A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Acting
DeVito's Lorax is somehow both cuddly and genuinely pissed.
Score
'How Bad Can I Be?' lives rent-free forever.
Production
Thneedville's plastic paradise is visually gross on purpose.
Director
Chris Renaud
Danny DeVito
The Lorax (voice)
Ed Helms
Once-ler (voice)
Zac Efron
Ted Wiggins (voice)
Rob Riggle
Mr. Aloysius O'Hare (voice)
Taylor Swift
Audrey (voice)
Jenny Slate
Mrs. Wiggins (voice)
Betty White
Grammy Norma (voice)
Nasim Pedrad
Once-ler's Mom (voice)
Joel Swetow
1st Marketing Guy (voice)
Michael Beattie
2nd Marketing Guy (voice)
Elmarie Wendel
Aunt Grizelda (voice)
Dave B. Mitchell
1st Commercial Guy (voice)
Dempsey Pappion
2nd Commercial Guy (voice)
Danny Cooksey
Brett / Chet (voice)
Stephen Tobolowsky
Uncle Ubb (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film became an unexpected meme factory, with 'How Bad Can I Be?' and 'Let It Grow' spawning TikTok trends a decade later.
Seuss's widow Audrey specifically approved DeVito for the Lorax after he recorded the entire role in one dialect session.
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