Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat was a book written by Dr. Seuss in 1957. In 2003 it was made into a motion picture. The book does not go into detail about what happens when the mom gets home, she only asks the little boy and girl what that had done that day and the book ends by asking "What would you do if your mother asked you." In the book the cat cleans up all of the mess before mom even gets to the door. The movie takes a different twist on the book by making it more modern day (the girl has a palm pilot and the mother is a real estate agent). The mother is even considering sending the boy (Conrad) to military school because he has been into so much trouble.

In my opinion the movie is a little too far out from the book. While I can see kids possiably enjoying it I do not think that it is a movie that both kids and parents would enjoy. The theme "It is good to have fun, but you have to know how," still exists in the movie as it did in the book.