Dr. Suess' The Cat in the Hat (2023 film)

Dr. Suess' The Cat in the Hat is a 2023 3D computer-animated comedy music fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Pictures, and released by Columbia Pictures, Universal, DreamWorks Studios and Dr, Suess Studios. It is based on the 1957 book of the same name by Dr. Suess, making it the third adaptation of the story, after the 1971 TV special starring Allan Sherman and the 2003 live-action film starring Mike Myers. The film stars Paul Rudd, Lyndon Prosser, Kaitlyn Robrock, Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Stephanie Young, Crispan Freeman and Frank Weller.

The film was announced on July 2018 and it had its worldwide premiere on June 10, 2023 and it was released theatrically in movie theaters on June 15, 2023.

A sequel, Dr. Suess' The Cat in the Hat 2 was released on May 5, 2025 which uses the 3D, 2D and Live-Action characters from different universes.

Plot
The film starts with Conrad and Sally at a movie theater and they both do a countdown to start the film.

Conrad and Sally live in a big city named Anvile with their mother named Joan. Joan works for her loud-freak real estate agent Hank Humberfloob and is hosting a Office Meet and Greet Party at her house. One day, she is being called to go back to the office, leaving her children with Mrs. Kwan as their babysitter. She forbids them to enter the living room, which is being prepared for the upcoming party. Joan is also dating her next-door neighbor Larry Quinn, much to Conrad's anger because Larry is currently on the lookout for any mischief Conrad is up to as we wants to do nothing but sending him away to military school for being a "hot-headed troublemaker".

Once Joan leaves on a rainy day, Conrad and Sally meet a giant anthropomorphic black and white cat wearing a tall red and white striped hat and a large red bow tie named the Cat in the Hat. He and his girlfriend in a pink hair bow named Cat in the Hair Bow, teaches them how to have fun, but the family fish does not want the Cat and his girlfriend around while their mother is away. In his presence, the Cats leave a trail of destruction and they release two troublemaking things named Thing 1 and Thing 2 from a big red cate which is actually a portal from Joan's house to their world. The Cat warns Conrad to never ever open the crate and he and his girlfriend allow the Things to have fun, but instead, they are making a huge mess around the house. Ignoring the Cat's warning, Conrad tickles the lock on the crate, causing it to come off and attach to the collar of the family dog, Nevins. The Cat, Conrad, Sally, Cat in the Hair Bow, The Fish, Thing 1 and Thing 2 drive the Cat's super powered car in town to find Nevins. Conrad realizes that the Things always do the opposite of what they tell them to do, and Conrad and Sally use it to have them prevent their mother from coming home.