How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Jim Carrey stars in the title role along with Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin and Molly Shannon in supporting roles. The film grossed over USD 345 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest grossing film of 2000. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and got nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film. Jim Carrey stars in the title role along with Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin and Molly Shannon in supporting roles, as well as Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who. The film grossed over USD 345 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest grossing film of 2000 and was originally the second highest-grossing holiday film of all-time behind Home Alone. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and got nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. The movie was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 17, 2000 to mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the screenplay, characters, innuendos and dark tone but praised the performance from Carrey, and the production values, particularly the makeup. The Grinch arrives in Whoville as a baby, adopted by two elderly sisters. He was a timid child who had a crush on Martha May Whovier, one of the prettiest girls in his school, who showed empathy towards him. Bully Augustus MayWho, however, was jealous that Martha liked Grinch more than him and began to mock him for having a beard. He fled to the top of Mount Crumpit, north of Whovilles, where he then took up residence. Years later, nobody liked him because of his mean-spiritedness, especially at Christmastime.
But six-year-old Cindy Lou who believes that everyone is missing the point about Christmas by focusing too much on the gifts and festivities and too little on the personal relationships. Cindy nominates Grinch to be the town’s holiday Cheermeister, much to the displeasure of Augustus May who publicly proposes marriage to Martha and gives her a gaudy engagement ring. Cindy climbs to Mount Crumpsit to invite the Grinches to the celebration and he eventually accepts. He steals all of the gifts, decorations and food and stuffing them all in a large sack before pushing the sack off the side of the mountain. Finally fed up with the Whos’ Christmas, he concocts a plan to crush the spirit by stealing all of their presents and food while they’re sleeping. He disguises himself as Santa Claus and dresses himself as a reindeer. The first time he enters Cindy’s house is when she catches him stealing their tree, allowing him to escape. The second time is when he is horrified to discover the theft and lies to Cindy’s parents, who are horrified and blame the Mayor May who gives him an electric razor as a present. He burns down the tree and goes on a rampage before returning home to Mt Crumpits home. He eventually accepts Cindy Lou’s invitation to the party and becomes the CheerMeister, but the Mayor spoils everything by giving him a present reminding him of his childhood humiliation.
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