How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

105 min · Comedy

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33 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas scores 33 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 14 flagged scenes.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for violence and action with themes.

Scary and dark	21%
Violence and action	39%
Themes	29%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	5%
Language	6%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Kids dare each other near the Grinch's lair
Heads up Cindy trapped in the post-office sorting machine
Heads up Euphemistic exclamation cluster
Heads up Grinch's threatening answering machine message
Heads up Young Grinch humiliated at school Christmas party
Heads up Grinch threatens to kill again
Heads up "Hell to pay" outburst
Heads up Grinch re-traumatized by childhood shaving memory
Heads up Grinch wrecks the Whobilation party
Heads up Grinch and Max rocket down the mountain on the sleigh

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
CA	PG
GB	PG
US	PG

Talk about it after

“When the Grinch finally hears the Whos singing on Christmas morning even after losing all their gifts, something changes in him. What do you think makes a celebration feel meaningful, even when things do not go the way you planned?”

This guide tells you before. The app tells you during.

Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip it, mute it, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

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Common questions

Is How the Grinch Stole Christmas okay for kids?

How the Grinch Stole Christmas scores 33 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 14 flagged scenes in it, covering profanity (mild), theme, action. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

33, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas rated?

How the Grinch Stole Christmas is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, CA PG, GB PG, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

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