In the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Jim Carrey plays the Grinch. The live-action movie adapts Dr. Seuss's 1957 picture book about a bitter creature who lives above Whoville and tries to stop Christmas by stealing the town's presents, food, and decorations.
Carrey's performance combines heavy prosthetic makeup, physical comedy, and a distinctive vocal style. The production used elaborate Whoville sets and costumes to expand the short book into a feature-length origin story. Ron Howard directed the movie, which was produced by Imagine Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures.
The film is separate from the 1966 animated television special, in which Boris Karloff provided the Grinch's voice and narration. It is also different from the 2018 computer-animated film, in which Benedict Cumberbatch voices the character. The 2000 version adds material about the Grinch's childhood and his relationship with Martha May Whovier, details not present in the original book.