The Grinch
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 9, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNov 20, 2018
In this new, totally unnecessary version of Dr. Seuss’ holiday favorite, the mean one (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) isn’t all that scary or cruel. Read full review
38
Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceNov 8, 2018
The filmmakers believe they have better emotional beats at the end than what that hack Dr. Seuss came up with—and in the process make the Grinch pathetic and practically groveling. Read full review
30
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 7, 2018
The filmmakers preserve Seuss’s narrative beats but strain to replicate his whimsical spirit. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 8, 2018
“Hollow cash grab” is one way to describe The Grinch. Equally appropriate would be “soulless abomination.” Read full review
25
The Associated PressMark KennedyNov 8, 2018
Credit goes to the film’s visual effects folk, who made fur alive and gave texture to smoke. But retreading this story with a Cumberbatch, should send Hollywood bigwigs into the booby hatch. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonNov 8, 2018
The film’s vision of Christmas is so insipid and lifeless, it’s hard to see why the Grinch would even bother to steal it. Read full review
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