Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Animals, Fantasy
Tagline: Don't mess with the hat.
Plot: It seems that Sally (DAKOTA FANNING) and Conrad (SPENCER BRESLIN), different as black and white, have pushed their single mom, Joan Walden (KELLY PRESTON), to the limit. Conrad’s endless rule breaking (the indoor stair luge) has his mom seriously considering military school for her son—an idea planted by her just-this side-of-smarmy neighbor and suitor, Lawrence Quinn (ALEC BALDWIN). Sally, tightly wound though well behaved, has bossed away every friend she has and divides her time between upbraiding her brother and inputting new To Do lists into her junior palm pilot.And all the while their mom is just trying to keep domestic peace while balancing a successful career as a real estate agent for her germophobe boss, Mr. Humberfloob (SEAN HAYES). But on the Saturday she is to host her company party, Joan’s preparations have fallen prey to Conrad’s shenanigans and she has laid down a mom-size decree: Sally and Conrad are not to leave the house while she is at work and are forbidden from making a mess or misbehaving in any way. The kids are left with little to do besides sit and stare out the window while their babysitter, Mrs. Kwan (AMY HILL), dozes in the den. Until their unexpected guest—the original party animal himself—arrives to turn their world upside down by showing them
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 Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is an American classic; it's fantastic and
fun--it's true. There's a Cat, and a Hat, and some Things and two kids, and the tykes have nothing to do. But while the movie wants to be red, white and even occassionally blue, it feels a bit forced--all the way through.  --Kit Bowen (Hollywood.com)
Sadly, for fans of the great Dr Seuss, The Cat in the Hat film just isn’t much use…  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Watch an all-time classic children's book being destroyed before your very eyes. Awful. Just awful. 1/10--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
Lewd, crude and genuinely rude, The Cat In The Hat is a kiddie movie like no other.  --Jamie Russell (BBC Films)
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| Impressively stylised visual recreation of the world of Dr Seuss, minus the charm - and his jokes were never this paw. 4/10 --Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
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