Summary
- The movie The Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers was so bad that Dr. Seuss's widow forbade any live-action adaptation of his stories.
- Despite reflecting Seuss' quirky style, the film came off as creepy as Myers and Cat.
- Critically panned and a box office failure, the film caused turmoil in the Seuss estate and led to the banning of future live-action adaptations.
2003 year The cat in the hat The Mike Myers-starring movie is trending on Netflix right now — and that's why Dr. Seuss' widow won't allow any more live-action adaptations of his books. The Cat in the Hat directed by production director Bo Welch Beetlejuice, The Lost Boysand Men in blackin his directorial debut. Myers plays the titular talking cat who arrives at the door of two bored kids to make their lives hell.
Although The Cat in the Hat Accurately reflecting the quirky visual style and wild imagination of Seuss's source material, it came across as creepy. While Myers brings his A-game to the title role, Cat comes off as more of a monster than a lovable goofball. The Cat in the Hat It was panned by critics, earning a 10% Rotten Tomatoes score.and it bombed at the box office, grossing $133.9 million against a $109 million budget (via Box Office Mojo).
Dr. Seuss's widow has banned the live broadcast of his stories after the Cat in the Hat was haunted by the ghost.
The Cat in the Hat was so bad that Dr. It caused an uproar at the Seuss estate.
after The Cat in the Hat reviled by critics and bombed at the box office, Audrey Stone Geisel – widow of Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel – wanted to make sure that something so disastrous would never happen again in her late husband's business. (via Today). Geisel didn't really want Myers to play the Cat in the Hat, but Universal insisted. When the movie failed with the Seuss estate”spike” at the center of which Geisel became more careful about adaptations of her husband's stories.
After failure The Cat in the Hat, Geisel decided that her husband's stories would never be adapted into live action again. And he kept his word for decades. There have been successful animated adaptations of Seuss's books The Lorax for Horton hears Kim!however, there has not been another live-action adaptation since then The Cat in the Hat. The goal is not to make another mistake The Cat in the Hatand it works so far.
Why Mike Myers' Cat in the Hat Was So Controversial
The Cat in the Hat is a very strange film indeed
Myers' The cat in the hat the film was so controversial that it was aimed more at adults than Seuss's children's market. It has a lot of crude double-entendres that wink at the adults in the audience and relies on a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor. Myers himself was criticized for playing Cat with the impression that Burt Lahr had passed over as the Cowardly Lion. The Wizard of Oz. But above all, The Cat in the Hat it was very polarizing because it's a really, really weird movie – as if David Lynch made a children's movie.
Source: Box Office Mojo, Today
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 family comedy film directed by Bo Welch starring Mike Myers as the mischievous title character. The story revolves around two children, Conrad and Sally, who are visited by the Cat in the Hat on a rainy day, which leads to a series of chaotic and whimsical adventures. The film is based on the classic children's book by Dr. Seuss and stars Dakota Fanning and Spencer Breslin.
- Director
- Bo Welch
- writers
- Alec Berg, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer