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2003·82 min·Released

The Cat in the Hat

“Don't mess with the hat.”

Fantasy
Adventure
Family
Comedy

During a rainy day, and while their mother is out, Conrad and Sally, and their pet fish, are visited by the mischievous Cat in the Hat. Fun soon turns to mayhem, and the siblings must figure out how to rid themselves of the maniacal Cat.

5.3(1,828 votes)

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Cast & Crew

Mike Myers

Mike Myers

The Cat

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Sally Walden

Spencer Breslin

Spencer Breslin

Conrad Walden

Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston

Joan Walden

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin

Larry Quinn

Amy Hill

Amy Hill

Mrs. Kwan

Sean Hayes

Sean Hayes

Mr. Humberfloob / Fish (voice)

Danielle Chuchran

Danielle Chuchran

Thing One

Taylor Rice

Taylor Rice

Thing One

Brittany Oaks

Brittany Oaks

Thing Two

Talia-Lynn Prairie

Talia-Lynn Prairie

Thing Two

Dan Castellaneta

Dan Castellaneta

Thing One / Thing Two (voice)

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Kamurai

Written on 7/18/2020

Decent watch, might watch again, and can recommend, but more for older audiences. While "The Cat in the Hat" is a famous children's book, this is clearly just aimed at the folks that might have read it when they were children. That mixes the nostalgia factor with the slew of adult oriented jokes (like infomercials) and the unnecessary addition of mother being single and dating. Kids aren't going to find humor in those situations. The material that is closer to the original book is much more charming and I imagine that kids will relate to it more as the kids are much more involved, or even the focus of the scenes. The Cat in the Hat, even though he is the title character, is a support character to the two kids, played by Dakota Fanning and Spencer Breslin, who both do all they can with the writing to balance out Mike Myers as the Cat. I don't feel like Mike Myers understands the idea of being a supporting character: he gives me a very Tom Cruise / Jimmy Fallon vibe where if there was a pause, then would just center himself in the camera and do something to draw attention. "Oh yeah!" is a good example for this movie, a repeated, unnecessary line that doesn't once help the scene let alone the movie. One would think after Jim Carey's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000) there would be a formula for how to adapt Dr. Seuss books (20 pages) to full length feature films, and someone clearly figured it out later in "The Lorax" (2012) and "The Grinch" (2018), so I'm....gonna blame Mike Myers. Him aside, the movie has a lot of charm to it, and Alec Baldwin manages to work an unnecessary part to at least be a believable antagonist, though the best acting in the world can't make a bad part good. If you're just really into Dr. Seuss, then give it a watch, but you're not going to miss anything special if you skip it.

Gammon

Written on 3/17/2021

lifechanging, thank you so much the guy from shrek and the white mask man who kills. You did a good job creating a masterpeice Xx.

HaltingTuber

Written on 2/22/2022

Bad!

FloppyDriver

Written on 6/18/2025

A funny, catotic masterpiece. But not suitable for 7yr old kids.

whitsbrain

Written on 1/12/2026

My family bought "The Cat In the Hat" on DVD when it was first released on DVD. I suppose my kids were about 5 and 9 years old at the time. We watched it together but none of us liked it. The kids were bored. My wife and I were bored. We may or may not have even finished watching it. The only thing I recall for certain is that I threw it in a drawer. At the time, I recall asking my wife, "This is Dr. Seuss?!?" Now, some 10+ years later...tonight, I dug out the old DVD. Why? What compelled me to watch this? After over a decade gone by. With almost 200 movies cued up in my watchlist that I want to see. With countless cable channels with movies and TV series available with a simple click of a remote control...why now? What mysterious force brought me to this movie? Tonight. Why tonight? This movie is not right. There's something...off, about it. Oh sure. There's some bad jokes, some actors sleeping their way through their roles. But it's just the strangeness of it. The look of the movie is odd. Everyone looks empty. There's so much conformity. The houses and the cars. The yards and trees. Mike Meyers as the Cat looks sick and I don't mean got-a-cold sick. His makeup and costume look wrong. And then there's the violence emanating from the Cat. It's disturbing. The Cat ogles a picture of the children's mother and dances suggestively with a woman in a nightclub. It has a fondness for dirty language and innuendo. It threatens to "end" someone and "make it look like a bloody accident". It wields a cleaver. The Cat brings with it the unknown and perhaps even unconstrained evil when it unleashes the chaotic forces that are Thing 1 and Thing 2. It opens a portal to another dimension. What is going on? And why, with all this insanity, was I laughing? I don't know how to rate this. I don't understand if I've witnessed something strange or wicked. Something good or bad? Why "The Cat In the Hat"? Why tonight? Why now...

Media

Mike Myers Is Having All The Fun - Extended Preview

Mike Myers Is Having All The Fun - Extended Preview

The Cooking Show Official Clip

The Cooking Show Official Clip

A Song About Fun! - Extended Preview

A Song About Fun! - Extended Preview

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003) Film Clip

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003) Film Clip

Theatrical Trailer

Theatrical Trailer