(4 out of 5 stars)
After live action version of Dr. Seuss stories like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and The Cat in the Hat, 20th Century Fox decided for a completely animated Seuss story about the Who’s in Whoville who happen to live in a world that is only a speck in a much larger world where we find Horton, an elephant who ends up being the only animal in the jungle that can hear the Who’s in Whoville.
Many celebrity voices are found throughout the movie including Jim Carrey as Horton and Steve Carrell as the Mayor of Whoville. The voices are perfectly cast down to the Kangaroo voiced by Carol Burnett who is the one jungle animal ensuring that Horton
Stops being too imaginative influencing all the kids that tiny people live on a speck that he is keeping safe as it sits on a puff flower. The voices are jovial with the right amount of silliness to bring the Seuss characters alive.
The movie chooses a few sidebars with a Japanimation sequence and a musical ending, both of which do not truly fit in the movie, but overall, this movie is a success and is perfect for all the kids. If adults find cartoons cute, they won’t be bothered by sitting through it with their kids either.
Horton does hear a Who and I for one am glad he did. What if we all lived on a speck called Earth inside this galaxy and universe, but ultimately are just a micron in size compared to some other bigger world? It is that imagination that Seuss brought to his story and the filmmakers have brought to this movie.
Similar recommended titles: The Lion King and Finding Nemo
By: Josh Wheeler - Contributing Writer
