The Grinch

The Grinch, also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, is a 2018 American animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. The third screen adaptation of Dr. Seuss' 1957 book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, following the 1966 television special and the 2000 live-action feature-length film, it is Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, after The Lorax in 2012. The plot follows the Grinch and his pet dog Max who plan to stop Whoville's Christmas celebration by stealing all the town's decorations and gifts. The film was directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney (in the former's feature directorial debut) and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, from a screenplay written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. The film stars the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character, with Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury, and Pharrell Williams, who serves as the narrator. The film was announced in 2013, and by 2016, Cumberbatch was cast as the titular character, and Cheney and Peter Candeland were set to direct. However, in 2018, Mosier took over Candeland's position as co-director. Danny Elfman composed the score, with a song written and performed by Tyler, the Creator. The Grinch was released in the United States on November 9, 2018. It grossed over $540 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time, as well as the highest-grossing Dr. Seuss film adaptation. The film received generally mixed reviews from the critics, who praised the animation and the vocal performances (particularly from Cumberbatch) but criticized the lack of creative license. This was the final Dr. Seuss film adaptation to be released during the lifetime of Seuss's widow Audrey Geisel, who served as executive producer of the film and died on December 19, 2018, five weeks after the film's release.

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Santa Claus. Oh. Uh, hello. A little help, please? I'll let you down. Just give me a minute. Oh, that would be great. I'm coming. Just trying to remember... which cord it is. Oh, no! I'm so sorry. Are you okay? Yeah. I-I guess so. Let me help you. Sit down here. - Whew. - Drink this. It'll make you feel better. Uh... thanks.

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Wow. I can't believe it's really you. Uh... yeah. I'm so sorry about the trap and everything, but I really need... Hey. Why are you taking our Christmas tree?

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Well... uh, one of the lights wasn't working, so I thought I'd take it back to the workshop and see if I could fix it. I didn't know you did that. Yeah. Sure. Now, why don't you go back upstairs to bed, and then when you wake up, the tree will be fixed - and your presents will be waiting under it. - Wait. You don't understand. I don't want presents. Of course you do. Everyone wants presents. No, no, really, I don't. I want you to help my mom. Y-Your mom? Yeah. She works so hard and is always doing stuff for other people. And I just want her to be happy. You want me to help... your mom? You're Santa. You make people happy. And everyone should be happy, right? Y-Yeah, I... I guess they should. Santa, are... are you okay? What? Uh... yeah. I'm fine.

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Now, why don't you go back up to bed, hmm? Okay. I wish you could celebrate with us tomorrow. We all get together and sing. It's so beautiful that if you close your eyes and listen, all of your sadness just goes away.

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That sounds nice.

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Huh?

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Thank you, Santa. Good night.

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Good-good night.

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I just met the strangest little Who girl.

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All right, Max. Let's go.

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He tried to forget it, but the words filled his head, and he found himself thinking about what the young girl had said. It was hard to imagine. Could it really be true? But if they could all be happy, maybe he could be, too.

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What?

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Her head felt unsteady, and her heart was just sick. - Oh, no. - It must be a joke or a prank or a trick. Who would do such a thing? Who would stoop down this low? And then one little girl realized... she might just know.

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3,000 feet up, up the side of Mount Crumpit, the Grinch rode with his load to the tip-top to dump it. Keep going. We're gonna make it.

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Oh, dear. Wha... What happened? - Where's the decorations? - All the presents. - Aw, man. Mom... it's my fault. What... What is? All of this. I-I trapped Santa last night, 'cause I wanted to ask him to do something special for you. But I think I made him mad, and that's why he stole everyone's Christmas. No. No, no. No, honey, this isn't your fault. He didn't steal Christmas. He just stole stuff. Christmas is in here. And besides, I already have the greatest gift I could ever get. You.

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Just one more shove. What's that? Do you hear it? ♪ Dah who doraze ♪ ♪ Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day ♪ ♪ Welcome, welcome... ♪ They're singing? ♪ Welcome, welcome... ♪ I don't understand, Max. ♪ Christmas Day ♪ ♪ Is in our grasp ♪ Don't they know what I've done? ♪ So long as we have hands to clasp ♪ ♪ Fah who foraze ♪ ♪ Dah who doraze ♪ ♪ Welcome home, welcome home ♪ ♪ Welcome home... ♪

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As he watched the small girl, he thought he might melt. If he did what she did, would he feel what she felt?

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And the luscious sound swelled, reaching up to the skies. And the Grinch heard with his heart, and it tripled in size.

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What? Oh, no. Oh! Aah! No, no, no, no! Oh, no! Aah...!

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No, don't worry. I got it.

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