The Cat In The Hat Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Don't mess with the hat.
The Cat is Back!
The ultimate game of cat and house
Conrad and Sally Walden ('Spencer Breslin' (qv) and 'Dakota Fanning' (qv)) are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat ('Mike Myers' (qv)) walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back.
| Mike Myers | The Cat |
| Alec Baldwin | Quinn |
| Kelly Preston | Mom |
| Dakota Fanning | Sally |
| Spencer Breslin | Conrad |
| Amy Hill | Mrs. Kwan |
| Sean Hayes | Mr. Humberfloob/Voice of the Fish |
| Taylor Rice | Thing One |
| Talia-Lynn Prairie | Thing Two |
| Dan Castellaneta | Thing One/Thing Two |
| Victor Brandt | Narrator) |
| Daran Norris | Announcer |
| Bugsy | Nevins |
| Bo Welch |
3.30 out of 10 (11776 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Very enjoyable
posted on 12 Aug 2009Wow I am shocked at these reviews. I have never checked on the reviews of any film on IMDb and seen such a thorough and absolute bashing as this. Oh well. First I have never read any Seuss and know hardly anything about his books. Second, I'm an adult who occasionally likes kids stuff because, well sometimes its just interesting. And I like the little bit of weirdness in it. This movie's visuals just sucked me in. I had no intention of watching it but the sets, the costumes, the effects, the use of color mesmerized me like, well a kid. I've rarely seen anything like that before. I thought Myers was hysterical. Dakota Fanning was adorable. Some of it fell flat. It was a flawed film. They never explained where he came from. But who cares. It was the kind of film that had to be short to be good and it was, just 1 hr 14 mts I think, and thats really short these days. True there were 5 or 6 jokes that were questionable for kids but there were 15 or 16 in the Shrek movies. It's a bad trend but I wouldn't single this film out for it.
Man Dressed as Cat in Psychedelic Show
posted on 06 Aug 2009Disappointing although visually exciting in places. A childhood memory was destroyed by this film and I will need to get back to the books to try and recapture it. Performances are hopelessly wooden in places, due, in part, to the computer enhanced visuals, but mainly to the contrived script. Attempts by Mike Myers to work with a script that attempts to "modernize" the cat with farting, butt-crack and a sort of camp innuendo, fail miserably to provide anything enduring, or indeed endearing. Alex Baldwin's two-faced next-door creep is worthwhile 'though, and there are splendid fantasy sequences towards the end. My 8 year old loved it but..........I don't think she would recommend or even remember it to any 8 yr old children she might have in the future. 2 stars for effort for some of the visuals and Alex, but otherwise a failure.
Brilliant!!!
posted on 27 Jul 2009I love this film! It is a hilarious work of art that you'll love! It was so cool how the special effects in this movie combined with the great humor. I've watched it all the time and I have it. I don't know why so many people hated it. It may be like a little bit inappropriate, but it is SO underrated. I mean like, 3.2 stars? No way! I think it deserves 10 stars in my book! But if it were on the IMDb charts, I'd say it should maybe have; 5.3, 6.0, 7.1, 5.5, 6.6, 7.0, 6.7 One of those on the IMDb charts. I found it increasingly hilarious and you'll laugh nonstop all throughout this amazing film. The kids were also great!Spencer Breslin was hilarious and Dakota is such a great actress. I love Dakota and Spencer's movies and I loved this one to death! WATCH!
Stop UNDERATING THIS MOVIE! Very entertaining, the children love it, I love it, Mom loves it!
posted on 25 Jul 2009People are sabotaging this movie! This is a very good version of a Dr. Suess Classic! I am a huge Suess fan, as are my children. I think that people are just jealous of what is being done with this authors work. He is making a ton of money, yet he is no longer with us. Keep making movies of the Suess classics, they are great! The one thing that we could go without is the few almost bad words that come out of Cat's mouth, but remember, I said almost bad words, as they are never completed. Do y'all remember singing songs not finishing the swear words when we were little?? What holding your toungue and saying apple?? This is all they are doing in this movie, so get over it!
The kids had nothing to do until an unexpected visitor arrived.
posted on 25 Jul 2009I was not impressed with this movie. The humor was poor and distasteful. This was not appropriate for young children, because there were some implied language. The humor was also too immature for teenagers and adults to like. I hardly found any similarities to the original Dr. Seuss story. It was disappointing to see such a popular children's story destroyed. Having the over-eager boss in the movie was very unnecessary, and no one in the theater found it amusing. Mike Myers is a talented comedian, but even he couldn't save it. I did like the costumes; they were like the drawings in the book. The idea was cute, but it didn't work.
