"The Grinch"

As the festive season approaches, we start with one of the first Christmas based films to hit the Cinema, and the classic story of "The Grinch".

We've had the live action version played by Jim Carrey, now almost 20 years later we have a new animated film, with the title character voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.

In the magical Christmas loving town of Whoville, the residents get ready as the festive season draws ever closer. Everyone is getting really excited, all apart from one. A miserly so & so, who looks down upon the festivities. In order to make everyone feel as miserable as he, The Grinch puts a plan in motion to steal their Christmas, everything from the last card and present to every tree and bauble. Will he succeed?

The film is aimed at a young audience, and fans of the original book may think that the Jim Carrey film is rightfully darker, but I have not seen that, only this new animated version, and I loved it. There is something for everyone. It has quite a few laugh out loud moments, the animation, as one would expect, is outstanding, it was just 90 minutes of great fun.

It gets Christmas off to great start....8 out of 10

PS - For Minions fans, there is a short at the beginning, and yes it's very funny lol