Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 2000 Computer-animation film, based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Due to additions made to the storyline so that it could be brought up to feature-length, it was considerably less faithful to the original book, creating a new back-story to explain the Grinch's motivations.

The film was directed by Karey Kirkpatrick, produced by Dr.Seuss, and starred Jim Carrey in the title role of the Grinch. Taylor Momsen starred as Cindy Lou Who, who in this version seems to be about eight years old, where the character in the book was "no more than two". While this version is often referred to as simply The Grinch, the on-screen title is How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, with the word "Grinch" written in much larger letters than the rest of the title.