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Honestly, I'm probably one of the very few people that like the movie, 2000's real life version of How to The Grinch Stole Christmas. So when I heard that Cat in the Hat was being made, my first thought, was OK, I hope it's as good as the Grinch which I thought was decent. I saw The Cat in the Hat recently and I was amazed at how inappropriate it was. It's disgusting! It was a pastel colored nightmare that I hope I never have to sit through again. Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is the worst of all the Dr. Seuss movies so far. This film is awful. I really had doubts how they were going to fit in, a short book into a 2 hour movie, and when I saw that scary clown mutant cat dressed and play by Mike Myers that looks more like a child molester of Ronald McDonald in a furry costume, I knew this movie was going was going to be hard to watch. It's so evil looking that the some kids after seeing him in that awful makeup. The movie has lots of naughty jokes like there's a scene where the cat stares Kelly Preston's boobs and the cat pumps up his hat in an erection matter. Then there is butt cracks jokes, as well awful sexual puns. It's like they forgot it's a kid's movie. Let's not forget the scene where the cat got hit over his balls with a fantasy plot point of the cat wearing a drag with sparkles of unicorn? Kill me. Another thing is that film is so lazy that it rushed for adding more plot stories to the point it's not even like the book. The book is pretty simple. It features a tall, anthropomorphic, mischievous cat, wearing a tall, red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. Here, Mike Myers is not a tall cat, but a fat bobcat hybrid. In the book, the Cat brings a cheerful, exotic and exuberant form of chaos to a household of two bored, loneliness, and friendless young children, brother and sister, one rainy day while their mother leaves them unattended. In the movie, Conrad (Spencer Breslin) is a destructive and misbehaved 12-year-old brat and Sally Walden (Dakota Fanning) dull, well-behaved, and rule-obeying 8-year-old daughter, so unlike their characters in the book. The only problem about changing the characters, is why did they created two of most unlikeable children ever. I would rather have the loneliness children of the book since that is how we, the readers can related to. Mike was honored to play the cat in the hat because of how much he loved the book. Well, he doesn't act like the Cat in the book as he even states that he can't rhyme. Cat in the Hat can't rhyme? It's like if Sam I am can't make Green Eggs and Ham. It's doesn't make sense. Instead, we get Cat's personality goes beyond simple homewrecking a-hole. Poor Mike Myers, he sounds like he miss misses his old career at SNL. Obviously, the jokes, scenes, and impressions all look like rejected Saturday Night Live skits in this film. Before I forget, Adam Baldwin is in the film as the villain Larry Quinn, who wants to send Conrad to military school to solve his destructive ways and marry his mother Joan (Kelly Preston) for her wealth. I don't know what wealth, because in the film, the mother seem like a low-paying real-estate agent who boss Mr. Humberfloob (Sean Hayes) fired people who leave a mess due to Obsessive–compulsive disorder. Sean Hayes also plays the fish in the story. He is barely mention in the film, which is so unlike in the book, where he is the orderly protagonist to Cat in the Hat chaotic antagonist. There wasn't no need for Larry Quinn or Mr. Humberfloob in this movie. Yeah, it didn't feel like Cat in the Hat anymore, or at least the one I grew up. Yes, neither did "The Grinch" as everyone else says, but I felt like that movie could get away with some of the things they did to some extent because, well, it's the Grinch. He's mean, cold-hearted, and was willing to destroy a well-loved holiday just because he wanted to make everyone else miserable, and adding that back story to him, gave us a reason to feel for him, he wasn't really a monster. In Cat in the Hat, the Cat is just awful. In here, you have rubbery fast-paced special effects. The music and singing that pretty damn bland. There were a few moments that got a small laugh, I felt like there was a lot of things Mike did as the Cat that I don't think the Cat would do like swear in front of children. Yeah, you really put it into words best: the attempts at being more adult, relevant, and meaningful just make it more obnoxiously juvenile, dated, and pointless in the end. This film represents everything wrong with kid adaption movies. I know that Dr. Seuss estate even sued Hollywood to prevent any more live-action movies of his books due to this movie. I have to agree. The biggest insult, this film had was a dumb cameo by Paris 'I really wish she never existed' Hilton. What an abomination! I agree that this whole movie is one big sellout, and they plug Universal Studios Florida and other products in the film. Growing up I adored the books Seuss wrote. They taught me to read and properly emote. When I read such stories and things before bed, it made me call up fanciful things in my head. This movie is crap, and I'm proud to say, I'd rather watch the cartoon version any day.

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 :.

There is no doubt that this movie is one of the worst movies ever made. It bares no resemblance to the Doctor Seuss book and has one of the strongest settings in cinema history.

And I love it. This is the greatest bad movie ever made and I think its my favourite movie. In my opinion, your favourite movie should be a film that made you feel the most. A movie that made you feel tonnes of emotions and leaves you thinking "What did I watch?"

The Cat in the Hat is one of those movies. I was left spellbound wondering how in the world this movie was given the thumbs up to release.

Its so god damn funny. I will never not laugh when I hear the iconic line "Hey look, Rhode Island license plate, you never see those" and who can forget the classic scene where the cat gets his balls smashed and then shows us him in a dress swining to a soft rock song.

If I am sad, I watch the cat in the hat. It makes me laugh and that is a good thing.

A fine children's story of magic and fun is turned into a lamebrained attempt at a 'modern' tale, complete with useless extra plot points and characters. Every 5 minutes or so I found myself saying "What were they *thinking*?" in that kind of bored tone I normally use for infomercials (of which, of course, there is one in the movie.) What were they thinking when they included Alec Baldwin in this thing? What were they thinking with the whole Hooberdooberlooberwhateveritwas subplot? And most importantly, what are they thinking of now, and how can I avoid the product of that thinking? Give this one a wide berth - its a turkey.

I rented this film after seeing the trailer, which looked pretty good, but the film was slightly better.

It was quite unusual seeing Mike Myers dressed up as a cat, but the film is a fantasy and it is bright and colourful from start to finish. There were a few downsides in the film such as some of it that wasn't like the book and the, "Dirty hoe," pun because when I heard the Cat say it, I thought he was referring to a prostitute. Also the children's screaming when they first see the Cat is over the top.

One of my favourite scenes is the big slide of the purple liquid because it looks fun. The scene that is most like the book is the one where the Cat (plus some others) clean the house with the special cleaning machine.

While most people give this film 1/10, I give it 7/10 because it is funny in parts and the Dr Seuss-style Universal and Dreamworks logos at the beginning are brilliant.