Plot
Sally and Conrad are two bored kids whose life is turned up-side-down when a talking cat comes to visit them.
Release Year: 2003
Rating: 3.5/10 (19,914 voted)
Critic's Score: 19/100
Director:
Bo Welch
Stars: Mike Myers, Spencer Breslin, Dakota Fanning
Storyline Conrad and Sally Walden (
Writers: Dr. Seuss, Alec Berg
Cast: Mike Myers
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The Cat
Alec Baldwin
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Quinn
Kelly Preston
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Mom
Dakota Fanning
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Sally
Spencer Breslin
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Conrad
Amy Hill
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Mrs. Kwan
Sean Hayes
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Mr. Humberfloob
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Voice of the Fish
Danielle Chuchran
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Thing One
(as Danielle Ryan Chuchran)
Taylor Rice
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Thing One
Brittany Oaks
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Thing Two
Talia-Lynn Prairie
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Thing Two
(as Talia Prairie)
Dan Castellaneta
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Thing One
/
Thing Two
(voice)
Victor Brandt
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Narrator
(voice)
Daran Norris
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Announcer
Bugsy
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Nevins
Opening Weekend: $38,329,160
(USA)
(23 November 2003)
(3464 Screens)
Gross: $100,446,895
(USA)
(25 January 2004)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The boy character did not have a name in the original Dr. Seuss book, since he was the narrator.
Goofs:
Continuity:
As they are pulling out of the driveway in the SLOW in an overhead shot you can see that the Cat is wearing driving glasses and a scarf but in all subsequent shots the Cat is not wearing either.
Quotes: Sally:
[jumping on the couch]
Like being in the circus! The Cat:
Yeah, but without those tortured animals or drunken clowns that have hepatitis.
User Review
Abomination
Rating:
For any forty-something pseudo-Boomer like myself, who grew up and
learned how to read with the Seuss books, well, this film is an insult.
There is NO way I'd let my kids watch this crude, stupid garbage. My
jaw dropped scene, after scene, after scene. What Hollywood "suit" OK'd
this thing? It is mean-spirited, raunchy and ugly. My little nephew
started CRYING about thirty minutes into the film. Characters burp,
curse, urinate, pick their nose, expose their posterior, etc.
I realize that young viewers don't understand the significance of Dr.
Seuss, and the change his many children's books brought to the world of
publishing.
This film is the antithesis of what he had in mind, and I am furious
with his family for allowing this Hollywood monster to be unleashed.
PARENTS - don't let your kids think that this is what the Seuss
universe is all about.....buy them the books, and skip these LAME
films. Or, show them the "Horton Hears a Who" animated classic from the
70s.
Universal & Dreamworks, you have a really ANGRY viewer. Stop allowing
inexperienced PRODUCTION DESIGNERS to direct your big-budget films. You
could have had a classic on your hands, but instead you have the honor
of having spent millions on one of IMDb's "Bottom 100 Films."
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