Horton Hears a Who (Widescreen and Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition)

Horton Hears a Who (Widescreen and Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition) | Jim Carrey, Steve Carell | DVD's at Amazon

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	Horton Hears a Who (Widescreen and Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition) Jim Carrey, Steve Carell 20th Century Fox, 2008 average customer review:based on 60 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Dr. Seuss on Film

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: From the Secret Files of Harry Pennypacker

HORTON HEARS A WHO! is a charming, fun-filled animated feature, adapted from the story by Dr. Seuss.

Horton is a playful elephant who becomes a reluctant hero when he discovers that Who-ville, a microscopic city, exists on a floating speck of dust. Despite the efforts of the other animals in the mythical jungle to stop him, Horton undertakes a perilous and hilarious journey in order to bring that speck of dust and all its inhabitants to safety.

Jim Carrey is a delight as the voice of care-free Horton, as is Steve Carell, who supplies the voice of the mayor of Who-ville, considered to be a bumbling boob by the city council and the town's citizens. In a "Making of" featurette on the 2-disc "Special Edition" DVD from 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment, we see how the ad-libs from these two funnymen often caused the producers to adjust their story.

Carol Burnett voices an ultra-conservative kangaroo who leads the other jungle creatures in an effort to stop Horton from saving Who-ville, and Will Arnett is her nefarious "hitman," a vulture. Amy Poehler, Seth Rogen and Isla Fisher voice other characters.

The animation in this feature, directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, is marvelous. They supply audio commentary, and the package also has a new animated ICE AGE short, deleted footage, many "Behind the Scenes" featurettes and a digital copy.

© Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

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I was so excited about reserving this DVD "Horton Hears A Who",,,The movie is perfect... a five star....I heard it would be hard to find at Christmas time..but then when it hit the stands...I could have purchased it at Walmart for $5.00 less. By the time shipping and handling was added it came to almost $26.00. Walmart price $19.98 ($21.00 or so)and just down the street...Lots of copies to buy. I was very disappointed. In this financial crisis..every penny counts.

Weird, Silly and Fun

As much as I enjoyed The Grinch live-action film, I have to say I am even more impressed with Horton Hears a Who. This film really captures the look and feel of Dr. Seuss' charming children's books. "Horton Hears a Who" is about an elephant named Horton who, one day, happens to hear a tiny voice on a tiny speck. Within a short amount of time, he realizes that that tiny speck contains an entire world of the people called "Whos", who happen to be in dire need of protection. Unfortunately, not everyone has the ears to hear a Who, and soon the least kind among them (an authoritative kangaroo voiced by Carol Burnett) stirs up the rabble and everyone turns against him.
Colorful and crazy, this animation brings Seuss' drawings to life. Jim Carrey does a wonderful job of making Horton both silly and sincere, playful and touching as he goes against the grain of belief to hold onto a truth that only he knows.
Sounds pretty deep for a family film--in fact sometimes the friction provided by Carol Burnett's character can get rather heavy-handed. But it all works out in the end, and it is Horton's compassion towards those who would harm him that brings the message home. Simultaneously fighting this same battle is Steve Carell's character, the Mayor of Who-ville and the only one who knows about Horton. The chemistry between these two comedic talents brings their shared situation into an enjoyable, wacky ride to the finish.
The two-disc edition of this DVD (this product) contains a disc of the movie, with many bonus features: deleted scenes are organized into three categories of completion, and show you everything from rough storyboards to semi-finished products. There is also a goofy short film set in the Ice Age world, with Sid the Sloth and Scrat the Squirrel. Plus many behind-the-scenes extras about Horton Hears a Who: an interview with Jim Carrey, shorts on how the film was made, and bits and pieces of Seussian background.
The second disc contains a digital copy of the film, which means a file that you can copy and unlock on a computer or any portable device that can play the movie back (provided the device can play Windows Media Player or iTunes files).
For anyone with children, this movie will appeal on all levels. It does a nice job of avoiding crude humor and it portrays wacky, silly slapstick in a delightful way. Very small children might be distressed near the end, but ultimately it all ends sweetly, and I suspect they'll be asking you, "Can we watch it again?"

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The Best of The Seuss Adaptations

Of Course as Everyone Knows There Were 2 Other Seuss Movies, and in my Opinion This is The Best of Them. The CGI Animation is Somewhat Sussian. Jin Carrey and Steve Carell are Great as The Lead Voices in The Film. A Good Family Film.

The Special Features Include an Entertaining Dirctors Commentary, Alot of Great Deleted Scenes, an Intertaining Animation Screen Test Feature, Very Entertaining Feature on The Charecters, an Interesting Feature on Animating Horton, an Interesting Meet Katie Feature, an Interesting Bringing Seuss to The Big Screen, an Interesting Feature on Jim Carrey as Horton, a Good Feature on A Person is a Person, a Great Feature on Were Do We Fit in, a Great Featuatte on Real Life Elephants, and a DVD Game (Titled ''We Are There'', and it's a Remembering Game) That's Too Easy.

Overall Ratings:
Movie-4/5
DVD-5/5

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Very good movie, minus * for a double-sided disc

This is a good movie, and a pretty good adaptation of a Seuss classic. I definitely prefer it to the live-action Grinch of a few years back. Jim Carrey seems to have restrained himself a bit, which was a definite plus in my book - I could watch this movie without being so aware that Hey, Jim Carrey's doing Horton's voice.

However, the one thing I wish I'd known before receiving this is that the Single-Disc Edition is also a double-sided disc. I'm not sure why it had to be a double-sided disc, since the movie's not that long. But double-sided discs are a peeve of mine - they're easier to damage, easier to fingerprint, and no matter what I do, I seem to always get the wrong side down on the first try.

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