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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie is like a less original "WALL•E," but it's still vibrant and touching.
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThere is no denying that the environmental message is heavy-handed.
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondThis is purely warm, wonderful, wise and hilarious family entertainment that is fantastic movie fun for everyone.
- 75Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerThe Lorax is a modest gem, failing to significantly enhance its source material's ideas but still delivering a zany, rollicking, multi-character version of Seuss's environmental cautionary tale.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe result is 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."
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenArmed with a splendid voice cast and a gorgeously-rendered 3D-CG landscape, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax entertains while delivering it's pro-environmental, anti-greed message wrapped in a bright package of primary colors that truly pop.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAlthough the movie's ecological message is dominant, it's not heavy-handed. Rather, the ecological warnings are tossed out with the same joie de vivre the Once-ler displays when tossing marshmallows to the bears.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfUnfortunately, a new problem rears its head: It seems no young audience member can be trusted to enjoy a thoughtful story without a heroic, borderline-obnoxious surrogate (here, he's voiced by Zac Efron) zooming around on a scooter, bonking villainous heads and saving the day.
- 58The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe handful of songs are catchy, and the whole film feels pleasantly airy. But this is a dark story with a heavy message, and it's been transformed into a harmless, pretty confection. In defanging it for comic effect, the filmmakers have done Seuss as much of a disrespectful disservice as if they'd laid on the fart gags.
- 30VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThe key to Seuss' tales, as with all good fables, is not only their cleverness but their surpassing elegance and simplicity, qualities that this busy, over-cluttered contraption of a movie seems entirely uninterested in replicating.