disgusting, overrated, pointless

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

If I really had to think about it, this might very well be the worst film I've ever seen. It's not enough that it is atrociously obnoxious and annoying, but what really gets me is how badly they screwed up in adapting such a simple, classic, and straightforward story. Sure, I understand that they had to pad it out, being that it's live action and that the source material is really brief, but still...THIS is the end result?!?! The execution is just ridiculously over the top, in your face, and annoying, Mike Meyers (from "Shrek"), who is really just playing a hyper version of himself in a cat costume and makeup, makes me want to carve my eyes out with a rusty spoon. I really don't have that much problem with him in general, but he really went off the deep end here, and I have no idea what he was thinking. I really don't remember much of Alec Baldwin's and Kelly Preston's performance, but I'm sure it's something they wishes wasn't on their resumes. All I remember from Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning is that they spent a fair amount of time frowning at Meyers, as if they knew they were in a giant pile of crap. This is dumb, vile, and one of the biggest slaps to the face of Seuss and his legacy that I've seen, and that's without considering that I wasn't interested in seeing this in the first place, but just happened to because I was at school, the semester was almost over, and the teacher didn't apparently have any respect for our intelligence and thought we, a bunch of high schoolers, would enjoy watching one of her kids movies since she apparently didn't have anything more on our level, or just didn't trust us to watch anything PG-13 or higher since her rep would be on the line. What a bunch of crap. The ONLY thing I can really give this movie in the way of a compliment is that the look is decent, and there's some okay art direction/set design, but even my enjoyment of that is sullied since it's being used in the most lazy and poor attempt to cash in on something great just ofr money. Also, the fact that some of the cast actually managed to recover from this is some sort of miracle. Avoid this one at all costs, especially if you'd prefer to have your childhood not molested.P.S.: To all these male reviewers who thumbs up this movie, maybe you like the secretary's character, because she's sexy and the actress' name was Candace; go watch "Phineas & Ferb" instead.

First of all, it's really heartbreaking for me to see this awesome gem that taught me a lot when I was a little kid, being treated as one of the worst movies of all-time.The thing people do not understand about this movie is that it's a movie for children. If you experience it for the first time after you pass the age of 10 or something, of course it's easy for you to find it really annoying. The movie has a very unique way to tell everything and for that particular reason, I accept that it's not for all children, let alone every person. But to be honest, I didn't find the dark humor in it disturbing when I was a child in the first place. After watching it for the second time in college, the offensive things were more clear but still, it wasn't really disturbing.Other than all of that, the movie deserves more credit for what Mike Myers did with his role, if not anything. To be perfectly honest his performance is utterly underrated. He basically played a great version of the character in the book. I watched all the other movies that were inspired by Dr. Seuss books and I can't really say that they are 'that' better than this one. At least not a difference where this movie is the bottom 78th.Despite everything, the movie has a special place for me. It taught me to be responsible in a funny, interesting and exciting way. I mean, what else can I expect from a movie like this at the age of 7? Right, Cat?9/10. 1 point is missing for not being suitable for everyone.

I watched this with my family a few days ago for the second time. The reviews on SKY were 2/5 but we didn't care. It did have really good comedy actions ( they were not over the top) and at the end we were happy,

Children love this movie and the MEME effect is great