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Media Credit: impawards.com Horton Hears a town of people, do you hear all the fus?

What's the first thing that comes to mind when reading the name Dr. Seuss? Probably tons of rhyming stories about weird creatures that to this day are a kid and adult favorite? Right.

Dr. Seuss has, and always will be, an author that children and adults can read and enjoy. In the previous years. You may even remember the books that Dr. Seuss has written that have become films; The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, which featured both the Who's and a funny man we all know and love, actor Jim Carey as the infamous Grinch.

In Dr. Seuss' latest book turned into film, Horton Hears a Who, Jim Carey yet again plays the lead role as Horton the elephant, who is going about his normal day when he hears a speck of dust squeal. Horton at first looses track of the tiny speck of dust, but then when least expects it, passes upon it once again. This time Horton captures it and tries to figure out if the sound he heard actually came from people.

For people who have never read the story of Horton Hears a Who, this is a quick plot summary. Horton ends up discovering that within this tiny speck of dust he has found, there lives a town; the town of Whoville. We are introduced to the Mayor of Whoville, played by another funny man, Steve Carrell (40 Year Old Virgin, Anchorman). We go back and forth from Whoville where no one believes the mayor and his warning of danger, to Horton's problem with one of the residents of his home who thinks people living on a tiny speck of dust is simply ridiculous.

The reoccurring line in the book is, "a person's a person no matter how small", and in the film, it is definitely mentioned more than enough times. And if it isn't mentioned you still get the point and moral of the story.

The story has a lot of things going on, and that's usually what Dr. Seuss does. The film isn't what was expected, but at the same time it is. Being a Dr. Seuss book, one would expect that it would be just like the book, and it is, but way more modern than most expected. When one goes back and looks at the quality of the drawings in the Dr. Seuss books, one is completely shocked at how awesome the film looks. With the movie quality nowadays, I'm sure Dr. Seuss is proud of what they have made of the story.

Jim Carey's voice as Horton is the best voice you could ever have. During the whole film you don't realize it's Carey because he does such a good job at making his voice seem like a cartoon elephant would actually speak. And Carrell does the same as Mayor of Whoville. Having both of these funny men together in this film was a very smart idea.

Also doing a voice in the film is Knocked Up's Seth Rogen as Horton's best bud and helper, Morton. There you go, some of Dr. Seuss' rhyming in a film- even the best friends' names rhyme. Another well known in the industry making an appearance, playing the best character in the film is Jesse McCartney as JoJo. JoJo is Mayor Whoville's only son. He isn't what you would expect, but being the only son out of 97 kids, it's understandable. The Mayor hopes that his son will someday hope and be happy in his shoes as the Mayor of Whoville. What the Mayor doesn't understand is that JoJo isn't like most kids. JoJo's difference is what distinguishes him from the rest and actually has him saving the day.

There is humor in the film that you wouldn't expect to be in a Dr. Seuss book. One of the characters, Katie, an orange fur ball, does the funniest and simplest things that have you cracking up. One of Katie's most memorable lines is, "In my imaginary world everyone is a pony, and they all eat rainbows, and poop butterflies." If that's not funny, I don't know what is.

This version of the book is definitely something we can watch now and never imagine it even existing in book form.

The theatre was packed with tons of little kids and their parents. My sister and I might have been the only people in between the ages of ten and 30, and I can honestly say that this film might have been one of the best I have seen this year. We all know we have a kid inside of us, and it's good that it comes out sometimes. This film is one that you don't expect to be as good as it is because you know it's a kid film. Trust me, it's good and worth the time and money you spend watching it. They even make a montage of the song, I Can't Stop This Feeling Anymore. Need I say more?

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