A Seussian Rhyme
posted on 23 Jul 2009I've never done a Seussian rhyme for a movie reviewNot before, not never, and not at a zooBut I'll attempt one now, simply for funBecause if I don't, let's face it, I'll stand out like a sore thumb."The Cat in the Hat" looked bad from the startMike Myers's face looking like he'd sucked on a tartPerhaps it would be great. Perhaps it would be funIt wasn't, it wasn't, not even with time.Crude jokes abound with offbeat humorThey are as fun to sit through as being neutered. Dr. Seuss has been ruined just like beforeIf he were alive, he'd sue for years more.Mike Myers is funnyMike Myers is greatAs Austin Powers, yesBut he ain't when his face looks like a cake.Bo Welch directed with infamous styleIt's Ron Howard's "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" with super-Seuss-styleBut just like "The Grinch," this film is a messIn fact, it stinks even more than that colossal wreck.It was raining outsideTwo kids were insideIt was boring for themAnd they had considered swallowing pesticide.Then The Cat in the Hat came to playThen The Cat in the Hat came to sayThat life is fun, life is greatEnjoy it while you can, because Hollywood will take it away.Hollywood took away Seuss' storyHollywood has crowned it with an abundance of commercial gloryIt's a struggle to try and sit through, buy they don't careAs long as audiences pay to sit there and stare. Unfortunately, though, it's not over yetThe film's made millions already, just like they betA sequel's on the way, coming in two yearsThis time, though, I'm not opening my door to The Cat in the Hat.
This really isn't as bad as they make it out to be
posted on 11 Jul 2009Granted, this isn't the best movie of the year, but it isn't the worst of the year either. It probably will win an academy award for its sets though. Those were amazing. The critics are being way to hard with this movie. When, I first saw the trailer for this movie I was ultra-excited. I thought it looked really really good. However, when I heard the critics reviews of this movie, my expectations dropped tremendously. At times Mike Meyers is a little annoying as the Cat in the Hat, but I think he is meaning to be. There were a couple of times when his jokes fell flat, but by the reactions of the kids you knew they were supposed to. This movie does have a lot of sexual and adult innuendos, kind of like Shrek. This kids won't understand it though, so I didn't mind it. This was a cute movie, and was ultimately pretty good natured. The only REALLY big problem were Thing 1 and Thing 2. They weren't cute, but were just creepy. They gave me an awkward feeling. They needed some serious work. I do recommend this movie though. You aren't going to get any greatness from it, but it's really not that bad. If you're looking for a fun, good time, this movie can give it to you.
This is vile
posted on 05 Jul 2009Children's movies of late are an interesting lot. They try to have kid appeal with non threatening plot and humor while trying to sneak in enough for adults to keep their attention while being dragged to the multiplex. Some of that type of humor is really clever and not so offensive that sharper kids who spot them won't be offended.There is, however, a difference between smart humor and downright crude, vile humor. "The Cat in the Hat" falls in the latter category. This film is the most vicious sick form of kid's entertainment I've seen in years. I would have not watched if it weren't for the fact that it was playing at kid's pizza place that I was attending with a child at the time.There are a number of scenes where the children just stare at the cat pulling off one crude gag after another. Bodily function humor abound, I'd have the same reaction. Then there are SO many other scenes that have coarse adult humor. No, it isn't sly innuendo, it's sick. The sad part is, it's not even funny. I watch a slew of animated films and if it's smart adult humor that goes over the head of the little ones, that's fine. But this is sick.The plot is similar to the book. Seuss's words in the book are magical. The plot and message are simple. The kids fall prey to mischief - how do they clean up before mom gets home. How that gets screwed up is beyond me, but this film does it. Innocent mischief, this isn't.While we're on the subject of inappropriate adult humor, let me point out that this film FEATURES PRODUCT PLACEMENT FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. Sickened yet? Try Mike Myer's insipid performance of the title character. This is vile and a miserable excuse for children's entertainment.
Why I liked this movie
posted on 13 Jun 2009Well, there're a few reasons I enjoyed The Cat in the Hat as much as I did. Firstly, I didn't compare it to the book or the cartoon. I viewed it as its own movie, individual from the original. The Cat has to be able to fit in with the world today, he needed to be changed.Secondly, I was able to shrug off the bad (slightly dirty) jokes, even though they did detract from the experience. The "dirty hoe" scene should have been cut, for a brief second, it kills the Seussy feel.Thirdly, I made sure to notice anything that did feel Seussy, such as the names of a lot of the characters (Humberfloob is a name nothing non-Seuss would ever get away with) and the look of the town, and enjoyed the personalities they had to give to the characters.All in all, I think if you try to appreciate The Cat in the Hat for what it is--very loosely based on the book, not totally--you'll enjoy it an awful lot more than you'd think. The dirty and just plain dumb jokes should have gone, but they're relatively few and far between. 8/10.
hilarious!
posted on 11 Jun 2009First of all, I would like to warn you that there are some minor spoilers in this comment.First of all, two children, Sally (Dakota Fanning) and Conrad (spencer Breslin) are at home while there mom is at work. Their mom (Kelly Preston) has to host an important party today, and she will be fired if her house is messy! The babysitter is an old woman that falls asleep easily. Then, the cat in the hat (Mike Myers) appears for some fun! I really like the funny things the cat does and says. The S.L.O.W (Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger), his car was cool, I liked how the cat gave a steering wheel to both Sally and Conrad and all three of them drove. My favourite quotes are: "Hey look Rhode island license plate, you never see those." and "You pay this woman to sit on babies? That's disgusting... I do it for nothing." The format of this movie is great, I'd recommend it to you and you family. I'd give this movie a 8/10!
