CHRISTMAS FILMS
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
About
On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town. Based on the Dr. Seuss book
Christmas Film World Cup pedigree
Three defeats at the Last 16 stage, twice to Scrooged leaves the Grinch as a middle weight that was humbled to fourth place in the group stages in 2022
Rating
BBFC: Contains mild scary scenes
Trailer
Ranking
23
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2000
Trivia
Ron Howard
Verne Troyer, Rachel Winfree, Mary Stein, Mindy Sterling, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Jim Carrey, Josh Ryan Evans, Frankie Ray, Molly Shannon, Anthony Hopkins (narrator), Bill Irwin, Lacey Kohl, Jeremy Howard, Walter Franks, Taylor Momsen, Jessica Sara, Suzanne Krull, Jim Meskimen
The scene where the Grinch is directing his dog, Max (Kelley), before stealing Christmas, is Jim Carrey making fun of producer and director Ron Howard, imitating his style of directing. Howard found the scene hilarious, and decided to include it in this movie
When the Grinch pulls the sheet off of the table, all of the silverware was scripted to fall off with the sheet. Jim pulled the sheet off so well that when nothing came off he went back and ruined the table.
Jim Carrey's accent in The Grinch is based off Sean Connery
Competition History
2022
2nd Seed
4th in Group A with 91 pts
Eliminated at Group Stages
2018
Last 16 elimination by Scrooged
2014
Last 16 loss to Elf
2010
Last 16 defeat to Scrooged