I will not go too far down the rabbit hole over that because, regardless, this animated hit, in which Jim Carrey voices the title role and his pal Steve Carell plays Whoville’s mayor, is one of the funniest and most charming Seuss adaptations in recent memory.
As previously mentioned, Dr. Seuss had a knack for making big, real-world statements through a whimsical lens, whether his younger audiences realize it or not.
It’s also one of the few that, despite some necessary creative liberties, remains “faithful, 100 percent” to the heart of the story.
One of the more notable examples of this is Horton Hears a Who!, the story of an elephant struggling to protect the microscopic inhabitants of a speck of dust from his disbelieving jungle friends, which has long been a source of speculation among grown-up fans over its hidden meaning.