Five-year-olds might go for it, but people who grew up with Jones' version will be looking at their watches and grinding their teeth.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
5 Feb 2008
rotten:
Cloying fancy gives way to gross-out comedy, twisted social commentary, affecting pathos, and weirdly sexualized romance in this lurid live-action version of the classic children's book.
– Lisa Alspector,
Chicago Reader,
5 Feb 2008
rotten:
Shrill, strenuous and entirely without charm.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
5 Feb 2008
fresh:
How the Grinch stole Christmas is one kind of larceny. How Jim Carrey steals the picture is another matter entirely.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
19 Mar 2002
rotten:
Perhaps 20 minutes too long and subject to torpor.