Illumination's 2018 take on the modern classic is cuter and somewhat less bizarre than the much-loved Ron Howard-directed live-action version, and this very child-friendly take on the popular tale is sweet, slick and enjoyable. The material is tailor-made for CGI animation, and both 3D and 4DX are utilised excellently if you see it in those formats. Cumberbatch does fun voice work, and Max The Dog (The Grinch's pet/companion) got a great reaction from the audience. Design and animation triumph here - the film is a gloriously detailed and vibrant red-and-green symphony against a snowy white backdrop, with a reasonably trim running time owing to the straightforward and smoothed-out telling of the tale Like Christmas itself, sometimes you just have to surrender yourself to the simple shiny sickly-sweet pleasures of the season and indeed this movie and enjoy it - even if it feels as if it has been released a month too early! (The accompanying Minions short, Yellow Is the New Black, features a frantic prison break that is very entertaining).
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