‘The Cat in the Hat’ Review: Bill Hader Leads an Animated Dr. Seuss Comedy So Overstuffed It’s Like a Marvel Movie for Tots
- Bill Hader voices a notably friendly Cat in the Hat.
- The film sends a family through portal-like boxes into other worlds.
- The review says blockbuster spectacle overwhelms Seuss’s playful spirit.
The new animated *The Cat in the Hat*, voiced by Bill Hader, turns Dr Seuss’s mischievous character into a friendly mascot and sends him into a story packed with spectacle and familiar blockbuster ideas. The review argues that this approach loses the books’ anarchic charm, making the film…