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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
2409 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.71/4 |
# of Ratings: |
63 |
Genres: |
Animation |
Rating: |
PG |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 03/02/2012 |
DVD Release: |
08/07/2012 |
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Director: |
Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul, Chris Renaud |
Actors: |
Zac Efron
Ed Helms
Danny DeVito
Taylor Swift
Betty White
Rob Riggle |
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Plot Outline:
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Based on the book by Dr. Seuss - A tale of greed vs. environmentalism as a young man leaves his industrialized city in order to show his girlfriend a tree and seeks out the Once-ler who tells his tragic tale of Thneeds and the Lorax who tried to stop him. -- Chris Kavan
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Snoogans 04/20/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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2.5/4 |
The best feature-length adaptation of a Dr. Seuss story, thus far. The additions to the story are complimentary. There's some good humor and a couple of catchy tunes. However, everything else is standard stuff. Mildly enjoyable for most ages. |
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Chris Kavan 01/13/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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2.5/4 |
I agree with some other reviewers who say this is geared more towards kids than adults. Considering the source material, it turned out pretty good. The animation was crisp, the story and characters were okay (Danny DeVito was particularly well cast) and it was a fun, if a bit underwhelming, animated feature. |
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Pinch 11/19/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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2.5/4 |
Lorax shows the power of people's will to change something for the better when poon tang is involved. |
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04/12/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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When Are We Going To Get A Good Suess Film? |
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Another Dr. Suess adaption. I say this without enthusiasm or disappointment. Dr. Suess films are usually just mediocre, nothing to get excited over. However, they make a lot of money. Thus, we get the movie adaption of "The Lorax."
I won't lie, I've never read The Lorax, nor do I know anything about it, aside from it's environmental message. But I can tell this film really stretched the source material. Even with the extensive (and uninteresting) chase scene, even with the half-dozen of musical numbers (only one of which I really enjoyed), and even with the additional characters added, the film has a relatively modest running time.
The Lorax isn't that good, unfortunately. It has strengths, but it also has a lot of weaknesses.
For one, it seems The Lorax has no imagination for... |
Rating of
2/4 |
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03/16/2012 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
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The Lorax Review |
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There are two things guaranteed to lure me into seeing a movie; the first is humor, preferably of the snarky and sarcastic variety---and secondly, animation. I feel quite certain that movies like “Despicable Me” and “Megamind” were, in fact, written more for people like myself than any child that might see them. So I was completely in my element this weekend when I checked out a showing of “The Lorax”---which is coincidentally directed by the same clever people who came up with “Despicable Me”, one of my all time favorites.
THE GOOD: I know this will probably take a lot of you by surprise, especially since I am the mother of three and am practically as old as Dr. Suess himself---but I have never read the story of the Lorax before. I had no idea the man was such an environmentalist-... |
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3/4 |
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