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Cat in the Hat, The (2003)

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Release Date: November 21, 2003
On DVD: March 16, 2004
Genre: Comedy, Family
Running Time: 81 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for mild crude humor and some double-entendres.
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

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. Read more

Movie Review

Grade: D- 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. Read the full movie review

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The Cat In The Hat, by Ryan Anderton

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

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