Dr. Seuss' the Lorax

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Dr. Seuss' the Lorax

PG,

2012,

1h 26m,

Kids & Family/

Fantasy/

Adventure/

Animation

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53%

153 Reviews

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63%

100,000+ Ratings

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153 Reviews

63%

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Twelve-year-old Ted (Zac Efron) lives in a place virtually devoid of nature; no flowers or trees grow in the town of Thneedville. Ted would very much like to win the heart of Audrey (Taylor Swift), the girl of his dreams, but to do this, he must find that which she most desires: a Truffula tree. To get it, Ted delves into the story of the Lorax (Danny DeVito), once the gruff guardian of the forest, and the Once-ler (Ed Helms), who let greed overtake his respect for nature.

Critics Consensus

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is cute and funny enough but the moral simplicity of the book gets lost with the zany Hollywood production values.

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

Jul 27, 2012

1/5

It stinks.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jul 26, 2012

1/5

It looks bright and clean and sharp. But there is no charm or life.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Jul 26, 2012

2/5

It is like delirium tremens, only less fun.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Dec 9, 2024

2/10

This 2012 animated fantasy misses the point of the widely acclaimed children’s story and buries its source material inside an anodyne and furiously vacillated framework. It is not simply poor quality entertainment; it is bad for your kids to watch it.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 14, 2020

3.0/4.0

It's hard to imagine children not enjoying the film.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

Aug 3, 2020

B-

In the hierarchy of good-to-great kid movies, this would rank somewhere straight down the middle. It's a safe and easy kind of entertainment, and that's about it.

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Theodore G

Mar 25, 2019

My son loved this movie

Albus W

Jan 25, 2019

DeVito is great DeVito is almighty DeVito is GODLY

Anakin L

Dec 15, 2018

i give two stars. for the memes

Han W

Dec 4, 2018

The cast is very well known. This was one of my favorite movies when i was little.

Finn W

Dec 1, 2018

Bad, even by Dr. Seuss movies standards

Ron W

Nov 10, 2018

A tedious and quick adventure that distorts with Hollywood clichés the important message about responsibility to the environment from Dr.Seuss' original book by a corporate company like Illumination Entertainment without looking like a big commercial.

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Kyle Balda

Director

Chris Renaud

Director

Danny DeVito

The Lorax

Ed Helms

The Once-ler

Zac Efron

Ted

Taylor Swift

Audrey

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Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Ted (Zac Efron) lives in a place virtually devoid of nature; no flowers or trees grow in the town of Thneedville. Ted would very much like to win the heart of Audrey (Taylor Swift), the girl of his dreams, but to do this, he must find that which she most desires: a Truffula tree. To get it, Ted delves into the story of the Lorax (Danny DeVito), once the gruff guardian of the forest, and the Once-ler (Ed Helms), who let greed overtake his respect for nature.

Director: Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud
Producer: Christopher Meledandri, Janet Healy
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Chris Meledandri
Rating: PG (Brief Mild Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $213.9M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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