Cat In The Hat, The
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Cat in the Hat is a marketing ploy disguised as a wildly designed movie for hyperactive kids, and it could use a dose of Ritalin. It hardly matters, though, because kids will surely enjoy the rampant romp that occurs when the top-hatted feline convinces young Sally (Dakota Fanning) and Conrad (Spencer Breslin) to wreak havoc in the home their mother (Kelly Preston) has neatly prepared for an upcoming party. It’s all in the name of fun, and while Seuss’s classic … More >>
Mr. L. E. C. Richards on Mon, 21st Jun 2010 6:49 pm
This film has the potential to be a very good one!
But alas, the tried too hard, and made all the special effects look plain and boring, and the cat itself (Mike Myers) looks very scary!!!
Avoid if you can, young kids may enjoy, even if they are scared of the cat!
Rating: 2 / 5
Mrs. S. Branch on Mon, 21st Jun 2010 8:11 pm
I saw this with the children at the cinema, and was a little disappointed. The film itself was stunning looking, with the Dr Seuss colours perfect, but what happened to the rhyming? The Cat was a little too knowing with his asides to the camera, and it was a shame that they brought in a silly boyfriend too. Altogether, a wasted oppurtunity of a children’s classic.
Rating: 2 / 5
J. E. Haddock on Mon, 21st Jun 2010 9:55 pm
it arrived in good time but does not work in our dvd player as it is an american dvd, this is a bit annoying the kids have to watch it on the computer.
Rating: 3 / 5
R. C. Woods on Mon, 21st Jun 2010 10:48 pm
I bought this film for my 3 year old daughter she likes cats & hats, so i thought why not.)
I watched it with her not expecting much after seeing the rather poor T’he Grinch’ I loved it as much as she did, very funny excellent sets and acting, mike myers is very well cast as the cat and alec baldwing is excellent as the evil boyfriend, imagine a cross between austin powers, waynes world wraped up in fantastic costumes and sets and your about there.
my daughter has watched it 9 times in 48 hours………..
Rating: 5 / 5
J. Wood on Mon, 21st Jun 2010 11:42 pm
A friend and I took our kids to the cinema to see this film and we all laughed so much our faces hurt afterwards!
Take the film on face value and you’ll have an absolute ball. Most of the other reviews in here that compare it to the Dr Seuss books don’t rate the film, but if I had a £1 for everytime I’d heard someone say about films “it’s not as good the book” I’d be a very rich man. Films can never recreate the mental images and dimensions that a well written book can, so divorce these pre-conceived ideas and maybe, just maybe, you’ll enjoy every film you see just a little bit more. This one’s a great place to start if you want to sit with your children for an hour or so and just have fun!
Rating: 5 / 5