How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Ron Howard's live-action version of the Dr. Seuss story, and Jim Carrey's Grinch is a full-body rubber performance under heavy prosthetics: muttering, improvising and sulking through his own appointment calendar. The Whoville sets are deliberately overstuffed, which some find exhausting. Pick it for Carrey rather than for the story, which the 1966 animated special tells more tightly. Fine for families, though very young children can find the makeup a bit much.