Review: Horton Hears a Who!

Well this is my first post and therefore first contribution to the blog, and i thought i would start it nicely by writing a review of Horton Hears a Who!, so here we go, i hope you enjoy.

Horton Hears a Who!
Rating: ****/*****

At first, when arriving to the cinema to go and see Horton Hears a Who! i was expecting an amusing film that would impress me but would be something i could perhaps forget with a couple of amusingly childish moments from Horton (voiced by Jim Carrey),and animation that bordered on the line of being visually stunning but faced towards the visual dullness of such films as The Reef.
I can and will say that my premonition of this film was wrong, and i was wrong to make this premise.
Horton Hears a Who! is centered around an elephant called Horton who resides in a jungle, and one day hears voices on a tiny spec and goes about protecting the spec from the other jungle inhabitants who disagree with Horton. This mix of a plot that borders being Philosophical combined with the whimsical enjoyment that children can appreciate from this film make it a perfect family film.
Though Horton Hears a Who! is a film that does not have many characters centered around it's plot it uses the lesser characters so that this adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book does not seem like the film is centered around a Philosophical plot, for instance the blue mouse Morton (voiced by Seth Rogen) brings a sarcastic charm to the film, whereas the character Katie adds a touch of childishly loveable humour.

Horton hears a Who! offers a delightful adventure full of laughs, but some of which do not appear to be in line with the story and make the film slightly lacking and as though it seems the film is trying to be stretched out as much as possible, neverthless it strives to keep it's plot as interesting as possible and luckily succeeds in making an amusing family film that can mainly be aimed at children, but still allow an older generation to be entertained.
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