<P> A 2000 live - action feature comedy film based on the story, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch, was a major financial success, although it received many mixed reviews and holds a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . A video game based on the film, simply entitled The Grinch, was released on several consoles and PC in the same year . It was followed in 2007 with the release of a Nintendo DS version that went under the full title of the movie . </P> <P> The Grinch was portrayed on the stage when the story was turned into a musical by the Children's Theater Company out of Minneapolis . The show made it to Broadway by way of a limited run in 2006, with Julia Leuchtenberg playing the Grinch . The Grinch is also a minor character in Seussical, which is a crossover between various Dr. Seuss stories . </P> <P> The Grinch's story will be adapted in animated form in 2018 by Illumination Entertainment, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character . </P> <P> The Grinch has since become an icon of Christmas and the winter holidays, despite the character's hatred of the season . Over the years he has appeared on various forms of memorabilia such as Christmas ornaments, plush dolls, and various clothing items . The grumpy, anti-holiday spirit of the character has led to the term "Grinch" coming to refer to a person opposed to Christmas time celebrations or to someone with a coarse, greedy attitude . In 2002, TV Guide ranked The Grinch number 5 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list . </P>

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