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Horton Hears a Who!
2008
· Movie
· 86 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #410
- IMDb #336
- Google retired #253
- Rotten Tomatoes #257
- Metacritic #216
- Letterboxd #472
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #255
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #266
- Metacritic Critics #150
- Metacritic Audience #308
- Criticker #223
- Douban #141
- Kinopoisk #400
- AlloCiné #529
- Trakt #410
Every rating
42–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 42, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An imaginative elephant hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. He discovers an entire microscopic city called Whoville exists on the speck. He must protect the speck and its inhabitants from the other animals in the jungle who think he has lost his mind.
Details
- Directors
- Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
- Writers
- Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
- Based on
- Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss
- Released
- 3 March 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $85.0M
- Box office
- $298.6M
- Awards
- 1 win, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 18 →1 win from 18 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2009 | Top Box Office Films | John Powell for Bolt, Hancock, Horton Hears a Who! and Jumper | Winner |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Outstanding Animated Effects | Alen Lai | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Outstanding Character Animation in a Feature Production | Jeff Gabor | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Sang Jun Lee | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production | John Powell | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio | Nominee |
| Golden Reel Award 2009 | Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR Animation in a Feature Film | Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard, Jonathan Null, Sue Fox, Thomas A. Carlson, Steve Slanec, Colette D. Dahanne, Pete Horner, Kyrsten Mate, Mac Smith, Jeremy Bowker, Andrea Gard, Ronni Brown, Ellen Heuer, Dennie Thorpe, Jana Vance | Nominee |
| IFMCA Awards 2009 | Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film | John Powell | Nominee |
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ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | John Powell for Bolt, Hancock, Horton Hears a Who! and Jumper | Winner |
Annie Awards
5 nominations
| Outstanding Animated Effects | Alen Lai | Nominee |
| Outstanding Character Animation in a Feature Production | Jeff Gabor | Nominee |
| Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Sang Jun Lee | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production | John Powell | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
3 nominations
| Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress | Selena Gomez | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress | Joey King | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress | Shelby Adamowsky | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Horton Hears a Who! | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | John Powell | Nominee |
Golden Reel Award
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR Animation in a Feature Film | Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard, Jonathan Null, Sue Fox, Thomas A. Carlson, Steve Slanec, Colette D. Dahanne, Pete Horner, Kyrsten Mate, Mac Smith, Jeremy Bowker, Andrea Gard, Ronni Brown, Ellen Heuer, Dennie Thorpe, Jana Vance | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animation/Family TV Spot for "Whomongous" | Horton Hears a Who! | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature Film | Horton Hears a Who! | Nominee |
IFMCA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film | John Powell | Nominee |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie | Jim Carrey | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Horton Hears a Who! | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Horton Hears a Who! | Nominee |