It's unfortunate for Hollywood to cheapen this delightful story
posted on 05 Jun 2009Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat, The - Shrill, padded live-action modification of the beloved children's book by Dr. Seuss about a roguish feline who dazzles a brother and sister's rainy day, where things get out of hand. Myers adds a fun New Yawk ascent, but the three writers pepper his puerile behavior with innuendos and humor intended for AUSTIN POWERS. After THE GRINCH, Brian Grazer's effervescent production design and exuberant vignettes are above all the most noteworthy and create the most imagination, while the genuine delight from the classic story is missing.** (out of ****)
Confused Movie, Not a 'kid' movie
posted on 24 May 2009I went to this movie with a group of adults and kids, and I could never figure out if this was geared toward the kids or the adults. This movie had so much potential, but is marred by inappropriate sexual innuendo. The producers should have stayed with it being a kid movie or and adult movie. I was extremely disappointed.
take the kids
posted on 14 May 2009The only way you will enjoy this movie is if you bring your kids, or attend a showing that will ensure you the spattering laughter of lots of kids around you. That is what truly makes this film worth watching. As my sister said, "I went with low expectations, and they were met". I still think it was a beautiful film, and the acting was okay. At least the idea that family is the most important thing is what carries the movie through. Yet another reason to only see this film with your children.
The movie is much better than the book, trust me!
posted on 08 May 2009I can't believe how badly this movie gets thrashed by the majority of the voters!! OK, it has some weak spots but it is quite better than the story it is based upon and it certainly deserves more than that. Maybe it is not quite 100% "AA" i.e. all audiences but I must admit that this is the reason why I actually liked it... To all those who are complaining about it not being true to the original: folks, the book is not a movie material! All it is good for is maybe a 5 minute cartoon, and that's it. The characters in Dr. Seuss's poem are cute but one dimensional whereas the ones in the movie are full of life. So - thumbs up for the screenwriters and actors.
This movie in a nutshell: BAD
posted on 08 May 2009#spoilers#When this movie opens the viewer is shown a town. Several questions occur thereafter. In this town, every house is exactly the same, and every house has the same car in front of the house. After seeing this I thought, "Okay, so this is a uniform, dull town?" Then, we see everyone in the town is smiling and waving and having a wonderful time, so then I thought, "Oh so this is a happy, exciting town?" The problem with this movie is that it doesn't evoke any mood. This isn't a town, it is merely a complicated set. I think many people were going to see this because they thought that it would be like "The Grinch" which, seriously come on people, was an excellent movie. The only way that this movie could in any way relate to the genius of "The Grinch" is because it was "a crumb, that was even too small for a mouse." You see, Jim Carrey WAS the Grinch. Whoville WAS a living, breathing town, with people, and streets, and emotions. "The Cat in the Hat" had two sets: The small area with the houses, and the city streets. The only thing shown when the cat is driving his "S.L.O.W." into town, is a ridiculously placed field of grass. Now I have nothing against Mike Myers. However, he just did not fit this character as Jim Carrey fit the Grinch. As I said earlier, Jim Carrey WAS the Grinch. Mike Myers was an actor in a cat suit. Another error with this movie is that it had no backstory, no foundation. Okay, why is there a talking cat that just appeared out of nowhere in these people's house? What exactly IS the portal to "his world"? This movie was like a nutshell with no nut inside. A rough outer egde with no real center. Also, this movie tries to create a villain, which I think was just an exscuse to bring a big star like Alec Baldwin into the film. The villain isn't villainous. This movie tries to create conflict, but the conflict is not conflicting. The jokes aren't funny, the dreary day isn't dreary, and the fun cat isn't fun. It is a good thing Dr. Suess is already dead, because this poor excuse for a movie would have killed him. At least I know that if one of MY books had turned into this piece of garbage I would jump off a cliff in a heartbeat. So, if you want to be bored, puzzled, and discontented, this is the movie for you!
