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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

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1,949

2000's

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562

2008

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16
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Animation
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  78
  
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  3
  
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  27
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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.8833

Avg Critic Score:2.8574

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Rank 2 Reviews

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efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)

None of the millions of dollars in cutting-edge animation and high-priced talent have managed to come up with anything quite approximating the charms and delights that Dr. Seuss was able to conjure up in just a handful of storybook pages. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)

MightyGanesha.com (Diva Velez)

offers a welcome and wonderful respite to those convinced we might never see a worthy feature adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at MightyGanesha.com (Diva Velez)

Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

It would be pretty hard to muck up this Dr. Seuss story and its kid-friendly parable about the rights of all beings, no matter their size or shape, to the basic freedoms of life and liberty. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)

has never needed more than Geisel's simple words and drawings to get its points across, brilliantly. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)

Metromix.com (Matt Pais)

The 40-Year-Old Virgin. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Critic Reviews continued...

Time Out New York (Joshua Rothkopf)

movies, but not without damage. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Time Out New York (Joshua Rothkopf)

New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)

This presents a problem for me as a reviewer since I was assured by my parents that I was never a child, even in the cradle, where I assumed the expression of a Greek philosopher, which is perhaps why I have never had children of my own. I have never ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)

Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)

Occasionally charming, frequently dull, and terrible just often enough to be dissatisfying more often than not. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)

Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)

A mediocre movie's a mediocre movie, no matter how overhyped, overblown and overbearing. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)

Kansas City Star ()

It feels empty and over-inflated, with the book�s simple charms lost in the filler dreamed up by screenwriters Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Kansas City Star ()

Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)

Adds a manic spin that strains to convey far too many moral messages while overloading the film with wacky action. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)

Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)

doesn't stick by its central message -- that every voice counts -- the way Horton sticks to the Whos. It pretends to, but the sincerity is just too scary to commit to fully. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)

Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)

Village Voice (Ed Gonzalez)

The allegory of Dr. Seuss's charming Horton Hears a Who! remains fluid today, and, like its crafty rhymes, ebbs and flows with the times. The determination of an innocent pachyderm known as Horton to stand up against tyranny and for the survival of the ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Village Voice (Ed Gonzalez)

Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)

For adults, its charms eventually wear thin, but there are enough loud special effects and scary sequences to hold the attention of its preteen audience. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)

Film Snobs (Stephen Himes)

The metaphysical angle is too awkward: Horton comes off like a Giant Flying Spaghetti Monster. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Film Snobs (Stephen Himes)

New York Times (A.O. Scott)

from the other recent Dr. Seuss film adaptations is that it is not one of the worst movies ever made. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)

TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

What could be translated into a wonderful and even educational thirty-minute short is stretched and padded to the brink when forced to fill out a feature-length running time. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)

shouldn't aspire to more than time-wasting mediocrity. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) (Thomas Peyser)

Earth, as Robert Frost thought, might be the right place for love, but television is certainly the right place for Dr. Seuss. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) (Thomas Peyser)

Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)

It amounts to making entertainment for adults by hijacking a story intended for kids... ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)

Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)

Everything in the movie (Whoville in particular) seems hyperactive, noisy and shrill -- and yet, for all the manufactured carry-on, there isn't enough story for a feature film. ...read the complete Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)

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