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Dr. Seuss’ THE GRINCH Leads the Pack for Sinister Christmas Movies This Holiday Season!

Scrooge (1970), Bad Santa (2003), Black Santa (1973), Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) are all perfect examples of a plot that incorporated a sinister Christmas movie.  But Dr Seuss’ The Grinch, which has always been the film that drove that point home, had me in stitches and . . . is indeed one of the most successful holiday sequels of all time!

(from left) Cindy-Lou Who (Cameron Seely) helps liberate the Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) from his grumpiness in “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” from Illumination.

For their eighth fully animated feature, Illumination and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, based on Dr. Seuss’ beloved holiday classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous holiday spirit. Funny, heartwarming and visually stunning, it’s a universal story about the spirit of Christmas and the indomitable power of optimism.

(from left) Cindy-Lou Who (Cameron Seely) and her best friend Groopert (Tristan O’Hare) bask in the beauty of Whoville at Christmas in “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” from Illumination.

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch lends his voice to the infamous Grinch, who lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for company. With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Who-ville when he runs out of food.

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
With the aid of mechanical candy cane, the Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch), disguised as Santa, steals every bit of Christmas from the homes of Whoville in “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” from Illumination.

Each year at Christmas they disrupt his tranquil solitude with their increasingly bigger, brighter and louder celebrations. When the Whos declare they are going to make Christmas three times bigger this year, the Grinch realizes there is only one way for him to gain some peace and quiet: he must steal Christmas.

To do so, he decides he will pose as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, even going so far as to trap a lackadaisical misfit reindeer to pull his sleigh.

Reindeer Fred discovers the joy of holiday treats in “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” from Illumination.

Meanwhile, down in Who-ville, Cindy-Lou Who—a young girl overflowing with holiday cheer—plots with her gang of friends to trap Santa Claus as he makes his Christmas Eve rounds so that she can thank him for help for her overworked single mother. As Christmas approaches, however, her good-natured scheme threatens to collide with the Grinch’s more nefarious one.

Will Cindy-Lou achieve her goal of finally meeting Santa Claus? Will the Grinch succeed in silencing the Whos’ holiday cheer once and for all?

Rashida Jones voices Donna Who, the overworked but optimistic mother of Cindy-Lou Who in “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” from Illumination.
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Visit www.grinchmovie.com to learn more about The Grinch.

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