Manohla Dargis in the L.A. Times and David Poland at Movie City News both stay in Seussian character to make the point that Cat in the Hat reeks.
Dargis, in a review headlined "Not-so-nice-kitty":
Why oh why did they make it like that,
oh why did they ruin "The Cat in the Hat"?
She reads hers aloud here. Now Poland:
So all we could do was to
Watch!
Watch!
Watch!
Watch!
And we did not like it.
Not one little splotch.