kids movie. The pacing in the film felt around the same speed throughout the film and was easy to follow. Benedict Cumberbatch was ok as the Grinch. I’m not sure if it was his fault or the dialogue in the film because the dialogue was cringy.

There was so much forced humour in the film but seeing how this film is a kids film that is understandable. Now like I said before the pacing in the film is decent just not great. The book is sixty-nine pages long and they expanded it to a two hour and twenty-six-minute long movie so at some parts it seems to drag on.

In my opinion, the last half of this film is better than the first and by that I mean the last twenty or so minutes. There is a subplot in this movie that really doesn’t go anywhere so they could of just taken it out of the movie and probably make the movie a tiny bit better.

The music in this film, which is scored by Danny Elfman, was actually pretty good but the the cover of the classic song wasn’t. At least this movie has a good message for people to follow that Christmas is about family and friends and not the gifts under a tree.

In the end. The Grinch is a nice movie for kids but is an unnecessary film. If you want to see a good Grinch movie watch the 1966 one.