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Horton Hears a Who!
20th Century Fox
MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring
Jim Carrey,
Steve Carell,
Carol Burnett,
Seth Rogen,
Will Arnett,
Isla Fisher,
Dan Fogler,
and
Amy Poehler
Based on the beloved children's book by Dr. Seuss, this is the tale of an imaginative elephant named Horton who hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Although Horton doesn't know it yet, that speck houses an entire city named Who-ville, inhabited by the microscopic Whos, led by the mayor. Despite being ridiculed and threatened by his neighbors, who think he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to save the particle...because "a person's a person, no matter how small." (20th Century Fox)
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure
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Animation
|
Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Dr. Seuss (book)
Cinco Paul
Ken Daurio
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Steve Martino
Jimmy Hayward
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 9, 2008
Theatrical: March 14, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
If I ran the circus, the gang that made the sturdy, witty, inventively animated Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! would get first dibs on any future movie productions of the Theodor Seuss Geisel canon.

91
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Stays true to the spirit and characters of the book while embellishing it to overflowing.

91
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
I don't wish to give offense here, but it certainly doesn't hurt that Mary Lou is voiced by that famously small bundle of energy Isla Fisher. (She's 5-foot-2.)

88
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Finally! For the first time, Hollywood has made a whimsical, witty, feature-length version of Dr. Seuss that's neither overblown nor smutty nor emotionally hollow.

88
USA Today
Claudia Puig
The look of the story is an undeniable treat, and the message it weaves is both funny and sweet. Horton Hears a Who! is razzle-dazzling and artful, and it builds on Seuss' words by the clever cart-full.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Travis Nichols
It's a loving and attentive take on a charming classic.

80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Warm, playful and inventive, this tale of an elephant with a spirit as generous as his waistline comes juiced with the genially goofy animation of the folks who brought us "Ice Age" (and, less memorably, "Robots") coupled with a respectful doffing of the cap to Geisel’s exuberantly wacky visual style.

80
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
A delight, brimming with colorful, elastic characters and bountiful wit.

80
Salon.com
Mary Elizabeth Williams
It's a feature-length reparation for the appalling live-action versions of Seuss' books we've endured over the last few years.

80
Time
Richard Corliss
You may leave the movie with Seussian anapests dancing in your happy head. Here's mine: A treat for the eye, an epic event/ This film is delightful, one hundred percent.

75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Horton Hears a Who wisely preserves most of Seuss' verse in voiceover narration, but the main dialogue, while it doesn't rhyme, preserves the author's humanistic humor and whimsy.

75
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Listen closely: It's the sound of a million Who fans cheering.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
For its intended audience, Horton's agenda is overt: Listen, be a friend, and most important - have fun!

75
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
After the terrifying grotesques that were the live-action "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Cat in the Hat," it was easy to dread a feature-length Horton Hears a Who!. But -- surprise -- the computer-animated "Horton" is largely funny and faithful to the spirit of the Dr. Seuss book.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
I meant what I said
And I said what I meant
A flick pretty faithful
'Bout 80 per cent.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Frequently charming, beautifully drawn and far more faithful in spirit to the source material than those dreadful Ron Howard-Brian Grazer productions.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Jim Carrey re-invents Horton much as Robin Williams did with the Genie of the Lamp in Disney's animated "Aladdin."

75
TV Guide
Ken Fox
It's rendered in shiny, state-of-the-art CG animation, not the charming pen-and-ink drawings with which Seuss illustrated his own books or the hand-drawn artistry Chuck Jones brought to the 1970 Horton Hears a Who! short. But considering the messes that came before, that's a minor quibble.

70
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
The tolerance and loopy poetry of the beloved book by Dr. Seuss have been nicely captured.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
It does honor the book's flavor and spirit with a bright, funny treatment. Voice performers Jim Carrey (as Horton) and Steve Carell (the Mayor) play their roles just right, without making the movie about them.

70
Variety
John Anderson
The real stars of the movie are the animators, who imbue even the overgrowth in Horton's jungle with a certain floppy Seuss-ishness.

70
Village Voice
Ed Gonzalez
Horton Hears a Who! has blessedly been conceived and executed in reverence to Seuss's story, padding out the original narrative with some meaningful new ideas and casting a mercifully muzzled Jim Carrey as the titular beast.

70
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
Unlike so many computer-animated movies, "Horton" doesn't have that garish, sealed-in-plastic effect that can be so claustrophobic.

70
Film Threat
Matthew Sorrento
Even if Horton's world can't shine like Whoville, this movie's visuals keeps things vivid, while digital animation is so often crisp, precise, and cold.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
In the mold of their previous films "Ice Age" and "Robots": a nice blend of rudimentary and inventive touches.

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Someday, if we’re all good little boys and girls, the world will hand us a Dr. Seuss film half as wonderful as one of the books. Meantime we have the competent, clinical computer animation and relative inoffensiveness of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! to pass the time.

63
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
It's a tough balancing act and probably a futile one. As greedily as Hollywood looks upon these books as a franchise to strip-mine, the hard fact remains that what's good about them - Ted Geisel's untrendy gentleness, humor, and intelligence - resists translation to the big screen.

60
Empire
Staff (Not credited)
Charming, funny and great turns from a cast with no finger-wagging. But if you don’t like psychosis-inducing imagery, steer clear.

60
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Endearing, though sometimes belabored.

50
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
There are aspects of “Horton,”... that are fresh and enjoyable, and bits that will gratify even a dogmatic and orthodox Seussian.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Just because the live-action Seusses have dialed down expectations doesn't mean that Horton shouldn't aspire to more than time-wasting mediocrity. There are precious childhoods at stake here.


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