The Grinch is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas film directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney.
Official trailers
Illumination on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 released the trailer:
The Grinch - Official Trailer #3 .
Story intro
In the town of Whoville, the humanoids called Whos are filled with excitement about celebrating Christmas. However, the only one who isn't amused is a cantankerous and green-furred creature named the Grinch, who has a heart "two sizes too small" and lives in a cave on the top of Mount Crumpit just north of Whoville. The Grinch only visits Whoville when he needs to buy food and do bad things. Meanwhile, 6-year-old Cindy Lou Who notices that her single mother Donna is overworked trying to take care of herself and her baby twin brothers, Buster and Bean. Initially deciding to send a letter to Santa Claus to help her mother, Cindy encounters the Grinch, who sarcastically tells her that she'll have to talk to Santa face-to-face about it; she then decides to go to the North Pole to talk to Santa, but when Donna tells her that it would take a month to get there and back home, her final decision is to try trapping Santa with the help of her friends. With Christmas approaching, all the Whoville festivities give the Grinch a flashback about his terrible childhood spent mostly alone and unwanted in an orphanage. The Grinch soon decides that he will steal Christmas from Whoville to assuage his distress. He acquires a fat reindeer whom he calls Fred to help him pull a sleigh stolen from his neighbor Mr. Bricklebaum. After a test run, the Grinch discovers that Fred has a family. With a heavy heart, he lets Fred go home with them. On Christmas Eve, after making a Santa disguise and dozens of gadgets to help him with his plan, the Grinch and his pet dog Max, who pulls the sleigh in Fred's place, go down to Whoville to steal the decorations and presents. He soon encounters Cindy after falling into her trap; her request to help lighten her mother's workload and her kind advice about listening to the Whos' singing to alleviate his sadness touches the Grinch's heart. Despite this, the Grinch continues his mission.
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- The Grinch, a grumpy green creature with a heart two sizes too small
- Cameron Seely
- Cindy Lou Who, a young resident of Whoville
- Rashida Jones
- Donna Who, Cindy Lou's overworked single mother
- Kenan Thompson
- Bricklebaum, a jolly bearded-citizen of Whoville
- Angela Lansbury
- Mayor McGerkle, the elderly Mayor of Whoville
- Tristan O'Hare
- Groopert, Cindy Lou's best friend
- Ramone Hamilton
- Axl, one of Cindy Lou's friends
- Sam Lavagnino
- Ozzy, one of Cindy Lou's friends
- Scarlett Estevez
- Izzy, one of Cindy Lou's friends
- Pharrell Williams
- the Narrator
- Michael Beattie
- the Store Clerk
About
The film The Grinch was scheduled to be released by Universal Pictures on October 22, 2018 (Regency Village Theater), on November 9, 2018 (United States, United Kingdom) and on November 29, 2018 (Germany).
The duration of the film is 86 minutes. With a budget of $75 million, the film grossed over $511.6 million.
The film had received a "PG" rating.
Rating
The Grinch got average rating from critics. But the audience likes the film. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.
External links
Official website: grinchmovie.com
Wikipedia: The Grinch (film)