

Her goal is to get Horton kicked out of the jungle while Horton’s only goal is getting the Whos to safety.Įxcuse me for not being familiar with the source material, it’s been some time since I picked up a Seuss story. Horton’s desire to protect the Whos soon gets him into trouble with a snooty kangaroo voiced by Carol Burnett as she swears there couldn’t possibly be life on the little speck and sets out to convince the rest of the animals living in the jungle that Horton’s lies are a bad influence on the kids. Sure enough, he comes to learn that on that speck is the tiny town of Whoville inhabited by, yup, Whos. Seuss story of the same name in which the lovable elephant Horton (voiced by Jim Carrey) happens upon a tiny speck in which he swears has intelligent life on it.

Horton Hears a Who! is based on the 1954 Dr. Seuss’ material is best translated to the big screen in animated form and luckily for Fox they have partnered with the capable group at Blue Sky for their CGI animated films as they turned out a reasonably entertaining film that should occupy the kiddies for the perfectly timed 88 minute duration. Finally! Finally someone figured out that Dr.
