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SMACK MY GRINCH UP

By | December 2002

Ron Howard’s “Grinch” will never achieve the cultural resonance of its predecessor. Like most remakes, it will be consigned to the bargain bin of film history, relegated to occasional viewing by families whose DVDs of “A Christmas Story” are irrevocably scratched…

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