Hollywood movies are certainly frightening!
posted on 06 May 2009Hollywood movies are certainly frightening; / underneath the 'cool' makeup, there's nothing enlightening. / The industry is worried (acquisions! the mergers!) / to risk a good plot when adverts for burgers / pay the big bucks the stars are demanding, / but let us clear up one misunderstanding: / Stories for children are not simple and easy, / you don't dumb-down a book and make it more sleazy. / With all of their writers, with all of their hacks, / they can't seem to realize the one thing they lack / is not a fart gag or vomit or self-flagellation, / it's the power of the innocent: i·mag·i·na·tion. / Read that again. Please, sound it out, / then yell at the studios, give them a shout: / for plots thin as soup, for acting mundane, / for selling kids toys, it drives you insane! / Parents, please listen, just for a moment, / stop spending your cash on this kind of torment. / With more success -- what I fear, how I worry -- / Tarantino directs (three parts!) the sweet Lorax story.
First Movie I Ever Demanded A Refund For...
posted on 26 Apr 2009Good grief. This story is a classic. Almost everyone knows Dr. Seuss. Adults grew up with it and passed it on to their children, so kids of every age would enjoy and appreciate the story. From the previews of the movie I thought that the creators would do their best to maintain the integrity of the Seuss tale that people know and love. That's what I went in expecting to see. Hah! It happened to 'The Grinch' and it happened again. There were parts/characters that digress so far from the Dr. Seuss version that at times I wondered if they had switched movies on me. There was a direct plug for Universal Studios, there was an abundance of adult jokes (Mike Myers saying to a garden hoe 'You dirty hoe') and there were new characters that were just downright weird/nasty, to name a few things. The whole movie left a bad taste in my mouth, and it was the first movie I have ever demanded a refund for (and I have seen my fair share of movies). I guess it just goes to show that you shouldn't mess with a good thing. This is one movie to avoid.
Pretty bad.
posted on 22 Apr 2009I think they just didn't know which way to jump w/ this. Play it straight ala the book/Grinch movie? Tweak it Somewhat here and there w/ a few knowing nods/winks to the adults in the audience that they're in on the joke-ala the Brady Bunch movies-? Or just try to have it both ways, lurching into the borderline disgusting at times and being all sugary others? Checkarooni! they went w/ #3.Behind door #3-a LLAMA! thank you Monty and Mikey.Okay where do you begin here? Mike Myers. He tried-but c'mon, playing the Kat ala Rip Taylor/gay/Charles Nelson Reilly/Austin Powers-didn't really work. The best part was the sliced tail segment-THAT was actually funny ala SNL. But the rest..oy vay.The Things-Egads-Chip and Dale on speed. NO! The Kids-Dakota was her usual mini-Jodi Foster/Space alien. The fat kid was was well, typical Pugsley sort. Nothing really wrong there. The Fish was grating. The mom-well she was plastic.Alec Baldwin was really chewing the scenery. I'm not sure that he knew what sorta movie he was in, actually.The F/X and designs were fine, Suess's world seemed to be captured fairly well-but what you put into it, and how you spin it-well that's what really counts. I think they screwed up here.No call for a sequel, I hope.Not AWFUL, but...kinda bad.** outta ****, being kind.
I liked the Grinch but this............
posted on 20 Apr 2009If you like the Grinch movie feel free to watch that movie again because this movie is not nearly as good. It is about ten times worse. First of all what I liked about Grinch was that it was kind of funny. and I like the storyline in it. What I really don't like about this is that it makes fun of the Grinch in a a way. It makes fun of it in one way. The way it made fun of it was it made a bad taste in Dr. Suess movies. I got three words for this movie bad awful horrible Like I said if you liked the Grinch then go ahead and watch that movie again because this movie is not better one bit. Really you have to believe me you will think it's worse than Grinch and it has a bad taste in Dr. Seuss. movies like I did
Story isn't bad, implementation is
posted on 26 Aug 2009Yikes. I was severely disappointed. I didn't go expecting anything wonderful, but I wasn't going for me, I was going for my kids. They love the cat-in-the-hat book, and we've read it more times than I can count. All of those books are very popular around this house. I also personally enjoy at least some of Mike Myer's work. "So I married an Axe Murderer" is one of my all time favorite movies. However, considering that it was a kids movie, a lot of that movie was out of line. In a movie like Shrek you have a little more wiggle room with where you draw the line of appropriate. The story is unique, and people expect that they aren't going to be sure of what's in it. With Cat in the Hat there are certain expectations of decorum that I didn't feel were met. There was a bit too much "austin powers" in Cat in the hat for my taste.Worse, the movie in general was very over the top. They tried way too hard. Whole sections of the movie seemed to not flow very well. The innuendo was unnecessary (though at least less blatant than grinch).Do yourself a favor and take your kids to see Elf this season instead. I'm so glad we had free tickets and only wound up paying 4$ to go. Even at 4$ it seemed like a ripoff to me. I hope this review saves some of you from wasting an hour or so of your life.