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The Cat in the Hat (2003)

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Release Date: November 21, 2003
On DVD: March 16, 2004
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Dave Mandel, Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg
Cast: Lawrence Quinn, Kelly Preston, Sean Hayes, Alec Baldwin, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Mike Myers
AKA: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Studio: Universal Pictures
Official site: thecatinthehatmovie.com
Running Time: 81 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for mild crude humor and some double-entendres.

Based on the children's book, a bored little boy and girl become "victims" of a troublesome cat in a hat when he trashes their house....

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Following the successful venture titled How the Grinch Stole Christmas, another Dr. Seuss book has come to life, this one being The Cat in the Hat. Unlike the previous film, this movie gives little, if any, reason to see it, pay to see it, or be paid to see it. Full movie review »

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Anonymous says:

May 21, 2004

When the set design is a film’s best feature, you know house of Sally (Fanning, playing the control freak as usual) and Conrad (Breslin) while their mother is at wor
A few laughs come from Alec Baldwin as Mom’s posturing, deceitful , but fans of Seuss’ work are more likely to be baying for Myers’ blood.When the set design is a film’s best feature, you know you’re in deep trouble. This may look .

Mike Myers is spectacularly hammy as The Cat In The Hat, the mischievous feline presence who disrupts the purple and pretty house of Sally (Fanning, playing the control freak as usual) and Conrad (Baldwin as Mom’s posturing, deceitful boyfriend, but attempts at inserting risqué modern humour sit uneasily with the playfully innocent surrealism of Seuss’ famous characters. Young children unfamiliar with the original books may be able to lap up The Cat In The Hat’s colourful silliness, but fans of Seuss’ work are more likely to be baying for Myers’ blood.When the set design is a film’s best feature, you know you’re in deep trouble. This may look.

Mike Myers is spectacularly hammy as The Cat In The Hat, the mischievous feline presence who disrupts the purple and pretty house of Sally (Fanning, playing the control freak as usual) and Conrad (Breslin) while their mother is at work.

able to lap up The Cat In The Hat’s colourful silliness, but fans of Seuss’ work are more likely to be baying for Myers’ blood.When the set design is a film’s best

Mike Myers is spectacularly hammy as The Cat In The Hat, the mischievous feline presence who disrupts the purple and pretty house of Sally (Fanning, playing the control freak as usual) and Conrad (Breslin) while their mother is at work. at work.

A few laughs come from Alec Baldwin as Mom’s posturing, deceitful boyfriend, but attempts at inserting risqué modern humour sit uneasily with the

Anonymous says:

April 24, 2004

If you didn't give this movie an "A" then "you're fired, fired, fired, fired, fired, fired (breath) fired, fired, fired.

Anonymous says:

February 29, 2004

I dont no how any one could hate that movie it was awsome Truly one of my top best movies. I dont no wut u people are smokin

Anonymous says:

January 11, 2004

Seriously, this is beyond agonizing garbage. I can descibe this film in five words: cruel, silly, unintentionally creepy, proposterous, and outragious. If Dr. Seuss was watching this film, he would have taken that cat's hat and shoved it right up the cats a**. A low "F."

Anonymous says:

November 28, 2003

good

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