The Cat in the Hat
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 21, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
19
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
9
Negative:
27
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Myers' Cat, with a voice that crosses Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion with Mel Blanc's Bugs Bunny, is generally fun, possessed of an anarchic playfulness that balances his sometimes bawdy tendencies. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It's moderately engaging for the first half-hour, somewhat trying during the second half hour, and virtually unbearable over the final twenty minutes. It's a marginally recommendable film for kids, but not necessarily for parents. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's another overwrought clunker like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," all effects and stunts and CGI and prosthetics, with no room for lightness and joy. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Long on visual dazzle but short on warmth, and the humor is excessively raunchy for a family film. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Attractively designed, energetically performed and, above all, blessedly concise, this adaptation of one of the most popular American kids' books of all time walks the safe side of surrealism with its fur-flying shenanigans. The younger the viewers, the better reactions are bound to be. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Myers is the movie's fatal flaw, squeezing out the other characters who fatten the plot, mostly with an eye to parents. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Emerges as a lackluster and nearly charmless affair. Read full review
40
Film ThreatKevin Carr
Left me feeling empty inside. There’s no warmth and character from the original Dr. Seuss book, and there’s no substance or soul in the story elements. Read full review
40
EmpireAnna Smith
A few laughs come from Alec Baldwin as Mom’s posturing, deceitful boyfriend, but attempts at inserting risqué modern humour sit uneasily with the playfully innocent surrealism of Seuss’ famous characters. Read full review
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