: Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who
I had never read the original story, so I didn’t know what to expect, but I think I like the original story better than the movie. There are places where the movie has obvious Hollywood-isms. When the movie sticks to the original story (the places where narration is used), the movie works very well. But often the movie add silly comic sidebars that don’t work. But overall it’s still a rather harmless, entertaining movie. Kids seem to like it, but I’m not sure adults will get much out of it. The story is surprisingly mature for kids, in the sense that it’s about tiny creatures that live on a speck on a flower that an elephant is trying to protect. But the story’s theme is that all people, no matter how small, are important — and that’s a good lesson for kids.
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