Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat

A truer title would be "Mike Myers' Cat in the Hat," since this coarse, loud assault on the senses bears few traces of Dr. Seuss's tartly whimsical sensibility but fairly oozes Myers' brand of smirking humor; HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS is a marvel of Seussian accuracy by comparison. The original tale in verse is surreal simplicity itself: Two children, home alone on a rainy day, are at first delighted, then dismayed, by an anarchic cat. The cat promises oodles of fun, makes a terrible mess of the house with the help of kite-flying dervishes Thing 1 and Thing 2, restores order and vanishes just before Mom gets home. The film embellishes the story and lards it with...