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The Cat in the Hat (2003)

Two bored children have their lives turned upside down when a talking cat comes to visit them.

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Cast

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Mom
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Thing One (as Danielle Ryan Chuchran)
Taylor Rice ...
Thing One
Brittany Oaks ...
Talia-Lynn Prairie ...
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Thing One / Thing Two (voice)
Victor Brandt ...
Narrator (voice)
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Announcer
Bugsy ...
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Storyline

Conrad and Sally Walden (Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning) are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat ('Mike Myers') walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back. Written by Anonymous

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The Cat is Back! See more »


Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild crude humor and some double-entendres | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

25 March 2004 (Israel)  »

Also Known As:

El gato  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$109,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$38,329,160, 23 November 2003, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$101,149,285

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$133,960,541
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1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The first and only film directed by Bo Welch. See more »

Goofs

The screen door on the house appears and disappears. It is clearly there when Lawrence leaves after having the military school discussion with Joan and Conrad but is absent in subsequent scenes. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: There are gajillions of stories of mischief and fun, but to keep things simple, let's start with just one. About a mom and two kids and a house and a hat - that, oddly enough, was worn by a cat. But soon enough we will get to all that.
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Crazy Credits

All the opening logos are animated "Dr. Seuss-style". See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Blockbuster Buster: Scooby-Doo (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

Hang On
Written by Greg Camp
Performed by Smash Mouth
Courtesy of Interscope Records
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Not appropriate for children!
3 December 2003 | by – See all my reviews

As huge Dr. Suess fans, my three children (ages 10, 7 and 4) and I were excited about the new Cat In The Hat movie.

But that excitement evaporated when to my utter amazement I heard these phrases spoken by the Cat:

"Son-of-a-b**** <bleep>!"

"That chaps my a** <bleep>!"

"You dirty ho!"

Can you imagine? A Suess character, let alone the Cat, saying these things? These phrases were the first ones repeated by my children when my wife asked them how they liked the movie!

As for me, I thought the movie was boring and unfunny, especially Mike Meyers as the Cat. I found it too easy to imagine Meyers himself, or Austin Powers, wearing a Cat suit for a comedy skit.

I sat there with my three kids, We sat there for this movie. But the Cat started to swear, And then I felt kinda woozy.

Do not take your children to see this tripe. Take them to see 'Elf', a good movie of a better type.


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