How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Directed by Ron Howard. With Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor. On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.

The Grinch : [he looks down] You see, Max? The city is a dangerous place. Narrator : The Grinch hated Christmas, the whole Christmas season.

Just outside of their beloved town lives the Grinch (Jim Carrey), a nasty creature that hates Christmas and plans to steal it from the Whos, which he equally abhors. Little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) decides to befriend the Grinch.

In this adaptation, the Grinch (played by Jim Carrey) has a life-long romantic interest in Martha May, but has trouble expressing his feelings to her. The film earned about 363 million dollars at the worldwide box office, and became the sixth highest-grossing film of 2000.

How The Grinch stole Christmas is very colourful, with great set design, and an unrecognisable Jim Carrey was terrific as the Grinch, he was actually really funny, not like Mike Myers who was miscast as the cat in Cat in The Hat.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

The Grinch directing his dog, Max , before stealing Christmas, is a result of 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 the movie.

Carrey's real-life persona wound up falling for her too--a few months after the film wrapped, the pair announced they were officially a couple. By then, Carrey had already slipped into a furry green suit to play the stingy antihero of Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).

Jim Carrey spent ninety-two days in Grinch make-up, spending two hours in the morning getting in, and one hour in the evening to get out. According to Carrey, he became a "Zen Master" while sitting in the make-up chair.

From Jim Carrey's Grinch makeup time to everything that went into creating a live-action Whoville, the details of the making of How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a wild story on its own. A cherished Christmas movie for some and a crazy fever dream for others, 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas was an unexpected and ambitious project for ...