Every holiday season, like clockwork, How the Grinch Stole Christmas finds its way back onto screens, and it’s comfortably nestled between cookie trays and tangled lights. Released in 2000, Ron Howard’s live-action adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s beloved story was a box office hit, raking in over $345 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing holiday movie of its time. At the center of it all, buried under layers of green fur and prosthetics, was Jim Carrey, who delivered a performance so manic, elastic, and oddly endearing that it instantly became hard to look away from.

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