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- Genre : Animation
- Release Date : March 02, 2012
- MPAA Rating : PG
- Duration : 94 minute(s)
- Production Budget : -
- Studio : Universal Pictures
- Official Site : http://www.theloraxmovie.com/
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trippy drawing style, treats his sensibility as, at best, a decorative element
by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
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this kid-pleasing movie packs a visual punch and a worthy message
by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star ]
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this is purely warm, wonderful, wise and hilarious family entertainment that is fantastic movie fun for everyone
by Pete Hammond [Boxoffice Magazine ]
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their deviations from this book don't stray terribly far from its spirit
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
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the message tends to get lost in all the clanging slapstick and "Wall-E" imagery
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]
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the film's design is beautiful, from the softer-than-silk truffula trees to Ted's gaudy plastic hometown
Review rate : C+
by Tasha Robinson [AV Club ]
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the film does add pleasantly loopy, if rather forgettable, songs
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
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the 3D element lends a particularly luscious
by Justin Chang [Variety ]
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solidly entertaining - not quite as good as Horton Hears a Who or How the Grinch Stole Christmas - but unquestionably better than The Cat in the Hat
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
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like a less original Wall-E, but it's still vibrant and touching
Review rate : B+
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
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it's to inspire audiences to act out of fear
by Joshua Rothkopf [Time Out New York ]
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deftly balance entertainment with education
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News ]
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boasts snappy humor and inventive energy that more kids' films need
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
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as some sort of tool to indoctrinate children into the evil cult of environmentalism
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
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armed with a splendid voice cast and a gorgeously rendered 3D-CG landscape
by Michael Rechtshaffen [Hollywood Reporter ]
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"there's more to this story than what's on the page." You have been warned
by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times ]