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Horton Hears a Who!
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71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 92 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell
  • Summary: 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)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    91
    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.
  2. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    91
    Stays true to the spirit and characters of the book while embellishing it to overflowing.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    60
    Charming, funny and great turns from a cast with no finger-wagging. But if you don't like psychosis-inducing imagery, steer clear.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 47
  3. Negative: 3 out of 47
  1. Treblotski
    6
    "Horton Hears a Who!" is may not be the best, but not the worst either. Nowadays there are just so many visually stunning animations that this one is getting lost between all the other animations.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. grandpajoe6191
    4
    Horton Hears a who! But I don't hear anything.
    • 2 of 4 users said yes
  3. EvanO.
    3
    I went into this movie thinking that it would would be one of those surprisingly funny Pixar movies, along the lines of Ratatouille or Bee Movie, but this movie was just not funny. I expected with Carell(the Office is great) and Carrey, it would have some good jokes. But there were maybe 3 times in the entire movie that I laughed out loud. That's not very good. The plot was alright , and the moral was fine(Now that would have been hard to blow!), but overall, just a wasted opportunity.… Expand
    • 0 of 3 users said yes

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