![]() ![]() "Horton," in contrast, offers not one but two tender, protective, occasionally befuddled heroes. Perhaps that's why those films (and, likewise, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") weren't runaway hits - the guy who creeps you out for the length of a bedtime story can be downright exhausting for the duration of a film. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Cat in the Hat" focused on rather shady protagonists. The world of children's literature is rife with chaos and cruelty, and both "Dr. It isn't just an amusing diversion for a rainy Saturday afternoon (which, face it, is the reason kid movies exist) either - it's a feature-length reparation for the appalling live-action versions of Seuss' books we've endured over the last few years. The big-screen adaptation of "Horton Hears a Who!" doesn't have the brisk economy of the original book, but the animated Horton feels nevertheless close to the sweet, quirky heart of Dr. ![]() But as Theodore Geisel knew - and any child will affirm - size has no bearing on significance. We watch as it floats through the jungle of Nool, a wisp of nothingness that's a self-contained planet in its own cosmos. It begins with the trajectory of a speck. ![]()
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