Cast edit
Giant props for the movie were taken from the set prior to filming; the local police in Pomona, California discovered the props graffitied and damaged in a shopping center parking lot. No arrests were made. [25] From October 2002 to January 2003, the majority of the principal photography was done in California. 24 houses, each 26 feet square and 52 feet tall, were built in a rural valley close to Simi Valley, where the neighborhood and town center were filmed. [26] The exterior shots of the downtown area were shot along a Pomona street that is home to several antique and gift shops. The bizarre paint job and some of the signage are still visible today just as they were in the movie because the neighborhood chose not to redecorate after filming was completed. Due to the excessive amount of smog in the area, the background colors had to be digitally adjusted, and the sky had to be digitally replaced with a cartoon-like sky. When Mike Myers was filming his scenes with Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning near the end of the movie, he had no idea that a piece of the house would fall behind him. His response was genuine and unscripted in the finished movie. [27].
Amy Hill, Myers’ co-star, claimed that Myers was challenging to work with on set because he isolated himself from the actors and crew during filming breaks and wouldn’t talk to anyone on the set save his assistants and director Welch. She also mentioned that scenes would be reshot because, as a first-time director, Welch frequently left it up to Myers to judge whether or not they were good enough. Furthermore, Hill mentioned that Myers had a helper who kept chocolates in a Tupperware container, and Myers’ helper would come over and offer him a piece of chocolate anytime he needed one. [28].
Critical response edit
Based on 20164% of reviews and an average rating of 2033, the movie has an approval rating of 2010 on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. 4/10. According to the site’s critical consensus, “This Cat falls flat, full of potty humor and double entendres.” [34] Based on reviews from 37 critics, the movie has a 19 out of 100 score on Metacritic, meaning “overwhelming dislike.” [35] On an A to F scale, viewers surveyed by CinemaScore gave the movie an average grade of “B-.” [36].
In his Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin awarded the movie one and a half stars, saying, “The vibrantly colored adaptation of the well-loved children’s rhyme book is a betrayal of everything Dr. Seuss ever stood for, blending adult (wink-wink) jokes and potty humor into a concoction of slapstick and silliness without going overboard. Maltin added that the official title of the movie, which featured Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat was “an official insult”. [39].
Variety’s Todd McCarthy lauded the movie, calling it “beautifully composed, vibrantly executed, and, most importantly, mercifully brief.” “[40].
Alec Baldwin expressed his disappointment with the movie and responded to criticism the movie received for deviating from the original work. He stated that he thought a movie was “an idea about something,” and that since Dr. Because Dr. Seuss’s writing is so distinctive, adapting one of his stories for a feature-length movie would require stretching the truth and taking artistic license. [41].
Reception edit
On November 21, 2003, The Cat in the Hat debuted in theaters and made $38 3 million during its first weekend, making it the highest grossing film in North America, surpassing Brother Bear, Elf, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. [33] The movie made $101 when it closed its theater run on March 18, 2004, almost four months later. 1 million domestically and $32. 8 million overseas for a worldwide total of $133. 9 million. [4].
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