With two live-action adaptations -- one grotesque (THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS), the other just plain gross (THE CAT IN THE HAT) -- to serve as a warning, the wise people at Blue Sky Studios (ICE AGE, ROBOTS) ditched the idea of trying to recreate Dr. Seuss' beloved characters with actors and instead fully animated this 50-year-old tale of a faithful, sharp-eared elephant who saves the microscopic world that only he can hear.
Deep in the jungle of Nool lives Horton (voice of Jim Carrey, who somehow manages to be overly animated even in an animated film), a sweet, imaginative gray elephant with ears big enough to hear the small squeak emanating from a tin...
Released:
2008
Rated:
G
Length:
88 mins