The Lorax is based off a Dr. Seuss novel and has the voices of Danny Devito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift and Betty White, the story here is that the town of Thneedville grows artificial trees, a young boy named Ted (Efron) wants to impress a girl named Audrey (Swift) to do this he must find a real tree, which leads to a tale of a time now past.
I went into the Lorax with middle of the road expectations mainly because Dr. Seuss books have not had a stellar track record on the big screen but this looked like fun so was it much fun or was it more glum?
Well, its more like somewhere in the middle, I thought Danny Devito was great as the Lorax, he brings a lot of heart and good natured humour to his role and the film works best in his scenes, outside of him the film suffers big time, the comedy doesn’t work as well, the heart wanders, White just makes you think “Why is she in this movie, she’s too good for her role?” and the message of the film got lost to the young looking boy wanting to impress a girl, which is a shame.
Oh and I also liked the animation style of the film and the numerous Seuss-isms scattered throughout.
But all in all, Devito saves this from being a really boring family film, young kids will like it but the grown ups might look at their watch every now and then, 2 out of 5.
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