![]() ![]() Just as the classic half-hour TV specials of “The Cat in the Hat” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” rendered the live-action feature versions of those beloved Seuss properties wholly unnecessary, so the excellent 1972 short-toon version of “The Lorax” feels like a model of elegant form and wry wit next to this overlong effort. ![]() ![]() ![]() Certainly the film has scored no shortage of green-friendly merchandising tie-ins (look for Lorax-approved laundry detergent at a store near you), though as far as artistry goes, the result is closer to “FernGully: The Last Rainforest” on the eco-friendly toon scale than to Hayao Miyazaki or “Wall-E.” Its release timed to coincide with what would have been Geisel’s 108th birthday, “ The Lorax” also happens to be arriving smack in the middle of election season, fittingly enough for a story whose despairing message about man’s impact on the environment stirred controversy even upon the book’s 1971 publication. ![]()
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