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Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat

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Critics' Reviews

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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
So good it breaks your heart for not being better. It is kept from brilliance by a soggy climax and a clumsy central narrative device.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
It's another overwrought clunker like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," all effects and stunts and CGI and prosthetics, with no room for lightness and joy.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Long on visual dazzle but short on warmth, and the humor is excessively raunchy for a family film.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
It's moderately engaging for the first half-hour, somewhat trying during the second half hour, and virtually unbearable over the final twenty minutes. It's a marginally recommendable film for kids, but not necessarily for parents.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Very young children, it should be said, probably won't have any problem with the movie. It's bright and perky on the surface. But for anyone mature enough to pay closer attention, it's going to fall short of expectations.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Talk about your quick-buck exploitation.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
It pains me to tell you, But really, it's true: The Cat in the Hat Is a piece of dog doo.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Someone (Myers?) came up with the bright idea of turning the Cat in the Hat into the worst Vegas nightclub spritzer of 1958. He's become a furry version of Rip Taylor: a walking, talking vaudeville idiot box.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
The movie is crass and vulgar almost beyond belief.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
A vulgar, uninspired lump of poisoned eye candy.Read Full Review »
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