Dog the Grinch if you must, but it was LIGHT YEARS ahead of this muddled mess!! They were so worried about Carrey coloring the role of the Cat in the Hat, that they hired an actor who has one basic personality which he dresses with different costumes. This was nothing more than Mike Meyer's "Dr. Evil" character in a cat suit. He uses the self same gimmicks in his shtick as the maniacally irresponsible Cat, as he did as the irresponsibly maniacal Dr. Evil. There's very little difference between the two and what difference there was, he comes off as a very poor comic this time around.
The creation of the city was quite nice and Dakota Fanning was a joy. The boy who played her brother and the fish were decent characters, but Mike Meyers' interpretation of Dr. Seuss's Cat was extremely sickening. He was very under dramatized (and must have been cememted in "Dr. Evil") for Cat in the Hat.
While Dr. Evil was a likable character in the Austin Powers movies, he had no place in this work. Hindsight being worthless, they should have hired Jim Carey and not been concerned with the "Grinch" comparisons. He, at least, would have played DR. SEUSS'S character and not Mike Meyers' character.
The Universal Studios ad right in the middle of the movie was the least tasteful thing in a virtual sea of tastelessness. I actually PAID to see a Universal advertisement. I have just been violated. No. Really.
Ah well, this will be remade in a few years, anyway.
It rates a 1/10 from...
the Fiend :.
The creation of the city was quite nice and Dakota Fanning was a joy. The boy who played her brother and the fish were decent characters, but Mike Meyers' interpretation of Dr. Seuss's Cat was extremely sickening. He was very under dramatized (and must have been cememted in "Dr. Evil") for Cat in the Hat.
While Dr. Evil was a likable character in the Austin Powers movies, he had no place in this work. Hindsight being worthless, they should have hired Jim Carey and not been concerned with the "Grinch" comparisons. He, at least, would have played DR. SEUSS'S character and not Mike Meyers' character.
The Universal Studios ad right in the middle of the movie was the least tasteful thing in a virtual sea of tastelessness. I actually PAID to see a Universal advertisement. I have just been violated. No. Really.
Ah well, this will be remade in a few years, anyway.
It rates a 1/10 from...
the Fiend :.