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(1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh Page   1   "Beautifully realised, entertainingly absurd and as true to the original as a feature-length expansion can be, this animated allegory gets the child in all of us to think big thoughts about small things."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel "Watch your back, Dumbo. You have heavy competition now from Horton!"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B "Horton Hears a Who still shines with a fresh coat of mass-appeal shellac, just don't walk in expecting something as cozy and magical as the original book."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf A ""Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who" is an inspired cinematic adaptation that improves on the book in a way that a movie of this magnitude should."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The elephant, the stars' names, the digital production, the critical buzz, and the product tie-ins -- with all this going on, the movie can't help but be huge."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "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."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman "Respect is what Horton's preaching, and that's a message to be foisted on children guilt-free."   Village Voice   Ed Gonzalez A- "Succeeds where previous Dr. Seuss adaptations have fallen short, most notably by using animation -- fluid, elastic, genuinely Seussian animation -- to tell the story."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "Will thankfully instill in your children a sense of heroism that Seuss's original book did, even if it deviates from the source material greatly..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. B "Blows up what's essentially a sweet little fable into something far bigger and louder, but...retains just enough of the original's charm to make good family fare."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "A joyous and kind-hearted romp with Horton the caring elephant who is on a mission of mercy for the small ones."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Horton Hears a Who! doesn't enter the live-action realm, which is a good thing, but the lengthened result has its own charm and is enjoyable in a family-friendly sort of way, even if it feels a little like Dr. Seuss by way of Ice Age."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Delightful adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic is sure to entertain the kids, and the parents won't be too far behind."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/5 "Sygkratimeno kai petyhimeno hioymor demeno me to eggyimeno ap' tin ypografi ton dimioyrgon toy Ice Age (2002) animation, to Horton Hears a Who den proorizetai pantheon, alla apotelei toylahiston aksiologotati epilogi kyrios (alla ohi apokleistika) gia nea"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2.5/5 "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."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 4/5 "best Seussical adaptation for the big screen yet"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B+ "Jim Carrey returns in his second starring role opposite Seuss' Whos, but this time the folks behind Ice Age have the good sense to keep the tale animated."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[W]hat has Hollywood done with this gentle plea for tolerance? It has been turned into something that looks astonishingly like far-right propaganda about how Christians are a persecuted minority -- as if this were 100AD in the Roman Empire..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson A- "They finally got Dr. Seuss right in this warm-hearted and heart-warming story of the elephant who is "faithful 100 percent" and the world on a little speck of dust that he rescues."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 3/4 "Joyously maintains the rhythmic syntax and considerate spirit of Dr. Seuss."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "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."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 2.5/5 "Adds a manic spin that strains to convey far too many moral messages while overloading the film with wacky action."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "A bit too much on the frenetic side, the movie is nonetheless colorful and diverting."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B "The animation is beautiful and the story's nice message of tolerance booms across loud and clear."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 3.5/5 "Exquisite... Listen closely to Horton Hears a Who! You might be surprised by what you hear."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell A- "One book can't contain Horton's dogged heroics! His stoical pluck shows up all other stoics! And it gets even better! I'm pleased to relate That Horton's the very best Blue Sky to date."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 10/10 "Wacky and wondrous - it's bountiful fun for children of all ages."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "Occasionally charming, frequently dull, and terrible just often enough to be dissatisfying more often than not."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3/4 "Teeters throughout at that juncture between masterpiece and piffle."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh Page   1