As kids we grew up reading Dr. Seuss’ books, Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas are just a few of them. Many of Seuss’ books have been turned into movies that we love like Cat in the Hat. The newest adaptation is Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. The cast list for the Lorax is outstanding with Danny DeVito as The Lorax himself; with him we also have Ed Helms as The Once-ler, Zac Efron as Ted, Taylor Swift as Audrey and Betty White as Grammy Norma. This was Zac Efron’s first ever voice over role, having a 24 year old man play a 12 year old boy is no easy task; however Efron pulled it off and his role as the young and in love Ted is very believable.
In order to win the affections of Audrey, the girl of Ted’s dreams, he must search for the one thing that is no longer in their world...Trees, that’s right they live in a world without trees. For Ted to find this he must learn the story of The Lorax, a small, grumpy, orange, but somehow charming creature that fights to protect his own world.
The screenplay is written by Ken Daurio, who has written a fantastic amount of other animated movies such as Horton hears a Who and Despicable Me to name a couple. The Lorax is directed by Chris Renaud, who also worked on Despicable Me, and Kyle Balda, who worked on Toy Story 2 the second movie to the hit franchise.
The Lorax is the number one family movie in the world right now, so obviously I’m going to recommend you take your family to see this. If you’re a young adult or an adult go and see this movie anyway, it’s a light hearted movie that will get you to laugh but in some way touch your heart. Don’t miss out on a great movie just because it’s categorized for ‘kids’ everyone can learn a lesson from it.
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