

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.
Acting
Cumberbatch's weird American accent is unhinged.
Production
Whoville looks like edible gingerbread architecture.
Score
Pharrell narrates; Tyler the Creator does 'You're a Mean One'.

Director
Yarrow Cheney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the first Grinch adaptation to give him an actual backstory beyond 'he's just like that.' The 2000 Jim Carrey version implied trauma; this one commits to it.
Illumination's animation style—those enormous eyes, that rubbery physics—was basically engineered to sell plush toys. Mission accomplished.