the songs, though, are unmemorable; the show felt bloated and flat, with scant sense of the magic in all the fluff employed to flesh out the Grinch's journey from Christmas-stealing curmudgeon to his the spirit-of-the-holiday epiphany
the biggest problem with NBC's Grinch is the musical source material itself; And the unnecessarily convoluted script by Timothy Mason isn't much better; this is a bit of holiday ephemera that seems destined for the "oh yeah, that happened" pile
NBC's "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!," is the latest attempt to adapt Dr. Seuss's classic children's book, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," for the screen. And it is definitely the worst
it's just not a very good show; Queue up the original 1966 Grinch special, or even one of the two movies before even considering Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical! You'll never see the Grinch the same way after watching this mess
it really feels like they were going for a zany, over-the-top vibe to match the Seussian weirdness driving this story, and while the set design and costumes got there, the performances, songs, and blocking didn't quite make it
by Kelly Lawler [USA Today ]
