Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat

This adaptation of the classic children's book stars Mike Meyers AUSTIN POWERS as the wily talking cat with a tall striped hat and more than a few tricks up his sleeve. Set in a colorful make-believe world the film tells the classic tale of a sister and brother Sally Dakota Fanning and Conrad Spencer Breslin who pass a rainy afternoon with their crotchety baby sitter Mrs. Kwan Amy Hill during which they receive a visit from the mysterious Cat in the Hat who leads them on a series of colorful illogical silly misadventures. Meanwhile their mother Kelly Preston her paranoid boss Sean Hayes and her phony boyfriend Alec Baldwin present obstacles for the children as they become part of the Cat's chaotic world. With candy colored sets that pop off the screen and zany special effects that give the story a decidedly 21st century spin this movie presents a fast-paced and very nontraditional rendering of Dr. Seuss. The rhyming lines that usually characterize Dr. Seuss stories are referenced here but modern jokes that ri